{"product_id":"literary-dallas-hardcover","title":"Literary Dallas - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrances Brannen Vick\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKnown as \"The Emerald City,\" Dallas has its own rich heritage peculiar to its founding on the prairies and the Trinity River, and editor Frances Brannen Vick has collected a cornucopia of all things Big D in \u003ci\u003eLiterary Dallas\u003c\/i\u003e, the third in TCU Press's \"literary cities\" series. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere is C. C. Slaughter who helped make Dallas a banking center; John Rosenfield, who made his city a haven for performing arts; Evelyn Oppenheimer, who made her career reviewing books; not to mention Frank X. Tolbert, both Chili King and writer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNatalie Ornish writes of the merchants who made Dallas a city where haute couture is \u003ci\u003ecomme\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003efaut\u003c\/i\u003e, but, where, as Prudence Macintosh avers, it is also possible to live a perfectly happy life and never wear a ball gown. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHistorians and journalists have interpreted the city for generations, and you will find A. C. Greene, Bob Compton, Stanley Walker, Kent Biffle, Paul Crume and Jay Milner, among others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe pivotal event in Dallas was the Kennedy assassination, and Vick researched the journalists, writers, poets and observers who tackled this subject, including Jim Lehrer, Bryan Woolley, and Lawrence Wright, to name a few. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFiction set in Dallas has been wide and deep. Authors explore various backdrops, and from a Catholic church to an English manor to local bars--and all the places in between--Dallas is covered.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrances B. Vick holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in English from the University of Texas at Austin and Stephen F. Austin State University, respectively, and a Doctor of Humane Letters (\u003ci\u003ehonoris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ecausa\u003c\/i\u003e) from the University of North Texas. She began publishing with E-Heart Press, then became director of the University of North Texas Press. She most recently co-authored \u003ci\u003ePetra'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003es Legacy: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e South Texas Ranching Empire of Petra Vela and Mifflin \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eKenedy\u003c\/i\u003e with Jane Monday. Vick is past-president of the TIL and president of TSHA. She lives in Dallas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 10 x 7.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52632772477235,"sku":"9780875653822","price":36.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/2VxFgNyULk9780875653822.webp?v=1762210565","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/literary-dallas-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}