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

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11.15.15\u00a0\u00a0 New series focuses on women in Texas history<\/h1>\n

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Texas A&M University Press has announced a new book series, <\/span>Women in Texas History, sponsored by the Ruthe Winegarten Memorial Foundation.<\/p>\n

\u201cBooks in the series,\u201d write editors Nancy Baker Jones<\/span> and Cynthia Beeman,<\/span> \u201cwill focus on individual lives, events, and eras, as well as aspects of gender, race, class, and culture.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first book in the series is a biography, Allie Victoria Tennant and the Visual Arts in Dallas<\/span><\/a><\/span> by Austin College history professor Light Townsend Cummins<\/span> ($35 hardcover).<\/p>\n

Tennant (1892\u20131971), Cummins notes, was \u201cone of the best-known sculptors in Texas during her lifetime,\u201d especially for the \u201cTejas Warrior\u201d sculpture in Dallas\u2019s Fair Park. \u201cHer historical importance,\u201d he adds, \u201cstemmed not only from her art but also from her contributions to the development of cultural life in Dallas.\u201d<\/p>\n

And, he adds, she \u201cplayed an important role in improving the status of women in Texas\u201d from the 1920s to the 1960s.<\/p>\n

As part of the Women in Texas History series, two previously published books are being reissued in new paperback editions this fall:<\/p>\n

A Texas Suffragist: Diaries and Writings of Jane Y. McCallum<\/span><\/a><\/span> (1878\u20131957), edited by Janet G. Humphrey<\/span> ($22.95)<\/p>\n

Citizen at Last: The Woman Suffrage Movement in Texas,<\/span><\/a><\/span> edited by Ruthe Winegarten<\/span> and Judith N. McArthur<\/span> ($24.95)<\/p>\n

Read more about all three titles on the A&M Press webstie, www.tamupress.com<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Legendary Texas Ranger:<\/span> \u201cI\u2019m Frank Hamer\u201d: The Life of a Texas Peace Officer<\/span><\/a><\/span> by John H. Jenkins<\/span> and Gordon Frost,<\/span> originally published in 1968, has been reissued in a new paperback edition by State House Press ($24.95).<\/p>\n

The 264 page biography includes about 75 pages of old photos, including more than 30 pages from the Clyde Barrow\u2013Bonnie Parker case, for which Hamer would become best known.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be a long time,\u201d someone wrote after Hamer\u2019s death, \u201cbefore another officer as picturesque and as blunt, as stubborn and as fearless, will pass this way again.\u201d Hamer \u201cparticipated in probably more gunfights than any other Ranger of his times,\u201d wrote longtime Department of Public Safety Director Homer Garrison, \u201cwas wounded 17 times, left for dead four times, and never once backed away from a fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Texas ABC:<\/span> I Love Texas: An ABC Adventure<\/a><\/span> by author\/artist\/entrepreneur Sandra Magsamen<\/span> (Sourcebooks, $12.99 hardcover) isn\u2019t written by a Texan, but she\u2019s on target with her clever rhyming text and appealing illustrations about armadillos, bluebonnets, cowboys, dude ranches, El Paso, football, Galveston, and so on.<\/p>\n

\u201cW is for West Texas, the birthplace of cowboy hats and boots,\u201d she writes, while \u201cX is for XOXO because we love having Texas roots.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Glenn Dromgoole,<\/span> is co-author, with Carlton Stowers, of <\/span>101 Essential Texas Books<\/span><\/a><\/span> Contact him at g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Books received, Nov. 15<\/span><\/h1>\n

The following books have been received in the Lone Star Literary Life offices from the publishers during October and November:<\/p>\n

Nonfiction<\/span><\/p>\n

Aptowicz, Christin O’Keefe<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. M\u00fctter’s Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine<\/span><\/p>\n

Gotham Books<\/p>\n

Paperback, 978-1-592-40925-0, 378 pages, $17.00<\/p>\n

September 1, 2015<\/p>\n

Texas history<\/span><\/p>\n

Bailey, Chuck, with historical text by Patrick Cox and introduction by John Anderson<\/span><\/p>\n

Picturing Texas Politics: A Photographic History from Sam Houston to Rick Perry<\/span><\/p>\n

