03288cam a2200577 i 4500 357848442 TxAuBib 20180919120000.0 170914s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017031324 9780525520108 0525520104 (OCoLC)990116644 TxAuBib rda Wright, Lawrence, 1947- God save Texas : a journey into the soul of the Lone Star State / Lawrence Wright. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. ©2018. 349 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "This is a Borzoi Book"--t.p.verso. Illustrations on lining paper. The charms, such as they are -- A tale of three wells -- Houston, we have a problem -- Culture, explained -- The cradle of presidents -- Turn the radio on -- Big D -- Sausage makers -- The city of the violet crown -- More sausage -- Borderlands -- The high lonesome -- Far west, far out -- Among the confederates. "With humor and the biting insight of a native, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower explores the history, culture, and politics of Texas, while holding the stereotypes up for rigorous scrutiny"-- Provided by publisher. "God Save Texas is a journey through the most controversial state in America. It is a red state in the heart of Trumpland that hasn't elected a Democrat to a statewide office in more than twenty years; but it is also a state in which minorities already form a majority (including the largest number of Muslim adherents). The cities are blue and among the most diverse in the nation. Oil is still king but Texas now leads California in technology exports. The Texas economic model of low taxes and minimal regulation has produced extraordinary growth but also striking income disparities. Texas looks a lot like the America that Donald Trump wants to create. And Wright's profound portrait of the state not only reflects our country back as it is, but as it was and as it might be"-- Provided by publisher. 20180919. Wright, Lawrence, 1947- Travel Texas. Harrigan, Stephen, 1948- Travel Texas. Harrigan, Stephen, 1948- Wright, Lawrence, 1947- 2000-2099. HISTORY United States State & Local Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX.) BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Cultural Heritage. POLITICAL SCIENCE Government State & Provincial. Economic history. Politics and government. Social conditions. Travel. Texas Description and travel. Texas Politics and government 21st century. Texas Social conditions 21st century. Texas Economic conditions 21st century. Texas. Travel writing. Travel writing. Wright, Lawrence, 1947-, New York : Knopf, 2018. TXFLO