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Description for Literary Austin
Hardcover. Brings together the history, color, and character of Texas' capital city since 1839 when it was selected as the site for a new capital of the then - Republic of Texas. This work includes essays, fiction, and poetry which reveal the variety of literary responses to Austin through the decades. Editor(s): Graham, Don. Num Pages: 448 pages, bib, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; DSB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Don Graham brings together the history, color, and character of Texas' capital city since 1839 when it was selected, on the advice of Mirabeau B. Lamar, as the site for a new capital of the then - Republic of Texas. Essays, fiction, and poetry reveal the variety of literary responses to Austin through the decades and are organized in a roughly chronological fashion to reveal the themes, places, and personalities that have defined the life of the city. Austin was always about three things: natural beauty, government, and education; thus, many of the pieces in this volume dwell upon one ... Read more
Don Graham brings together the history, color, and character of Texas' capital city since 1839 when it was selected, on the advice of Mirabeau B. Lamar, as the site for a new capital of the then - Republic of Texas. Essays, fiction, and poetry reveal the variety of literary responses to Austin through the decades and are organized in a roughly chronological fashion to reveal the themes, places, and personalities that have defined the life of the city. Austin was always about three things: natural beauty, government, and education; thus, many of the pieces in this volume dwell upon one ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Fort Worth, United States
ISBN
9780875653426
SKU
V9780875653426
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About
Don Graham is the J. Frank Dobie Regents Professor of American and English Literature at the University of Texas at Austin. In 2006, he received the Chancellor's Council Outstanding Teaching Award. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including Giant Country: Essays on Texas (1998); and Kings of Texas: The 150-Year Saga of an American Ranching Empire (2003). ... Read more
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