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Texas is a 1985 novel by American writer James A. Michener (1907–1997), based on the history of Texas.Characters include real and fictional characters spanning hundreds of years, such as explorers, Spanish colonists, American immigrants, German Texan settlers, ranchers, oil men, aristocrats, Chicanos, and others, all based on extensive historical research.
Caballero: A Historical Novel, often known only as Caballero, is a historical romance novel coauthored by Jovita González [1] and Margaret Eimer (under the pseudonym Eve Raleigh). [2] Written in the 1930s and early 1940s, but not published until 1996, [3] the novel is sometimes called Texas's Gone with the Wind. [4]
The first English book which was solely about Texas was Texas (1833) by Mary Austin Holley, cousin of Stephen F. Austin. It was expanded in 1836 and retitled History of Texas. [1] A later author in this period, John Crittenden Duval, was dubbed the "Father of Texas Literature" by J. Frank Dobie.
Going back at least to the 1920s, Texans have been making literary lists of books about Texas. Here is a look at titles on some of those lists. Texas literary list-o-mania has been more than 90 ...
Pages in category "Governor General's Award–winning fiction books" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pure Colour is a novel about art, love, death, and time from beginning to end. Heti tells the story of a girl named Mira, her relationship with her father and how she deals with his death, and her love for Annie, who she meets while studying to become an art critic.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ©Texas Governor's Office (The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order “to protect Texans from the coordinated harassment and coercion by the People ...
The graphic novel was also on a list of books removed by the Keller Independent School District in the Forth Worth, Texas, area last year, according to NBC Dallas-Fort Worth.