Texas Texas

Texas

A Novel

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Publisher Description

Spanning four and a half centuries, James A. Michener’s monumental saga chronicles the epic history of Texas, from its Spanish roots in the age of the conquistadors to its current reputation as one of America’s most affluent, diverse, and provocative states. Among his finely drawn cast of characters, emotional and political alliances are made and broken, as the loyalties established over the course of each turbulent age inevitably collapse under the weight of wealth and industry. With Michener as our guide, Texas is a tale of patriotism and statesmanship, growth and development, violence and betrayal—a stunning achievement by a literary master.

BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from James A. Michener's Hawaii.
 
Praise for Texas
 
“Fascinating.”Time
 
“A book about oil and water, rangers and outlaws, frontier and settlement, money and power . . . [James A. Michener] manages to make history vivid.”The Boston Globe
 
“A sweeping panorama . . . [Michener] grapples earnestly with the Texas character in a way that Texas’s own writers often don’t.”The Washington Post Book World
 
“Vast, sprawling, and eclectic in population and geography, the state has just the sort of larger-than-life history that lends itself to Mr. Michener’s taste for multigenerational epics.”The New York Times

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
1985
September 12
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
1,344
Pages
PUBLISHER
Random House Publishing Group
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
18
MB

Customer Reviews

suhollan ,

Inspiring

After living in Texas for forty years, this work puts much of what I have seen and shared into perspective. I highly recommend this book to all, Texans or otherwise.

Cyber_Grunt ,

One of the best books I have read….

This book was recommended to me from a very intelligent doctor. She told me that this book 📖 would be right up my alley. Not only is it superbly written but the history and the story are perfectly harmonious. This is just my opinion.

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