Bøger i Wittliff Collections Literary Series serien

Many of Texas' leading writers have had their hearts captured by a river, and they have created sparkling accounts of the waterways they love. Now, editors Steven Davis and Sam Pfiester have assembled the best of those works into a revelatory collection of diverse literary voices.

Before his death in 2009, legendary Texas author Edwin'Bud' Shrake completed a final novel based on his real-life adventures as a Hollywood screenwriter in the 1970s and'80s. This rollicking novel, discovered among Shrake's literary papers at the Wittliff Collections, provides a hilarious and insightful look at the Hollywood meat grinder.

Setting out to create a collection of J. Frank Dobie's writing that ""brings him alive and makes him relevant to current generations of readers"", Steven Davis has combed through the works of this renowned Texas author, gathering together in one volume Dobie's most vital writings.