Texas Politics: Grand Prairie Style is put together in Three Parts. Part One looks at the historical backdrop of Texas Politics, as discussed in the UTA Texas History textbook. Author Warren Landrum's wife Carol actually took that course using this textbook during the first few weeks of the year, leading up to the time he filed to run for City Council. It was not by accident that she took this class at that time. The Landrums knew that Warren would be running for Council, as he had already formally announced in December of 2012, and so they thought that perhaps some of what she read, studied, and learned during this class might help them during the campaign, in regards to perhaps understanding why some of the things that would unfold happened the way they did-based on historical precedence and likelihood. The Landrums were right. They did gain some insights from this book. Thus, when some of the things that happened during the campaign played out the way they did, they were not surprised.