Texas: A Novel
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
From the sun-scorched plains of the Rio Grande to the oil-rich expanses of the Permian Basin, Texas is an epic chronicle of one of the most extraordinary places in American history — a land that was forged by war, ambition, and an indomitable spirit of independence. James A. Michener traces the sweeping saga of Texas across four centuries, following a cast of fictional and historical figures — Spanish conquistadors, Mexican settlers, Anglo pioneers, and modern-day tycoons — whose intertwined destinies mirror the turbulent rise of a nation within a nation. With meticulous historical research woven seamlessly into richly drawn human drama, Michener presents a portrait of Texas that is as vast and untamed as the state itself. Michener's signature style — panoramic in scope, novelistic in texture, and anchored in exhaustive historical detail — finds its perfect subject in a state whose mythology is inseparable from its reality. Texas argues that the Lone Star State is not merely a place but a state of mind, shaped by conquest, rebellion, and an almost mythic sense of destiny. Themes of identity, power, race, and belonging pulse through every chapter, rendered with the authority of a master storyteller who understands that history is ultimately a human story. Whether you are a devoted Michener reader or encountering his work for the first time, this monumental novel will leave you questioning just how much of the legend is truth — and how much of the truth has become legend.
Author: James A. Michener
Format: Hardback
Published: 1985, Random House
Genre: Historical fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
From the sun-scorched plains of the Rio Grande to the oil-rich expanses of the Permian Basin, Texas is an epic chronicle of one of the most extraordinary places in American history — a land that was forged by war, ambition, and an indomitable spirit of independence. James A. Michener traces the sweeping saga of Texas across four centuries, following a cast of fictional and historical figures — Spanish conquistadors, Mexican settlers, Anglo pioneers, and modern-day tycoons — whose intertwined destinies mirror the turbulent rise of a nation within a nation. With meticulous historical research woven seamlessly into richly drawn human drama, Michener presents a portrait of Texas that is as vast and untamed as the state itself. Michener's signature style — panoramic in scope, novelistic in texture, and anchored in exhaustive historical detail — finds its perfect subject in a state whose mythology is inseparable from its reality. Texas argues that the Lone Star State is not merely a place but a state of mind, shaped by conquest, rebellion, and an almost mythic sense of destiny. Themes of identity, power, race, and belonging pulse through every chapter, rendered with the authority of a master storyteller who understands that history is ultimately a human story. Whether you are a devoted Michener reader or encountering his work for the first time, this monumental novel will leave you questioning just how much of the legend is truth — and how much of the truth has become legend.