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<\/span><\/span>Lone Star Reviews<\/span>Michelle Newby, NBCC,<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

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BIOGRAPHY\/ POLITICS & GOVERNMENT<\/p>\n

Kyle Longley<\/span><\/p>\n

LBJ\u2019s 1968: Power, Politics, and the Presidency in America’s Year of Upheaval<\/span><\/p>\n

Cambridge University Press<\/p>\n

Hardcover, 978-1-1071-9303-1, (also available as an e-book), 374 pgs., $29.99; February 22, 2018<\/p>\n

Reviewed by Dr. Chris Manno<\/span><\/p>\n

Longley\u2019s narrative LBJ\u2019s 1968 is so compelling from page one<\/span> that by chapter three the reader has to stop to remember that it\u2019s not actually about President Lyndon B. Johnson. Rather, the text is a riveting and, in many places horrifying, account of the year 1968 as Johnson wrestled with, in his own words, \u201cthat bitch of a war on the other side of the world\u201d while struggling to lead a nation torn apart by antiwar and civil-rights protests and riots.<\/p>\n

This tumultuous history plays across Johnson\u2019s face in the reader\u2019s mind like an old newsreel, sad but relentless. The president\u2019s anguish along with the nation\u2019s torment are visceral and, owing to Longley\u2019s comprehensive research, direct quotes and firsthand accounts, seamlessly woven into a claustrophobic portent of inescapable disaster, which Johnson most surely felt. >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/span><\/span>Texas Reads<\/span>Glenn Dromgoole<\/span><\/h1>\n

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Historians debate Chisholm Trail in Texas<\/h1>\n

Did the famous Chisholm Trail ever really exist in Texas, <\/span>or was that name just applied generically to the various cattle trails that led from Texas to Kansas?<\/p>\n

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Evidently historians have been debating the question for the last hundred years or so, and Fort Worth historian Wayne Ludwig<\/span> plunges into the controversy in his new book, The Old Chisholm Trail: From Cow Path to Tourist Stop<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Texas A&M University Press, $37 hardcover).<\/p>\n

Ludwig relies heavily on the accounts from the Old Time Trail Drivers\u2019 Association, which unanimously passed a resolution in 1931 \u2014 \u201cto insure uniformity as well as to keep history straight\u201d \u2014 that the Chisholm Trail started north of the Red River and never extended into Texas. What prompted the resolution was a movement, encouraged by the Good Roads Association, to increase tourism traffic by designating Chisholm Trail markers throughout the state, and eventually the notion carried the day. Various cities from south Texas to north Texas now claim to be part of the Chisholm Trail, which made its way into American folklore through the popular poem and subsequent cowboy song, \u201cThe Old Chisholm Trail.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCome along boys and listen to my tale,\u201d the 1870s ditty begins, \u201cI\u2019ll tell you of my troubles on the Old Chisholm Trail.\u201d One man claimed he could sing 149 stanzas of the song, Ludwig reports.<\/p>\n

Beyond the questions and confusion concerning the Chisholm Trail name itself, Ludwig\u2019s account offers insights into life on the cattle trails, the significance of the longhorn in Texas history, and the end of the cattle drive era. If you\u2019re interested in Texas and western history, The Old Chisholm Trail: From Cow Path to Tourist Stop<\/span> is a thoroughly-researched and well-written\u00a0 narrative.<\/p>\n

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Ranger guns<\/span>: Retired U.S. Army Captain Robert Moser\u2019s<\/span> book Texas Iron: Guns of the Texas Rangers<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Wild Horse Press, $19.95 paperback) is being touted by the publisher as \u201cthe most comprehensive book to date on weapons of the Texas Rangers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moser, an avid firearms collector and Texas Ranger supporter, said that in reading historical accounts about the Rangers, \u201cI wondered what weapons were used.\u201d So he wrote his book \u201cto help bring light to this seldom mentioned area of historical significance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Each of the eighteen chapters of text in this updated edition \u2014 from the early years of the Rangers to the modern era \u2014 is followed by a companion chapter of weapon photos, well over one hundred in all, most from his own personal collection.<\/p>\n

Readers who study Texas Ranger history, or just like to read about guns, will find plenty of good material in Texas Irons.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Glenn Dromgoole<\/span> writes about Texas books and authors. Contact him at g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

>> <\/span>Check out his previous Texas Reads columns in Lone Star Lit<\/a><\/span>erary Life<\/span><\/h1>\n

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4th Annual Permian Basin Writers\u2019 Workshop set for Oct. 13-14<\/h1>\n

Now in its fourth year, the Permian Basin Writers\u2019 Workshop<\/span> annual event will feature writing coaches, agents, and publishers from around the country, October 13-14, 2018.<\/p>\n

The two-day workshop event will be held in Midland, at the Marie Hall Academic Building at Midland College.<\/p>\n

