Ten Thousand Wonderful Things by Edmund Fillingham King is a fascinating exploration of various remarkable and curious phenomena from around the world. The book showcases a wide range of topics, from natural wonders to technological marvels, offering readers a glimpse into the incredible diversity and wonder of our planet. Key Aspects of the Book "Ten Thousand Wonderful Things": Diverse Subjects: The book covers a vast array of subjects, from geological formations and rare animals to human inventions and historical curiosities. Curiosity and Discovery: Each entry invites readers to delve into the intriguing details of extraordinary things, fostering a sense of wonder and curiosity. Informative Exploration: The book serves as a window into the world's marvels, offering bite-sized insights into the awe-inspiring phenomena that surround us. Edmund Fillingham King was a writer and author who took a keen interest in the wonders of the world. "Ten Thousand Wonderful Things" reflects his passion for discovery and his desire to share the remarkable and diverse aspects of our planet with readers.

The story of Texas is the story of struggle and triumph in a land of extremes. It is a story of drought and flood, invasion and war, boom and bust, and of the myriad peoples who, over centuries of conflict, gave rise to a place that has helped shape the identity of the United States and the destiny of the world. “I couldn’t believe Texas was real,” the painter Georgia O’Keeffe remembered of her first encounter with the Lone Star State. It was, for her, “the same big wonderful thing that oceans and the highest mountains are.” Big Wonderful Thing invites us to walk in the footsteps of ancient as well as modern people along the path of Texas’s evolution. Blending action and atmosphere with impeccable research, New York Times best-selling author Stephen Harrigan brings to life with novelistic immediacy the generations of driven men and women who shaped Texas, including Spanish explorers, American filibusters, Comanche warriors, wildcatters, Tejano activists, and spellbinding artists—all of them taking their part in the creation of a place that became not just a nation, not just a state, but an indelible idea. Written in fast-paced prose, rich with personal observation and a passionate sense of place, Big Wonderful Thing calls to mind the literary spirit of Robert Hughes writing about Australia or Shelby Foote about the Civil War. Like those volumes it is a big book about a big subject, a book that dares to tell the whole glorious, gruesome, epically sprawling story of Texas.