Texas has a whole remuda of writers, some native-born and Texas-raised and some immigrants to the state. They range from poets and playwrights to newspapermen and novelists. Pat Bennett has rounded up twelve of the most respected of them to discuss their work and their opinions about Texas writing and literature in general.
A. C. Greene is fascinated by characters who have a flaw they just can't overcome. Though Elmer Kelton reads widely when he can, he concentrates on specific research when working on a project. Frances Mossiker says that she struggles hard to give each person in her...

Times were tough in the thirties, and tough guys chronicled the era in newspapers, short stories, and novels in prose that was terse, hard-boiled, bleak. One such writer was a Texan named Edward Anderson.
"Rough and Rowdy Ways" is the story of Edward Anderson, primarily in what were, ironically, his golden years--the Great Depression. The laconic loner hopped freights, wrote two proletarian novels of the social underclass, looked for inspiration in a shot glass, and mixed with Hollywood celebrities while employed as a screenwriter for Paramount Pictures and Warner Brothers.
When the...

In this second volume in the series 'The Railways of Burgundy', the history of the railways of Saone et Loire is explored. Starting with the very first industrial lines, and continuing through to the TGV, the history of every line, both main and secondary, is recounted in detail. There are special chapters on the mining industry and railways at Montceau-les-Mines; Le Creusot and the Schneiders; the steam depots of the departement; historic autorails, and the numerous metre gauge lines. With over 400 photographs, old postcard views, maps, diagrams, and other illustrations, this volume is bound...

Profusely illustrated throughout with photographs, old postcard views, maps, charts and diagrams, this book charts the history of the railways of the departement of Nievre, in the region of Burgundy. It recounts the history of the railways from the very earliest horse-drawn lines to the modern system of today. There are additional chapters on private operators past and present, on the locomotives of the PLM including the Pacifics, on the PLM/SNCF workshops at Nevers, on locomotive depots, and on the metre gauge departemental network - the'tacot', once very much part of the rural scene, but...

The Compagnie du Chemin de Fer du Medoc built its line from Bordeaux to Le Verdon in the 1870s, and remained an independent company until its absorption by the Midi in 1912. As such, it was the longest surviving independent railway in France, and also the longest unconnected to the national network. In the 1880s the Societe Generale des Chemins de Fer Economiques built two standard gauge lines on the Medoc peninsular, parts of which survived as late as 1978. The history of these railways in this little-known and fascinating area of France is recounted in this volume. Topics covered include...

Profusely illustrated throughout, with photographs, old postcard views, maps, diagrams and timetables, this, the third volume of the series on the railways of Burgundy, describes the history of every line in the departement, both main and secondary, whether closed or still active. It also tells the story of the extensive metre gauge network of the Chemins de Fer Departementaux de la Cote d'Or. There are, additionally, special sections on the steam locomotives of the Est company; Dijon and its depots; Blaisy-Bas; and the early streamlined locomotives of the PLM. Carefully researched and with...