Land of the Permanent Wave: An Edwin Bud Shrake Reader

by Edwin Shrake

Book Overview

Edwin "Bud" Shrake is one of the most intriguing literary talents to emerge from Texas. He has written vividly in fiction and nonfiction about everything from the early days of the Texas Republic to the making of the atomic bomb. His real gift has been to capture the Texas Zeitgeist. Legendary Harper's Magazine editor Willie Morris called Shrake's essay "Land of the Permanent Wave" one of the two best pieces Morris ever published during...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292719965
• ISBN13: 9780292719965
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 343 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"