The workshop will feature ten speakers, including Margie Lawson, Christie Craig, Manning Wolfe, David Farland, Reavis Z. Wortham, Kristen Marten, Stephen Graham Jones, Donna M. Johnson, B. Alan Bourgeois<\/span> and Arlene Gale<\/span>.\u00a0 <\/a>>>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/span> Twig\u2019s Top Ten Bestsellers<\/h1>\n

September 2018<\/h1>\n

What are Texans reading these days, you ask? <\/span>Lone Star Lit\u2019s newest regular feature is a monthly list of trending titles at the <\/span>Twig Book Shop,<\/span><\/a><\/span> a leading independent bookseller in San Antonio. Click on any title for the Buy link. And we’ll also include a hotlink to related content in Lone Star Literary Life.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bob Woodward,<\/span>Fear: Trump in the White House,<\/span><\/a><\/span> 978-1-501175513<\/span><\/p>\n

Mimi Swartz,<\/span>Ticker: The Quest to Create an Artificial Heart,<\/span><\/a><\/span> 978-0-804138001<\/span><\/p>\n

Sarah Bird,<\/span>Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen,<\/span><\/a><\/span> 978-1-250193168<\/span><\/p>\n

Phil Knight,<\/span>Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike,<\/span><\/a><\/span> 978-1-501135929<\/span><\/p>\n

Chip Dameron,<\/span>Mornings with Dobie\u2019s Ghost,<\/span><\/a><\/span> 978-1-609405773<\/span><\/p>\n

HBR\u2019s 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness<\/span><\/a><\/span> 978-1-633694364<\/span><\/p>\n

Andrew Sean Greer,<\/span>Less,<\/span><\/a><\/span>978-0-31631613X<\/span><\/p>\n

Margaret Atwood,<\/span>The Handmaid\u2019s Tale,<\/span><\/a><\/span> 978-0-38549081X<\/span><\/p>\n

Yuval Noah Harari,<\/span>Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind,<\/span><\/a><\/span> 978-0-062316117<\/span><\/p>\n

Kevin Kwan,<\/span>China Rich Girlfriend,<\/span><\/a><\/span> 978-0-804172064<\/span><\/p>\n

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8.19.18<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Fort Worth Poetry Society<\/span> seeks submissions from poets and visual artists for an anthology on classical music, proceeds from which will benefit the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. No cost to enter; accepted submitters receive a free copy of the anthology. This link to the FWPS website provides complete details: https:\/\/fortworthpoetrysociety.wordpress.com\/2018\/07\/23\/call-for-submissions\/.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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10.7.2018\u00a0\u00a0 Poet and professor Carmona now novelist with South Texas superhero saga<\/h1>\n

Poet and professor Christopher Carmona\u2019s newest work is a novel<\/span>, El Rinche: The Ghost Ranger of the Rio Grande.<\/span> The book creates a Chicano superhero to share the undertold story of the history of the violence toward Mexican Americans in the early twentieth century by law enforcement, corporations, and ranches. Lone Star Lit caught up with Carmona via email to learn about his latest work.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ben Montgomery\u2019s new book of narrative nonfiction, <\/span>The Man Who Walked Backward: An American Dreamer\u2019s Search for Meaning in the Great Depression, <\/span>lands on shelves September 18. Montgomery spoke with Lone Star Literary Life about how an interest in agriculture became a career in journalism, the sources of inspiration, amazing women, the Chautauqua tradition, and the swagger of Texas.<\/span><\/p>\n

LONE STAR LITERARY LIFE:<\/span> Mr. Carmona, You refer to yourself as a Chicanx Beat writer. What does that descriptor mean to you, and what does it signify?<\/span><\/p>\n

CHRISTOPHER CARMONA:<\/span> I am Chicanx in that I am a Mexican American that is deeply invested in claiming a political and social identity that signifies pride in my culture as well as a responsibility to advocating for positive change for my community and fighting for a more equitable world, while at the same time acknowledging the gendered restrictions of an \u201co\u201d and \u201ca\u201d by using the \u201cx\u201d. As a Beat writer, I am influenced by the Beat writers like Jack Kerouac, Bob Kaufman,<\/span> and Raul Salinas.<\/span><\/p>\n

You are an editor, a teacher, poet, short-story writer, and now a novelist. Which is your first love, and why? Or is that a question impossible to answer?<\/p>\n

I believe my first love is writing fiction, but I have always written poetry and throughout my life have gained the skills of editing and also gained a love for teaching. Telling stories have always been a deep part of me, but I have always loved aesthetics of writing, so I believe I am a poet that writes in prose.\u00a0\u00a0 >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/a><\/span>Bookish Texas <\/span>event highlights\u00a0 10.7.2018<\/span>>> GO this week<\/span><\/a><\/span>Michelle Newby, Contributing Editor<\/span><\/h1>\n

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