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BL
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698817
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b521006
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| Main Entry
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Almon, Bert,1943-
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| Title & Author
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This stubborn self : : Texas autobiographies /\ by Bert Almon.
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| Publication Statement
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Fort Worth, Tex. :: TCU Press,, c2002.
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| Page. NO
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xi, 419 p. :: ports. ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0875652662 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9780875652665 (cloth : alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-391) and index.
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| Contents
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Lambshead legends: Sallie Reynolds Matthews -- Gathering traditions: John A. Lomax and J. Frank Dobie -- The confessions of Gertrude Beasley -- From greenhorn to chile queen: Hallie Crawford Stillwell -- Autobiography by interview: Jewel Babb, Charley C. White, and Annie Mae Hunt -- Baptized in earth: William A. Owens and Northeast Texas -- An Anglo vaquero of the Brush Country: John Houghton Allen -- The journeys of A.C. Greene -- All the time in the world: William Humphrey's Clarksville -- The autobiographer in denial: Larry McMurtry -- From the borderlands: Pat Mora, Gloria López-Stafford, and Ray Gonzalez -- Mary Karr's family sideshow -- The Mexican diaspora and John Phillip Santos -- Conclusion: are Texans still Texans?
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| Abstract
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A book of different texan writers and their recollection on Texas.
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American prose literature-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
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American prose literature-- Texas-- History and criticism.
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Authors, American-- Homes and haunts-- Texas.
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Autobiography.
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Self in literature.
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Texas, Biography, History and criticism.
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Texas, In literature.
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Texas, Intellectual life.
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| LC Classification
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PS266.T4A46 2002
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