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Larry L. King

A Writer's Life in Letters, Or, Reflections in a Bloodshot Eye

By: Larry L. King

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A Writer's Life in Letters, Or, Reflections in a Bloodshot Eye

By: Larry L. King

Larry L. Kings life story.

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0875652034

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Larry L. King

A Writer's Life in Letters, Or, Reflections in a Bloodshot Eye

By: Larry L. King

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A Writer's Life in Letters, Or, Reflections in a Bloodshot Eye

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Larry L. Kings life story.

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The One-eyed Man

By: Larry L. King

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In the 1960s when the Supreme Court rules that African Americans must be admitted to the university in an unnamed Southern state, Governor Cullie Blanton is about to run for re-election. One of his opponents is "Bayonet Bill" Wooster, an ex-marine general who bases his campaign on fear of racial integration, fear of Communists, and fear of the federal government; he presents himself as the leader in a holy war against the incumbent infidel. The other candidate is Poppa Posey, a former governor who raises hound dogs, quotes Shakespeare, and hopes to use Wooster's money to split support for Blanton. Only Blanton understands that integration is inevitable and that his task must be to make the transition as painless and bloodless as possible. That he fails may be due in part to his freewheeling, power-driven personality. But Blanton is also defeated by inertia, tradition, and demagoguery. He is, as he once describes himself, someone "who just got in the way of goddamn history." Is the state Texas and the governor Lyndon B. Johnson? King denies it, arguing that there are equal parts of Huey Long, Herman Talmadge, and Alfalfa Bill Murray. But, as Erisman says in his foreword, "Blanton, in his wheeling and dealing, his crudities and profanity, his ruthlessness and his compassion, is a dead-on portrait of LBJ in full cry." The One-Eyed Man presents a hauntingly clear picture of the 1960s in the South--the national grief over the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the racial turmoil, the human dilemma faced by North and South alike. And it poses haunting questions for the reader: what separates the demagogue from the leader? What injustices are acceptable in the name of a larger justice? Who determines the greatest good for the greatest number?

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TCU Press

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0875652360

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9780875652368

Literary Life

A Second Memoir

By: Larry McMurtry

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Literary Life

A Second Memoir

By: Larry McMurtry

Pulitzer Prize–winner Larry McMurtry follows up his memoir Books with this engrossing and deeply personal reflection on the life of a writer. Larry McMurtry is that rarest of artists, a prolific and genre-transcending writer who has delighted generations with his witty and elegant prose. In Literary Life, the sequel to Books, he expounds on the private trials and triumphs of being a writer. From his earliest inkling of his future career while at Rice University, to his tenure as a Wallace Stegner fellow at Stanford with Ken Kesey in 1960, to his incredible triumphs as a bestselling author, this intimate and charming autobiography is replete with literary anecdotes and packed with memorable observations about writing, writers, and the author himself. It is a work to be cherished not only by McMurtry’s admirers, but by the innumerable aspiring writers who seek to make their own mark on American literature.

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194

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Simon and Schuster

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1451606591

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9781451606591

The One-eyed Man

By: Larry L. King

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"Seditious Sectaryes"

The Baptist Conventiclers of Oxford 1641-1691

By: Larry J. Kreitzer

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"Seditious Sectaryes"

The Baptist Conventiclers of Oxford 1641-1691

By: Larry J. Kreitzer

This book offers the first in-depth study of the origins of the Baptist Church in Oxford in the seventeenth century; it charts the people, the places, and the events that helped forge the Baptists into a dissenting congregation over a fifty-year period (1641-1691). It chronicles the rise of Baptist conventiclers during the early days of the Civil War, when Parliamentarians clashed with Royalist interests in the city of Oxford. It proceeds to discuss the significance of the Dissenters during the years of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, and the struggle they faced during the Restoration period as a resurgent Church of England sought to stamp its authority on all such seditious sectaryes. The story is told of a committed group of religious Dissenters, made up mainly of local townspeople who were fully integrated into the civic life of Oxford, seeking to make their vision of God's kingdom a reality in the world in which they lived. An influential tanner, a dedicated glover, a disaffected and outcast soldier, a well-connected cider-maker, and a controversial haberdasher who went on to become Mayor of Oxford all make their appearance here. Although the study is essentially biographical in nature, it drives the reader back inexorably to primary source materials, many of them identified and discussed here for the first time.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1556353200

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9781556353208

Christmas, 1933

A Dramatization in One Act

By: Larry L. King

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Christmas, 1933

A Dramatization in One Act

By: Larry L. King

At Christmas, a middle aged man and his aged parents reflect back on the terrible Christmas Eve in 1933 when a father got lost in a blizzard with toys bought on credit so a five year-old boy would find the magic of the season under his Christmas tree. The child's holiday excitement is set against the troubling realities of the Depression in a story that stresses the hardy values of a rural family and the ultimate warmth of that Christmas morning.

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Samuel French, Inc.

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0573662517

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9780573662515

Tell it to the King

By: Larry King,Peter Occhiogrosso

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Tell it to the King

By: Larry King,Peter Occhiogrosso

Larry King has listened to the greatest, the funniest, the most gifted--and sometimes the weirdest--men and women in America. Now, the undisputed king of the airwaves takes his own turn! Will delight King's many fans, and everyone who loves stories and secrets about celebs!--Washington Post.

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310

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Berkley

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0515100226

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9780515100228

None But a Blockhead

On Being a Writer

By: Larry L. King

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None But a Blockhead

On Being a Writer

By: Larry L. King

Riotously funny, King's book is a warning and object lesson in how life as a writer works. on being a writer.

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Penguin (Non-Classics)

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0140099182

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9780140099188

Tell it to the King

By: Larry King,Peter Occhiogrosso

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Tell it to the King

By: Larry King,Peter Occhiogrosso

The king of late-night radio and television spins true tales and tall stories about the famous, the funny, the great, and the not-so-great. Larry King e worlds of celebrity, sports, show business, comedy, and Washington politics with stories about JFK, Nixon, Lily Tomlin, Tammy Faye Baker, Joe DiMaggio, and others.

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Putnam Adult

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0399132449

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9780399132445

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"Seditious Sectaryes"

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Christmas, 1933

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None But a Blockhead

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