{"product_id":"a-students-treasury-of-texas-billy-bob-hill-9780875653532","title":"A Students' Treasury of Texas Poetry","description":"Designed to enhance high school students' appreciation of the rich variety of Texas poetry, \u003ci\u003eA Students\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Treasury of Texas Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e contains poems from the earliest beginnings of Texas, including work by Sam Houston and Mirabeau B. Lamar, to contemporary poets like Naomi Shihab Nye, Larry McMurtry, Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, Jas. Mardis, and Carmen Tafolla. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHill groups the poems in categories, setting out the history of Texas from pre-history in poems like Larry D. Thomas' \"Caddoan Indian Mound\" or Alan Birkelbach's \"Coronado Points,\" to a chronicle of Texas counties in such poems as \"Haiku: Hands shading my eyes,\" by Michael Moore, or \"The Poet Gets Drowsy on the Road,\" by Frederick Turner. Texas poets examine the variety of family life in poems such as Red Steagall's \"The Memories in Grandmother's Trunk,\" or \"Mi Tía Sofía\" by Carmen Tafolla, or \"Growing Up near Escondido Canyon,\" by Walt McDonald. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEven the weather and Texas' varied creatures are fodder for the poet's speculation, and Hill includes \"Good-bye Summer\" by Jas. Mardis, and \"Summer Begins Outside Dalhart, Texas,\" by Mary Vanek, as well as \"Mr. Bloomer's Birds\" by William D. Barney and \"A Mockingbird,\" by Boyce House. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe final chapter features attempts by poets to define the mysterious state that is Texas and includes \"litany: blood in the soil\/texas (an excerpt)\" by Sharon Bridforth, \"Our Texas Economy\" by Chuck Taylor, among others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Billy Bob Hill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0875653537\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780875653532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas Christian University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/05\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.33h x 7.25w x 0.88d","brand":"Billy Bob Hill","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47520304693503,"sku":"9780875653532","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4592eae1-1fbc-447b-8552-ef4a191e3b45.jpg?v=1762884787","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-students-treasury-of-texas-billy-bob-hill-9780875653532","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}