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At the height of the sixties, a group of Texas writers - the Mad Dogs: Bud Shrake, Larry L. King, Billy Lee Brammer, Gary Cartwright, Dan Jenkins, and Peter Gent - stood apart from Texas's conservative establishment. Steven L. Davis makes extensive use of untapped literary archives to weave a fascinating portrait of writers who came of age during a period of rapid social change.

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Their personalities and the lives they lived were so fascinating that it was easy to get distracted. But the superb writing will be there long after these incredibly talented men are gone. . . . This book captures it all."" - Ann Richards

""Davis captures the group and their times so well that one could almost believe he was standing somewhere in the shadows observing these men as they played out the events of their lives."" - Southwestern Historical Quarterly

""Fascinating . . . a vivid account of their extraordinary lives as well as a no-holds-barred examination of their work."" - Houston Chronicle

Texas Literary Outlaws

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    A Paperback / softback by Steven L. Davis

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      Publisher Texas Christian University Press,U.S.
      Published 30 September 2017
      ISBN-13 9780875656755
      978-0875656755
      ISBN-10 0875656757

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      At the height of the sixties, a group of Texas writers - the Mad Dogs: Bud Shrake, Larry L. King, Billy Lee Brammer, Gary Cartwright, Dan Jenkins, and Peter Gent - stood apart from Texas's conservative establishment. Steven L. Davis makes extensive use of untapped literary archives to weave a fascinating portrait of writers who came of age during a period of rapid social change.

      Trade Review
      Their personalities and the lives they lived were so fascinating that it was easy to get distracted. But the superb writing will be there long after these incredibly talented men are gone. . . . This book captures it all."" - Ann Richards

      ""Davis captures the group and their times so well that one could almost believe he was standing somewhere in the shadows observing these men as they played out the events of their lives."" - Southwestern Historical Quarterly

      ""Fascinating . . . a vivid account of their extraordinary lives as well as a no-holds-barred examination of their work."" - Houston Chronicle

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