San Marcos and Mermaids

What do you get when you mix a small Texas town, a giant mermaid parade, and a pig who used to dive for a living? You get this book.

Join writer Michael Jay Tucker and his ever-game wife Martha as they head to San Marcos, Texas — home of the annual Mermaid Festival, a statue of a mermaid cuddling a porker, and more unexpected magic than you'd expect from a town 160 miles from the nearest ocean.

Part travelogue, part cultural snapshot, part whimsical field guide to fishy goings-on, this book is for anyone who loves a good story, a weird roadside attraction, or a reason to believe in mermaids — even in cowboy hats.