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Dr. Kirk Bane
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Recommendations:
An
Essential Reading List of Texas History Compiled by Dr. Kirk
Bane
Book Reviews by Dr Kirk Bane:
Official
Guide to Texas State Parks & Historic Sites by Laurence Parent
A Review by Dr. Kirk Bane 11-1-18
Shopping
Mall by Matthew Newton. 10-1-18
Women
in Civil War Texas: Diversity and Dissidence in the Trans-Mississippi.
Edited by Deborah M. Liles and Angela Boswell. 9-1-18
From
Santa Anna to Selena: Notable Mexicanos and Tejanos in Texas History
since 1821 by Harriett Denise Joseph 5-1-18
Shake
It Up: Great American Writing on Rock and Pop From Elvis to Jay
Z. Jonathan Lethem and Kevin Dettmar, eds. 4-2-18
The
Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars: Heroin, Handguns, and Ham Sandwiches
by Jeremy Simmonds 3-2-18
Uncommon
People: The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars by David Hepworth.
2-5-18
Hidden History of the Llano Estacado Paul H. Carlson and David
J. Murrah, editors. 1-10-18
All
Over the Map: True Heroes of Texas Music. Revised Edition. by
Michael Corcoran. 11-1-17
Peter
Bogdanovich: Interviews. Peter Tonguette (ed.) 10-8-17
Everybody's Talkin': The Top Films of 1965-1969 by Barry Monush.
9-1-17
Supporting Features: Writing and Interviews on Movies and Moviemakers
by Damien Love. 6-2-17
Single
Star of the West: The Republic of Texas, 1836-1845. Edited by
Kenneth W. Howell and Charles Swanlund. 5-2-17
On
History's Trail: Speeches and Essays by the Texas State Historian
by Light Townsend Cummins. 4-3-17
Eavesdropping
on Texas History Edited by Mary L. Scheer 3-1-17
Fort
Worth's Rock and Roll Roots by Mark A. Nobles 2-1-17
Sharon
Tate: Recollection by Debra Tate, Foreword by Roman Polanski.
1-4-17
The
Houstorian Dictionary: An Insider's Index to Houston by James
Glassman 12-1-16
The
Real James Dean: Intimate Memories from Those Who Knew Him Best.
Edited by Peter L. Winkler. Foreword by George Stevens Jr. 11-1-16
West Texas: A History of the Giant Side of the State Paul H.
Carlson and Bruce A. Glasrud, eds. 10-1-16
Texas
Storms: Stories of Raging Weather in the Lone Star State by
Gene Fowler 4-1-16
"101
Essential Texas Books" 5-3-15
Sam
Peckinpah: Interviews Kevin J. Hayes, editor. 4-3-15
Women and the Texas Revolution Mary L. Scheer, editor. 3-11-15
Twentieth-Century Texas: A Social and Cultural History John
W. Storey and Mary L. Kelley, eds. 10-3-14
Texas Gulf Coast Stories by C. Herndon Williams 5-22-14
Elvis in Texas: The Undiscovered King, 1954-1958 by Stanley
Oberst and Lori Torrance 4-19-14
True
Tales of the Texas Frontier: Eight Centuries of Adventure and Surprise
by C. Herndon Williams 3-29-14
Chain
Saw Confidential: How We Made the World's Most Notorious Horror
Movie by Gunnar Hansen 2-22-14
State
of Minds: Texas Culture & Its Discontents by Don Graham 1-14-14
All
Over the Map: True Heroes of Texas Music 10-6-13
Never
Without Honor: Studies of Courage in Tribute to Ben H. Procter
9-19-13
Central Texas Tales by Mike Cox
Writing the Story of Texas Patrick L. Cox and Kenneth E. Hendrickson
Jr., eds. 8-11-13
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