Turn Out the Lights
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Home > History and Archaeology > History > History of the Americas > Turn Out the Lights: Chronicles of Texas during the 80s and 90s
Turn Out the Lights: Chronicles of Texas during the 80s and 90s

Turn Out the Lights: Chronicles of Texas during the 80s and 90s


     0     
5
4
3
2
1



Out of Stock


Notify me when this book is in stock
X
About the Book

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."

Table of Contents:
Foreword by Robert Draper Acknowledgments 1. 1963: My Most Unforgettable Year. The gravity of that strangest of years when JFK was assassinated in my neighborhood weighs on everything I've written. 2. Back Home: Why I Had to Leave Texas, and Why I Had to Come Back 3. The Snootiest Neighborhood in Texas. During its heyday, the King William District was full of rich eccentrics, well-bred clubwomen, nosy neighbors, and a few stray chickens. Today it's pretty much the same. 4. Meet the Binions. You won't believe how the children of the notorious Dallas gambler and racketeer Benny Binion made a mess out of his legacy. 5. The Sting. Instead of rooting out corruption at NASA, the FBI exposed its own ruthlessness. 6. Touch Me, Feel Me, Heal Me!: Exposing Psychic Surgery, or the Case of the Smoking Panties 7. The Bad Brother. Matt Johnson and Ernie McMillan were leaders of the old Black Power crowd in Dallas. They preached revolution and went to jail. Fifteen years later, Ernie was wiser and tougher, and Matt was dead. 8. Gila Hell. There we were, deep in the meanest, roughest country in the Southwest, and an 83-year-old fanatic was our leader. 9. The Innocent and the Damned. In 1992 Fran and Dan Keller were sent to prison for sexually abusing a child in their suburban Austin day care center. But parents have convinced themselves that the couple are guilty of much worse. They believe the Kellers belong to a cult that tortured and brainwashed their kids and turned them into Satan's slaves. 10. The Longest Ride of His Life: How the Dallas Police Nearly Murdered Randall Adams 11. Turn Out the Lights: Dallas Cowboys Old-Timers Reunion. I left the Dallas Cowboys old-timers reunion wondering why Don Meredith didn't show up, whether Tom Landry deserved his reputation as a coaching genius, and where America's Team went wrong. 12. "I Was Mandarin . . ." Did Dallas policeman Roscoe White pull the trigger on President Kennedy, or was he pulling our leg? 13. How to Have Great Sex Forever. Viagra may put new life into your old equipment, but it's up to you to keep the romance alive. 14. The Last Roundup. Out in the Trans-Pecos two ranches are fighting a new kind of range war to answer the question: Can a ranch keep its soul and make money too? 15. A Star Is Reborn: Kris Kristofferson. Hollywood was buzzing about Kris Kristofferson's powerful performance in Lone Star. But after two decades of highs and lows the Brownsville native knew better than to let success go to his head—again. 16. The Real Deal Meets the Real Meal: Holyfield vs. Foreman. This match really was a fight for the ages. 17. "Nothing to It": The Life and Death of My Son Mark. That was my son Mark's favorite expression, and it perfectly defined his upbeat, self-assured personality—even in his last days battling leukemia. 18. Willie at 65: Willie Nelson's at the Peak of His Game. What do the years do to a rebel? Sometimes they make him even even wilder. The Red Headed Stranger long ago went gray, but his passion—for music, the road, and life—hasn't gone cold.


Best Sellers


Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780292789920
  • Publisher: University of Texas Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Texas Press
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Chronicles of Texas During the 80s and 90s
  • ISBN-10: 0292789920
  • Publisher Date: 22 Jul 2010
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 277


Similar Products

Add Photo
Add Photo

Customer Reviews

REVIEWS      0     
Click Here To Be The First to Review this Product
Turn Out the Lights: Chronicles of Texas during the 80s and 90s
University of Texas Press -
Turn Out the Lights: Chronicles of Texas during the 80s and 90s
Writing guidlines
We want to publish your review, so please:
  • keep your review on the product. Review's that defame author's character will be rejected.
  • Keep your review focused on the product.
  • Avoid writing about customer service. contact us instead if you have issue requiring immediate attention.
  • Refrain from mentioning competitors or the specific price you paid for the product.
  • Do not include any personally identifiable information, such as full names.

Turn Out the Lights: Chronicles of Texas during the 80s and 90s

Required fields are marked with *

Review Title*
Review
    Add Photo Add up to 6 photos
    Would you recommend this product to a friend?
    Tag this Book Read more
    Does your review contain spoilers?
    What type of reader best describes you?
    I agree to the terms & conditions
    You may receive emails regarding this submission. Any emails will include the ability to opt-out of future communications.

    CUSTOMER RATINGS AND REVIEWS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TERMS OF USE

    These Terms of Use govern your conduct associated with the Customer Ratings and Reviews and/or Questions and Answers service offered by Bookswagon (the "CRR Service").


    By submitting any content to Bookswagon, you guarantee that:
    • You are the sole author and owner of the intellectual property rights in the content;
    • All "moral rights" that you may have in such content have been voluntarily waived by you;
    • All content that you post is accurate;
    • You are at least 13 years old;
    • Use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.
    You further agree that you may not submit any content:
    • That is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
    • That infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
    • That violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
    • That is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
    • For which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any unapproved third party;
    • That includes any information that references other websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers;
    • That contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.
    You agree to indemnify and hold Bookswagon (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.), harmless from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of a breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.


    For any content that you submit, you grant Bookswagon a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell, transfer, and/or distribute such content and/or incorporate such content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. Additionally,  Bookswagon may transfer or share any personal information that you submit with its third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc. in accordance with  Privacy Policy


    All content that you submit may be used at Bookswagon's sole discretion. Bookswagon reserves the right to change, condense, withhold publication, remove or delete any content on Bookswagon's website that Bookswagon deems, in its sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of these Terms of Use.  Bookswagon does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through Bookswagon to edit or delete any content you have submitted. Ratings and written comments are generally posted within two to four business days. However, Bookswagon reserves the right to remove or to refuse to post any submission to the extent authorized by law. You acknowledge that you, not Bookswagon, are responsible for the contents of your submission. None of the content that you submit shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Bookswagon, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or third party service providers (including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.)and their respective directors, officers and employees.

    Accept

    Fresh on the Shelf


    Inspired by your browsing history


    Your review has been submitted!

    You've already reviewed this product!