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HELOTES: WHERE THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY BEGINS
The first comprehensive history book about the town that
is home to the world-famous John T. Floore Country Store.
Helotes celebrated its 25th anniversary of incorporation in 2006, however, the town,
named from the Spanish word elotes, or corn-on-the-cob, has been on Texas maps since the nineteenth century.
Founded by European and Mexican immigrants in the 1850s, Helotes, home of the famous honky-tonk, John T. Floore Country Store,
has a rich history, even more intriguing than the myths and legends that have been the ?official? lore of the town for decades.
This book dispels those myths, offering a thoroughly researched and fascinating account of a town populated by hardworking pioneers,
renegade Indians, elusive bandits, and impassioned citizens. Helotes, Where the Texas Hill Country Begins tells the
story
of a scrappy town that is quintessentially Texan.
Books are also available at:
Ella's Barber & Beauty Salon
Helotes Park Shopping Plaza
12978 Bandera Road
Helotes, TX Ph: 210-695-3311
The Twig Bookshop
3005 Broadway
San Antonio TX, 78209
Ph: 210-826-6411
About the Author
Cynthia Leal Massey is an award-winning author of several books and hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles. Former editor-at-large of SCENE IN SA Monthly, a general interest magazine in San Antonio, she has also been a reporter for the San Antonio Light, an editor for corporate communications at Southwest Research Institute and served on the adjunct English faculty at San Antonio College.
The Broomfield Enterprise said this about her novels: “In Fire Lilies and The Caballeros of Ruby, Texas,
Massey has scored an impressive double coup; two books that tell a gripping story set against a fascinating historical backdrop. …a
stunning family narrative, a ‘Forsyte Saga’ set in northern Mexico and southern Texas.”
In 2010, Mexico will celebrate the centennial of the Mexican Revolution. The historically accurate and meticulously
researched Fire Lilies is a must-read for those interested in learning more about this
pivotal event in Mexican history, but are reluctant to wade through boring scholarly works. Fire Lilies will
entertain as well as inform, as all good historical fiction does.
Order it today
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Nonfiction History
Softcover: 8.5” x 11”
262 pages, with photos,
llustrations, maps,endnotes,
appendix, bibliography and index
Retail Price: $34.95
Old American Publishing
14027 Memorial Dr., #159
Houston, TX 77079
www.alpub.us
Wholesale orders only through the
publisher.
Email lealmassey@satx.rr.com for
retail orders.
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