{"product_id":"texas-dissident-e-r-bills-9781681790954","title":"Texas Dissident: Dispatches from a Diminished State 2006-2016","description":"\u003cp\u003eTexas is known as a stronghold of conservative politics and values--in many cases ultraconservative--but those beliefs are taken to task in E.R. Bills' new book, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTexas Dissident: Dispatches from a Diminished State, 2006-2016\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA growing number of Texans are tired of Lone Star Conservatives, sick of being embarrassed by their political representatives and horrified by the devolution of the state conversation in terms of race, sex, sexual orientation, immigration, religious freedom, environmental responsibility, etc. From 2006-2016, Texas contrarian E.R. Bills came out swinging on these issues, and in these insightful, evocative missives, spares no purveyor of the farcical Lone Star status quo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBills unique perspective on these tops is indispensable. His last offering, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack Holocaust: The Paris Horror and a Legacy of Texas Terror\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (Eakin Press, 2015) documented an era when Texans burned an average of one African American a year at the stake for three decades. And his seminal book, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe 1910 Slocum Massacre: An Act of Genocide in East Texas \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e(The History Press, 2014) was a catalyst for the dedication of a historical marker commemorating the atrocity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e E. R. Bills\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1681790955\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681790954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Eakin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d","brand":"E. R. Bills","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46670462779647,"sku":"9781681790954","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5fb02aa6-5257-48ee-88ea-629afaf5be03.jpg?v=1741316915","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/texas-dissident-e-r-bills-9781681790954","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}