Editor’s note: The author of “Because This is Texas,” Clara Sneed, was in Amarillo recently to promote her new release and other books and share the story behind the story. It is as twisted and intriguing today as it was in 1912, when it was a heated topic and front-page banner news for the Fort Worth Telegram and Amarillo Globe-News. Sneed is a relative of the man who shot two men for revenge of an unfaithful relationship with his wife.
Sneed’s latest book originally appeared in the pages of Panhandle-Plains Historical Review in 1999. She had since written a fictional account of the Sneed-Boyce Feud in a book titled, “Before We Turn to Dust,” published by Blue Handle Publishing. The current release, “Because This is Texas,” fills in the gaps for readers who wanted more about what happened after the novel ends.
Some stories are just begging to be told. But it has to be the right person, at the right time, to unlock the secrets hidden behind the shadows for decades, even a century until someone comes along with the right key…