Part travelogue, part natural history, and part documentary, A Walk 
Across Texas is the record of three friends' journey from the 
Panhandle to Granbury—a 450-mile walk across West Texas. Jon 
McConal and his two friends, Eddie Lane and Norm Snyder, hiked 
for twenty-eight days through the less traveled byways of the Texas 
outlands, and in the process they encountered a world that is now as 
foreign to most Americans as the Taj Mahal.

    Researching places they wanted to see in advance, the trio 
selected a route that crossed as many creeks and rivers as possible 
and offered amenable campsites. Not young men, McConal, Lane, 
and Snyder conquered the harsh environment of West Texas, dealing 
with blisters and backaches, severe weather and low blood sugar 
while still remaining friends. Along the way they met unique local 
characters and visited out-of-the-ordinary sites. With his seasoned 
journalist's eye, McConal blends personal interviews and keen 
descriptions of the countryside they trekked. As he spins the narrative 
of their journey, local legends, histories, flora, and fauna unfold.

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A native of West Texas, JON MCCONAL was on the staff of the 
Fort Worth Star-Telegram for forty years, twenty as a contributing 
editor and twenty as a columnist, writing most often about rural and 
old-time Texas. Now retired, he and his wife make their home in 
Granbury. McConal is the author of Jon McConal's Texas, My Years 
with Bob Wills, and Bridges over the Brazos.



What people are saying about this book

"[This book] is more than a journey to explore a part of Texas; it is 
about friendship, fun, and . . . good food."—Bob Ray Sanders, Fort 
Worth Star-Telegram