This stubborn self : Texas autobiographies / by Bert Almon.

Contents Lambshead legends: Sallie Reynolds Matthews -- Gathering traditions: John A. Lomax and J. Frank Dobie -- The confessions of Gertrude Beasley -- From greenhorn to chile queen: Hallie Crawford Stillwell -- Autobiography by interview: Jewel Babb, Charley C. White, and Annie Mae Hunt -- Baptized in earth: William A. Owens and Northeast Texas -- An Anglo vaquero of the Brush Country: John Houghton Allen -- The journeys of A.C. Greene -- All the time in the world: William Humphrey's Clarksville -- The autobiographer in denial: Larry McMurtry -- From the borderlands: Pat Mora, Gloria López-Stafford, and Ray Gonzalez -- Mary Karr's family sideshow -- The Mexican diaspora and John Phillip Santos -- Conclusion: are Texans still Texans?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [377]-391) and index.
LCCN 2002003431
ISBN0875652662 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PS266.T4 A46 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold