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Tarleton State University Southwestern Studies in the Humanities Series

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The Texas Calaboose and Other Forgotten Jails (Volume 29)
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A calaboose is, quite simply, a tiny jail. Designe…

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    From the Frio to Del Rio: Travel Guide to the Western Hill Country and the Lower Pecos Canyonlands
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    Each year, more than two million visitors enjoy th…

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    Still Turning: A History of Aermotor Windmills
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    3.50     · 2 Ratings · published 2015 · 3 editions
    The Aermotor Windmill Company, which commenced ope…

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    Faded Glory: A Century of Forgotten Military Sites in Texas, Then and Now
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    Each of the wars fought by Texans spawned the crea…

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    Undaunted: A Norwegian Woman in Frontier Texas (Volume 20)
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    4.50     · 2 Ratings · published 2005 · 6 editions
    Elise Waerenskjold is known to fans of Texas women…

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    Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country (Volume 26)
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    4.00     · 4 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2014 · 4 editions
    Take an unforgettable sky excursion over Big Bend …

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    Culture in the American Southwest: The Earth, the Sky, the People
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    3.80     · 5 Ratings · published 2001 · 4 editions
    If the Southwest is known for its distinctive regi…

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    Exploding the Western: Myths of Empire on the Postmodern Frontier (Volume 19)
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    4.20     · 5 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2005 · 6 editions
    The frontier and Western expansionism are so quint…

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    Let's Hear It: Stories by Texas Women Writers (Tarleton State University Southwestern Studies in the Humanities, No. 16)
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    4.33     · 3 Ratings · published 2003 · 5 editions
    “Fig newtons” of the imagination and of memory abo…

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    Fritos® Pie: Stories, Recipes, and More (Volume 24)
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    3.71     · 21 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2011 · 3 editions
    Fritos® Pie is an insider’s look at the never-befo…

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    Alexandre Hogue: An American Visionary--Paintings and Works on Paper (Volume 23)
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    Presenting the unique vision of an American origin…

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    Rough and Rowdy Ways: The Life and Hard Times of Edward Anderson (Tarleton State University Southwestern Studies in the Humanities
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    4.00     · 1 Ratings · published 1988 · 5 editions
    Times were tough in the thirties, and tough guys c…

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    The Pastoral Vision of Cormac McCarthy (Volume 18)
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    3.36     · 11 Ratings · published 2004 · 4 editions
    Georg Guillemin’s visionary approach to the work o…

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    Lone Star Chapters: The Story of Texas Literary Clubs (Volume 17)
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    5.00     · 1 Ratings · published 2004 · 2 editions
    As Texas entered the twentieth century, it was ope…

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    San Antonio on Parade: Six Historic Festivals (Volume 15)
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    Cities, like people, may be best known by the way …

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    The Lost Years of William S. Burroughs: Beats in South Texas
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    The sometimes raunchy, often legally dubious New Y…

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    Donald Barthelme: The Genesis of a Cool Sound (Volume 13)
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    3.62     · 13 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2001 · 6 editions
    Chronicling a literary life that ended not so long…

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    State of Mind: Texas Literature and Culture (Tarleton State University Southwestern Studies in the Humanities, No 10)
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    4.50     · 2 Ratings · published 1997 · 1 edition
    "Is literary Texas a banana republic or an empire?…

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    Nueva Granada: Paul Horgan and the Southwest (Volume 6)
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    3.50     · 2 Ratings · published 1995 · 3 editions
    In a delicate balance between old and new, Nueva G…

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    Beautiful Swift Fox: Erna Fergusson and the Modern Southwest (Volume 7)
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    3.50     · 2 Ratings · published 1996 · 2 editions
    The American Southwest has assumed the status of a…

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    The Birth of a Texas Ghost Town: Thurber, 1886-1933
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    In its heyday, Thurber was home to coal miners and…

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    West of the American Dream: An Encounter with Texas (Volume 14)
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    Like many a pioneer exiting the eastern forests, P…

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    Riding the Wind and Other Tales (Volume 9)
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    Even a place as big as Texas is ultimately made up…

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    Texas Women Writers: A Tradition of Their Own (Volume 8)
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    In 1893, a literary critic in the Galveston Daily …

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    Cannibals and Condos: Texans and Texas along the Gulf Coast (Volume 3)
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    3.83     · 6 Ratings · published 1986 · 2 editions
    Robert Lee Maril, a professor at Texas Southmost C…

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    In the Deep Heart's Core: Reflections on Life, Letters, and Texas (Volume 1)
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    4.50     · 2 Ratings · published 1985 · 3 editions
    The subjects of Craig Clifford's ruminations range…

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    Larry McMurtry and the Victorian Novel (Volume 5)
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    3.17     · 6 Ratings · published 1994 · 5 editions
    Millions have read Larry McMurtry's novel, though …

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