The Bookshelf, The Parlor, The Young Texas Reader, and the Monthly

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Monday, February 2, 2009

State Fare - Don Graham

In "ShelfLife" Jennifer McAndrew notes Graham's volume on the movies
  McAndrews begins ...
"Since the advent of filmmaking, dozens of Hollywood heartthrobs have lined up to play cowboys in more than 600 films about or made in Texas.
Who can forget Paul Newman's brash portrayal of a Texas cowboy in "Hud"? Or James Dean's turn as ranch hand Jett Rink in "Giant"?
Texas looms larges in moviemakers' imaginations writes English Professor Don Graham in the pocket-sized handbook "State Fare: An Irreverent Guide to Texas Movies" (TCU Press, 2008), but they don't always get it right."
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