| A Book Lover in Texas Contributor(s): Oppenheimer, Evelyn (Author), Wood, Jane Roberts (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0929398890 ISBN-13: 9780929398891 Publisher: University of North Texas Press OUR PRICE: $18.76 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 94049021 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.3" W x 7.32" (0.69 lbs) 169 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Texas - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A personal and professional memoir of a major literary catalyst in the state--on radio and the lecture platform, as author, agent, teacher, and book collector. Her review broadcasts hold the national record for fifty years on the air. Oppenheimer pulls no punches in her evaluation of books, writers, and the society and organizations related to them, including anecdotes about such literary and artistic stars as Irving Stone, Willie Morris, Peter Hurd, Agatha Christie, Herman Wouk, Leon Uris, James Michener, Jacqueline Susann, and Alistair Cooke. She also tells of her own life and that of a grander and more elegant generation of Dallasites. |