{"product_id":"2026100012463-secondhand-texas-a-novel","title":"Texas: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear with damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\n\nMichener'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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50948303454427,"sku":"2026100012463-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/15bf21ee-c8ed-473c-92a7-7652028591c4.png?v=1793104140","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100012463-secondhand-texas-a-novel","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}