Download e-book for iPad: Texas Monthly On . . .: Texas Women by editors of Texas Monthly,Evan Smith

By editors of Texas Monthly,Evan Smith

ISBN-10: 0292713274

ISBN-13: 9780292713277

for the reason that 1973, Texas per month has spotlighted hundreds of thousands of Texans who, for larger or worse, make this kingdom like no position else. TEXAS per 30 days On . . . Texas ladies profiles 13 ladies who're not just attention-grabbing of their personal correct, but additionally consultant of the legions of ladies who've contributed to the nature and forte of Texas. they vary from First girls Laura Bush and girl chicken Johnson to popular culture icons reminiscent of sweet Barr and Janis Joplin—and them all exemplify the characteristics that make Texas ladies specific. The women's profiles initially seemed as articles within the journal, authored via a few of Texas Monthly's impressive writers—Cecilia Ballí, Gary Cartwright, Paul Burka, Mimi Swartz, Jan Jarboe Russell, pass Hollandsworth, Robert Draper, William Broyles Jr., Jan Reid, Joe Nick Patoski, Pamela Colloff, and Helen Thorpe. The writers additionally introduce their items with headnotes that replace the tales or, from time to time, inform the tale at the back of the story.TEXAS per month On . . . Texas girls is the 1st in a sequence of books within which the editors of Texas per month will provide the magazine's inimitable point of view on quite a few facets of Texas tradition, together with meals, politics, commute, and tune, between different topics.

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