Bibliograph

Texas literary outlaws, six writers in the sixties and beyond, Steven L. Davis

Type

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Texas literary outlaws, six writers in the sixties and beyond, Steven L. Davis

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 460-501) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Texas literary outlaws

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

987055349

Responsibility statement

Steven L. Davis

Sub title

six writers in the sixties and beyond

Summary

At the height of the sixties, a group of Texas writers stood apart from Texas?s conservative establishment. Calling themselves the Mad Dogs, these six writers?Bud Shrake, Larry L. King, Billy Lee Brammer, Gary Cartwright, Dan Jenkins, and Peter Gent?closely observed the effects of the Vietnam War; the Kennedy assassination; the rapid population shift from rural to urban environments; Lyndon Johnson?s rise to national prominence; the Civil Rights Movement; Tom Landry and the Dallas Cowboys; Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker and the new Outlaw music scene; the birth of a Texas film industry; Texas Monthly magazine; the flowering of “Texas Chic”; and Ann Richards?s election as governor

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