{"product_id":"literary-austin-hardcover","title":"Literary Austin - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDon Graham\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon Graham brings together the history, color, and character of Texas's 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEssays, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAustin was always about three things--natural beauty, government, and education--and thus many of the pieces in this volume dwell upon one and sometimes all of these themes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBesides O. Henry, the other most important figures in the city's history were J. Frank Dobie, Roy Bedichek, and Walter P. Webb: folklorist, naturalist, historian. During their heyday, from the 1930s through the early 1960s, they were the face of literary culture in the city. They remain a source of interest, pride, and sometimes controversy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAustin is a well-known haven of liberal political activism, represented by such well-known figures as Lyndon B. Johnson, Ralph Yarborough, Ann and David Richards, Liz Carpenter, Willie Morris, John Henry Faulk, and Molly Ivins. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe city is also a haven for literary writers, many of whom appear in these pages: Carolyn Osborn, Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, Dagoberto Gilb, Stephen Harrigan, and Lawrence Wright, to name a few. Among the poets, Thomas Whitbread, Dave Oliphant, David Wevill, and Christopher Middleton have long been on the scene. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCertain sites recur--the University Tower, Barton Springs, various watering holes of another kind--so that for anybody who has ever spent time in Austin will experience twinges of nostalgia for vanished icons, closed-down venues, long-gone sites of pleasure brought to life once again, in these pages.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon Graham is the J. Frank Dobie Regents Professor of American \u0026amp; English Literature at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including \u003ci\u003eCowboys and Cadillacs: How \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHollywood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Looks at \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eTexas\u003c\/i\u003e (1983); \u003ci\u003eNo Name on the Bullet: A Biography of Audie Murphy\u003c\/i\u003e (1989); \u003ci\u003eGiant Country: Essays on Texas\u003c\/i\u003e (1998); and \u003ci\u003eKings of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eTexas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e: The 150-Year Saga of an American Ranching Empire\u003c\/i\u003e (2003). In 2003 Graham edited \u003ci\u003eLone Star Literature: From the Red River to the Rio Grande\u003c\/i\u003e. Graham has lived in Austin since the late 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.52 x 10.38 x 7.15 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 06, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763671630112,"sku":"9780875653426","price":29.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d34d12055f08cd4b3d1ad0b14e164907.webp?v=1780238738","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/literary-austin-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}