"Texas Wind . . . went out of print on the same date it was put into print. If you found a copy, you were truly blessed. Readers and fans of Texas Wind have kept it alive by discussing it online, at conventions and over beers down at the local tap . . . I've seen it praised for all sorts of reasons, all of them reasonable, all of them true in their way. I'll tell you why I personally find it an important book: because it creates a world, in this case Texas, and fills it out in every way possible-through its characters, its sociology, and perhaps most important of all, the simple decency of its working-class protagonist."
— Ed Gorman