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Steven L. Davis

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in The United States

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https://stevenldavis.org/

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Nonfiction, History, Fiction

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Steven L. Davis is a PEN USA award-winning author of four books and the editor of two more. His new book, co-written with Bill Minutaglio, is THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: Timothy Leary, Richard Nixon & the Hunt for the Fugitive King of LSD.

He is the current President of the Texas Institute of Letters, founded in 1936 with an elected membership consisting of the state’s most respected writers. He is considered "one of Texas' leading scholars of its indigenous culture" and his writing has been described as "lively," "groundbreaking," and "illuminating."

His previous books include Dallas 1963, co-written with Bill Minutaglio and winner of the PEN USA Award for Research Nonfiction. He is also the author of the acclaimed books, J. Frank ...more

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Average rating: 4.14 · 1,198 ratings · 234 reviews · 9 distinct works

	J. Frank Dobie: A Liberated Mind 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Texas Literary Outlaws: Six Writers in the Sixties and Beyond 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Essential J. Frank Dobie it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dallas 1963 by Bill Minutaglio, Steven L. Davis (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 794 ratings — published 2013 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lone Star Sleuths: An Anthology of Texas Crime Fiction by Bill Cunningham (Editor), Steven L. Davis (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Land of the Permanent Wave (Southwestern Writers Collection Series, Wittliff Collections at Texas State University-San Marcos) by Bud Shrake, Steven L. Davis (Goodreads Author) , Larry L. King (Foreword) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Land of the Permanent Wave: An Edwin Bud Shrake Reader by Edwin Shrake, Steven L. Davis (Goodreads Author) (Editor) , Larry L. King (Foreword) 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Most Dangerous Man in America: Timothy Leary, Richard Nixon and the Hunt for the Fugitive King of LSD by Bill Minutaglio, Steven L. Davis (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 457 ratings — published 2018 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Turning the Pages of Texas by Lonn Taylor, Steven L. Davis (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Steven Davis rated a book it was amazing Simon the Fiddler: A Novel by Paulette Jiles (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Steven Davis rated a book it was amazing The Essential J. Frank Dobie (Wittliff Collections Literary Series) by Steven L. Davis	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A work of staggering genius! But don't just take my word for it! Here's what Naomi Shihab Nye says: What a wonder! The Essential J. Frank Dobie, carefully and graciously edited by Steven L. Davis, is the book we have long been awaiting. Dobie's ...more
Nov 21, 2019 08:19AM · like · see review
Steven Davis rated a book it was amazing A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant's Son by Sergio Troncoso (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Steven Davis rated a book it was amazing The Glovemaker by Ann Weisgarber (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I absolutely love this book- one of the best historical novels I've read. I finished this in several long gulps and have been thinking about it ever since. The time and place are so exquisitely wrought by the author, and she brings her characters to ...more
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Steven Davis rated a book it was amazing The Overstory by Richard Powers	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Incredible book - if Tolstoy was writing today this is the book he’d write. It tackles our biggest problems head on. Overflowing with perception, empathy, and judgment. I knew a few things about trees coming into this novel but it has totally shifted ...more
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Steven Davis rated a book it was amazing The Glovemaker by Ann Weisgarber (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I absolutely love this book- one of the best historical novels I've read. I finished this in several long gulps and have been thinking about it ever since. The time and place are so exquisitely wrought by the author, and she brings her characters to ...more
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Steven Davis and 1228 other people liked Liad Magen's review of קיצור תולדות האנושות: "This book had changed my life, the way I think, the way I precept the world. I think it should be an obligatory book for everyone on this planet."
Jun 28, 2018 07:56AM · see review
Steven Davis rated a book it was amazing Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Steven Davis rated a book it was amazing Not Between Brothers by David Marion Wilkinson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
If you're looking for just one novel about the "epic" Texas of the 19th century, you can't go wrong with this! It's incredibly vivid and really makes you feel like you have a front row seat while you're watching history unfold. An excellent book!
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Steven Davis rated a book it was amazing Not Between Brothers by David Marion Wilkinson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
If you're looking for just one novel about the "epic" Texas of the 19th century, you can't go wrong with this! It's incredibly vivid and really makes you feel like you have a front row seat while you're watching history unfold. An excellent book!
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