Turn Out the Lights Chronicles of Texas During the 80s and 90s |
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Author:
| Cartwright, Gary |
Foreword by:
| Draper, Robert |
Series title: | Southwestern Writers Collection Series, Wittliff Collections at Texas State University Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-292-71199-0 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2000 |
Publisher: | University of Texas Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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* collects Cartwright's best TEXAS MONTHLY articles from the 1980s and 1990s, along with 1 new essay* Cartwright's "portraits of tarnished icons, breezy individualists and outright lowlifes add up to a gallery of contemporary Texas outlaws"* Cartwright has been a writer since the 1950s with scores of newspaper pieces as well as magazine articles (ESQUIRE, HARPER'S, ROLLING STONE, SATURDAY REVIEW) and books embracing many genres: novel (THE HUNDRED-YARD WAR), crime reporting (BLOOD WILL...
More Description* collects Cartwright's best TEXAS MONTHLY articles from the 1980s and 1990s, along with 1 new essay* Cartwright's "portraits of tarnished icons, breezy individualists and outright lowlifes add up to a gallery of contemporary Texas outlaws"* Cartwright has been a writer since the 1950s with scores of newspaper pieces as well as magazine articles (ESQUIRE, HARPER'S, ROLLING STONE, SATURDAY REVIEW) and books embracing many genres: novel (THE HUNDRED-YARD WAR), crime reporting (BLOOD WILL TELL; DIRTY DEALING), essay anthology (CONFESSIONS OF A WASHED-UP SPORTSWRITER), history (GALVESTON), self-help (HEARTWISEGUY)