{"product_id":"literary-dallas-9780875653822","title":"Literary Dallas","description":"Known 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. \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas Christian University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780875653822\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.40w x 1.70d","brand":"Frances Brannen Vick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44087319199925,"sku":"9780875653822","price":25.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_90f6536d-2234-4573-a418-d24e18b234af.jpg?v=1714457494","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/literary-dallas-9780875653822","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}