Shhh. . .birthday present for dad. About to read and drink a Shiner at the same time--this thrills the nerd in me!

Probably of limited interest to non-Texans or non-beer drinkers but. . .
This is a wonderful, chatty history of one company, one small town, and some very interesting people. Read most of it on the bus back from Thurber (another Texas industrial history place) and finished it with a Shiner in hand.
I've only been a beer drinker for a few years, but Shiner has become my beer of choice. And now that I've read the book, I love the stuff even more. Did you know that it was the first (and for many years, only) brewery run by a woman in the US? Or that two immigrants, generations apart, essentially saved the company? Good, tasty stuff!