Literary Fort Worth

by Judy Alter

Book Overview

Aware that some may see the title of this volume as an oxymoron, James Ward Lee argues in his "Argumentative Introduction" that for more than a century Fort Worth writers have written well about a city too often dismissed as a semi-rural cow town. Writers have celebrated its world of cattle and oil, to be sure, but many have seen other sides of Fort Worth--the country club set, the literati, the artists and artisans, the musicians, the intellectuals,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875652530
• ISBN13: 9780875652535
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
• Length: 442 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.9" x 10.0"