University of Texas Press<\/p>\n

Hardcover, 978-1-4773-0254-5, 240 pgs., 268 b\/w photos, $45.00<\/p>\n

October 1, 2015<\/p>\n

Historical fiction<\/span><\/p>\n

Burke, James Lee<\/span><\/p>\n

House of the Rising Sun<\/span><\/p>\n

Simon & Schuster<\/p>\n

Hardcover, 978-1-5011-0710-8, 438 pages, $27.99<\/p>\n

December 1, 2015<\/p>\n

Science fiction<\/span><\/p>\n

Cline, Ernest<\/span><\/p>\n

Armada<\/span><\/p>\n

Crown<\/p>\n

Hardcover, 978-0-8041-3725-6, 368 pages, $26.00<\/p>\n

July 14, 2015<\/p>\n

Poetry<\/span><\/p>\n

Dameron, Chip<\/span><\/p>\n

Waiting for an Etcher<\/span><\/p>\n

Lamar University Press<\/p>\n

Paperback, 978-0-9915321-8-6, 112 pages, $15.00<\/p>\n

February 25, 2015<\/p>\n

Fiction<\/span><\/p>\n

Davis, Rod<\/span><\/p>\n

South, America: A Jack Prine Novel<\/span><\/p>\n

New South Books<\/p>\n

Paperback, 978-1-60306-315-9, 258 pages, $24.95<\/p>\n

October 1, 2014<\/p>\n

Fiction<\/span><\/p>\n

DeCarlo, Melissa<\/span><\/p>\n

The Art of Crash Landing: A Novel<\/span><\/p>\n

Harper<\/span><\/p>\n

Paperback, 978-0-06-239054-7, 415 pages, $15.99<\/p>\n

Sept. 8, 2015<\/p>\n

Fiction<\/span><\/p>\n

Farrar, Diana Finfrock<\/span><\/p>\n

The Door of the Heart<\/span><\/p>\n

AuthorHouse<\/p>\n

Paperback, 978-1-4918-7124-9<\/p>\n

July 1, 2014<\/p>\n

420 pages<\/p>\n

$18.99<\/p>\n

Fiction<\/span><\/p>\n

Flores, Carlos Nicol\u00e1s<\/span><\/p>\n

Sex As a Political Condition: A Border Novel<\/span><\/p>\n

Texas Tech University Press<\/p>\n

Paperback, 978-0-896729308, 406 pages, $34.95<\/p>\n

July 1, 2015<\/p>\n

Music history<\/span><\/p>\n

Garrett, Danny<\/span><\/p>\n

Weird Yet Strange: Notes from an Austin Music Artist<\/span><\/p>\n

Texas Christian University Press<\/p>\n

Paperback with flaps, 978-0-87565-616-8, 240 pgs., 40 color images, $29.95<\/p>\n

October 1, 2015<\/p>\n

Essays<\/span><\/p>\n

Griffin, Connie, ed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Crooked Letter i: Coming Out in the South<\/span><\/p>\n

New South Books<\/p>\n

Paperback with flaps, 978-1-58838-313-6, 208 pages, $25.95<\/p>\n

September 1, 2015<\/p>\n

Fiction<\/span><\/p>\n

Hoover, Colleen<\/span><\/p>\n

November Nine<\/span><\/p>\n

Atria<\/p>\n

Paperback, 978-1-5011-1034-4, 320 pages, $16.00<\/p>\n

November 10, 2015<\/p>\n

Paranormal YA fiction<\/span><\/p>\n

Hunter, C. C.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unspoken<\/span> (Shadow Falls: After Dark Series)<\/p>\n

St. Martin’s Griffin<\/p>\n

Paperback, 978-1-250-06709-8, 412 pages, $9.99<\/p>\n

October 1, 2015<\/p>\n

Historical fiction<\/span><\/p>\n

Kerr, John C.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Silent Shore of Memory: A Novel<\/span><\/p>\n

