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In a Narrow Grave: Essays on Texas is a 1968 collection of essays by American writer Larry McMurtry. In 1981 McMurtry said the book marked a dividing line in his career after which he no longer wrote about living in the country (although he would go on to write books with country settings again).
Here are 50 books Texas parents have asked school districts to ban, nearly all of which deal with racism, sexuality
In Texas, the process for challenging and removing books from schools differs from place to place. A state effort is scrutinizing nearly 850 titles. Fact-check: Are some books being banned from ...
Texas Republican lawmaker State Rep. Matt Krause has list of 850 books on subjects ranging from racism to sexuality that could “make students feel discomfort”
Behind the Walls: A Guide for Families and Friends of Texas Prison Inmates Bigmama Didn't Shop at Woolworth's Birdlife of Houston, Galveston, and the Upper Texas Coast
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.
The court ruled that it is unconstitutional for officials to remove library books with the "intent to deprive patrons of access to ideas with which they disagree."
Mel and Norma Gabler were religious fundamentalists active in United States school textbook reform between 1961 and the 2000s based in Longview, Texas. [1]Norma Gabler started her foray into school book banning in 1961 when her son pointed out how the phrase "one nation under God" was missing from the Gettysburg Address, which inspired her to complain to the State Board of Education. [2]