Description: (SIGNED) Turn Out the Lights : Chronicles of Texas during the 80s and 90s (Southwestern Writers Collection Series)by Gary Cartwright Hardcover Cloth 282 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Stated first edition 2000. Handsome grey boards and black embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. Inscribed by author on title page dated 1/25/01 Whether the subject is Jack Ruby, Willie Nelson, or his own leukemia-stricken son Mark, when it comes to looking at the world through another person's eyes, nobody does it better than Gary Cartwright. For over twenty-five years, readers of Texas Monthly have relied on Cartwright to tell the stories behind the headlines with pull-no-punches honesty and wry humor. His reporting has told us not just what's happened over three decades in Texas, but, more importantly, what we've become as a result. This book collects seventeen of Cartwright's best Texas Monthly articles from the 1980s and 1990s, along with a new essay, "My Most Unforgettable Year," about the lasting legacy of the Kennedy assassination. He ranges widely in these pieces, from the reasons for his return to Texas after a New Mexican exile to profiles of Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson. Along the way, he strolls through San Antonio's historic King William District; attends a Dallas Cowboys old-timers reunion and the Holyfield vs. Foreman fight; visits the front lines of Texas' new range wars; gets inside the heads of murderers, gamblers, and revolutionaries; and debunks Viagra miracles, psychic surgery, and Kennedy conspiracy theories. In Cartwright's words, these pieces all record "the renewal of my Texas-ness, a rediscovery of Texas after returning home." Gary Cartwright was an American journalist and writer. He specialized in true crime stories. In the 1970s Cartwright was among the first writers hired at Texas Monthly. He remained there until his retirement as senior editor in 2010. Cartwright also co-wrote and co-produced movies and television shows. In 1980 his book Blood Will Tell was nominated for an Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America in the category of Best Fact Crime.
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Signed By: NONE, Gary Cartwright
Signed: Yes
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Original Language: English
Inscribed: No
Intended Audience: Ages 9-12, Young Adults, Adults
Edition: First Edition
Vintage: Yes
Personalize: No
Type: HARDCOVER
Illustrator: NONE
Personalized: No
Features: Dust Jacket, 1st Edition
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Book Title: Turn Out the Lights : Chronicles of Texas During the 80s and 90s
Number of Pages: 300 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Topic: Editors, Journalists, Publishers, United States / South / West South Central (Ar, La, Ok, Tx), United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Customs & Traditions, Essays
Item Height: 1.6 in
Publication Year: 2000
Genre: Travel, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections, History
Item Weight: 25 oz
Author: Gary Cartwright
Item Length: 9 in
Book Series: Southwestern Writers Collection Series, Wittliff Collections at Texas State University Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