Texas Christian University Press<\/p>\n

Paperback, 978-0-87565-619-9, 312 pages, $22.95<\/p>\n

Nov. 25, 2015<\/p>\n

Mystery<\/span><\/p>\n

Lenhardt, Melissa<\/span><\/p>\n

Stillwater: A Jack McBride Mystery<\/span><\/p>\n

Skyhorse Publishing<\/p>\n

Hardcover, 978-1-63450-226-9, 304 pages, $24.99<\/p>\n

October 6, 2015<\/p>\n

Thriller<\/span><\/p>\n

Mabry, Richard L., M.D.<\/span><\/p>\n

Miracle Drug<\/span><\/p>\n

Abingdon Press<\/p>\n

Paperback, 978-1-6308-8188-4, 296 pages, $14.99<\/p>\n

October 1, 2015<\/p>\n

History<\/span><\/p>\n

McComb, David<\/span><\/p>\n

The City in Texas: A History<\/span><\/p>\n

University of Texas Press<\/p>\n

Hardcover, 978-0-292-76746-1, 350 pages, $35.00<\/p>\n

July 1, 2015<\/p>\n

Historical fiction<\/span><\/p>\n

Perez, Ashley Hope<\/span><\/p>\n

Out of Darkness<\/span><\/p>\n

Carolrhoda LAB<\/p>\n

Hardcover, 978-1-4677-4202-3, 400 pages, $18.99<\/p>\n

September 1, 2015<\/p>\n

Women’s history<\/span><\/p>\n

Porter, Amy M.<\/span><\/p>\n

Their Lives, Their Wills: Women in the Borderlands, 1950\u20131846<\/span><\/p>\n

Texas Tech University Press<\/p>\n

Paperback, 978-0-89672-932-2, 256 pages, $39.95<\/p>\n

June 1, 2015<\/p>\n

Memoir<\/span><\/p>\n

Riley, Reba<\/span><\/p>\n

Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome<\/span><\/p>\n

Howard Books<\/p>\n

Hardcover, 978-1-5011-2403-7, 358 pages, $24.99<\/p>\n

October 1, 2015<\/p>\n

Fiction<\/span><\/p>\n

Sandlin, Lisa<\/span><\/p>\n

The Do-Right<\/span><\/p>\n

Cinco Puntos Press<\/p>\n

Paperback, 978-1-941026-19-9 (ebook also available), 322 pages, $16.95<\/p>\n

October 1, 2015<\/p>\n

Fiction<\/span><\/p>\n

Shuler, Linda Lucretia<\/span><\/p>\n

Hidden Shadows<\/span><\/p>\n

Twilight Times<\/p>\n

Paperback, 978-1-60619-009-8, 376 pages, $19.95<\/p>\n

December 25, 2015<\/p>\n

Texas cooking<\/span><\/p>\n

Vick, Frances Brannen, ed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tales of Texas Cooking: Stories and Recipes from the Trans-Pecos to the Piney Woods and High Plains to the Gulf Prairies<\/span><\/p>\n

University of North Texas Press<\/p>\n

Hardcover, 978-1-57441-618-3, 352 pgs.; 60 b\/w illus.; notes; index; $34.95<\/p>\n

December 1, 2015<\/p>\n

Contemporary romance<\/span><\/p>\n

Wade, Becky<\/span><\/p>\n

A Love Like Ours: A Novel<\/span><\/p>\n

Bethany House<\/p>\n

Paperback, 978-0-7642-1109-6, 368 pages, $13.99<\/p>\n

May 1, 2015<\/p>\n

YA mystery<\/span><\/p>\n

Winn, Catherine A.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beyond Suspicion<\/span><\/p>\n

Poisoned Pencil<\/p>\n

Paperback, 978-1929345106, 230 page, $10.95<\/p>\n

Historical romance<\/span><\/p>\n

Witemeyer, Karen<\/span><\/p>\n

A Worthy Pursuit<\/span><\/p>\n

Bethany House<\/p>\n

Paperback, 978-0-7642-1280-2, 352 pages, $14.99<\/p>\n

June 1, 2015<\/p>\n

Romance, humor<\/span><\/p>\n

Witemeyer, Karen; Connealy, Mary; Jennings, Regina; Jaegers, Melissa<\/span><\/p>\n

With This Ring?: A Novella<\/span> Collection of Proposals Gone Awry<\/p>\n

Bethany House<\/p>\n

Paperback, 978-0-7642-1772-2, 368 pages, $14.99<\/p>\n

January 1, 2016<\/p>\n

Texas sports<\/span><\/p>\n

Yousse, Bower, and Thomas J. Cryan<\/span><\/p>\n

Freddie Steinmark: Faith, Family, Football<\/span><\/p>\n

University of Texas Press<\/p>\n

Hardcover, 978-1-4773-0821-9, 266 pages, $24.95<\/p>\n

September 1, 2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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