Texas Literary Outlaws: Six Writers in the Sixties and Beyond

by Steven L. Davis

Book Overview

At the height of the sixties, a group of Texas writers stood apart from Texas's conservative establishment. Calling themselves the Mad Dogs, these six writers--Bud Shrake, Larry L. King, Billy Lee Brammer, Gary Cartwright, Dan Jenkins, and Peter Gent--closely observed the effects of the Vietnam War; the Kennedy assassination; the rapid population shift from rural to urban environments; Lyndon Johnson's rise to national prominence; the Civil Rights...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875656757
• ISBN13: 9780875656755
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"