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Here's what you'll find Sunday on the books pages of GuideLive (and on dallasnews.com): Next week is the 50th anniversary of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road." Essayist Bill Marvel will take a look at what the book meant to the generation that discovered it, and discuss “On the Road: The Original Scroll” and "Why Kerouac Matters: The Lessons of On the Road," by John Leland. Off the road and onto the field: “Twelve Mighty Orphans,” by Jim Dent, looks at "The Inspiring True Story of the Mighty Mites Who Ruled Texas Football." For the band geeks, as well as the serious musicians and anybody else who loves music, there's the delightful “Music Lover’s Poetry Anthology.” “Legacy of Ashes,” by Tim Weiner, offers a scathing history of the CIA. There's more dark history in "The Immortalists: Charles Lindbergh, Dr. Alexis Carrel, and Their Daring Quest to Live Forever," by David M. Friedman. Columnist Judy Alter compiles thought-provoking Top 10 lists of Texas literature. |
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Posted by David Joel @ 10:16 AM Sun, Sep 02, 2007
My Top 10 books of Texas not already mentioned in the 9/2/07 Judy Alter Texas Letters column (no particular order):
1. "and Tell of Time," Laura Krey
2. "The Evolution of a State, or Recollections of Old Texas Days," Noah Smithwick
3. "Up to My Armpits, Adventures of a West Texas Veterinarian," Dr. Charlie Edwards
4. "Texas," James A. Michener
5. "Farm and Ranch Spanish," George W. Kelly and Rex R. Kelly
6. "Why Stop? A Guide to Texas Historical Roadside Markers," Betty Dolley Aubrey and Claude Dooley, and the Texas Historical Commission
7. "Texas Trilogy, Life in a Small Texas Town," Craig D. Hillis with photos by Bruce F. Jordan
8. "It Happened in Kimble," Coke R. Stevenson (?)
9. "Jewish Stars in Texas, Rabbis and Their Work," Hollace Ava Weiner
10. "The Jay Birds of Fort Bend County," Pauline Yelderman
Posted by Sarah Greene @ 4:41 PM Sun, Sep 02, 2007
My list of 10 best Texas books or maybe, as Judy Alter says, just my personal favorites.
1.Horse Tradin' by Ben K. Green
2.The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry
3. A Time and a Place by William Humphrey
4. The Second Dune by Shelby Hearon
5. Adventures of a Texas Naturalist by Roy Bedichek
6.The Word on the Brazos by J. Mason Brewer
7.This Stubborn Soil by William Owens
8. The Gay Place by Bill Brammer
9. Goodbye to a River by John Graves
10.Interwoven by Sallie Reynolds Matthews
Posted by patsi aucoin @ 10:40 AM Tue, Sep 04, 2007
All of Judy Alter's (excpt maybe the cookbook) plus
No Country for Old Men. Cormac McCarthy
Lonesome Dove. McMurtry