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God Save Texas

A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State

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God Save Texas

By: Lawrence Wright
Narrated by: Lawrence Wright
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NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower—and a Texas native—takes us on a journey through the most controversial state in America. • “Beautifully written…. Essential reading [for] anyone who wants to understand how one state changed the trajectory of the country.” —NPR

The inspiration for the HBO Original documentary trilogy God Save Texas streaming on Max

Texas is a red state, but the cities are blue and among the most diverse in the nation. Oil is still king, but Texas now leads California in technology exports. Low taxes and minimal regulation have produced extraordinary growth, but also striking income disparities. Texas looks a lot like the America that Donald Trump wants to create.

Bringing together the historical and the contemporary, the political and the personal, Texas native Lawrence Wright gives us a colorful, wide-ranging portrait of a state that not only reflects our country as it is, but as it may become—and shows how the battle for Texas’s soul encompasses us all. United States Political Science State & Local Politics & Government Americas Cultural & Regional Social Sciences Social justice Latin America Biographies & Memoirs Socialism
Fascinating Texas History • Comprehensive Cultural Insights • Superb Narration • Vivid Storytelling • Nuanced Perspective

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I like Lawrence Wright. I thought his book "Thirteen Days In September: Carter, Begin and Sadat at Camp David" was great!

This book starts out great. When he's talking about the history and stories of Texas, Wright's writing is awesome.

Unfortunately, he then gets into politics. Lawrence Wright may have been friends with the Bush family for years, but he's a Texas liberal, which means once he starts talking politics his righteous indignation just won't let him shut up. He knows better, and like most liberals, he just can't stop telling you so!

Texas is a solid republican state, and has been for years. Lawrence Wright hates that fact and he's got a thousand bad things to say about republicans. Blah, blah, blah. After awhile he starts to sound like the teacher on Charlie Brown.

This book could've been great!

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Well-told and interesting stories, but I could find no central theme or plot. All the way through I kept wondering what does this chapter have to do with anything that came before. Considered quitting but kept hoping it would all be tied together at the end. It wasn’t.

Short stories, not a novel

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wish every state had its own version of this story, we'd understand each other better

eye opening view of texas

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I live in Texas but was raised in CA. I thought this book did a great job of capturing Texas culture.

Loved the book

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Although this man claims Texas; it's hard to feel that he appreciates the State or State of mind of true Texans. His disdain for all things conservative bleeds through while complimenting Texas. His comments seem left handed. I really think he would appreciate Chicago more.

A Liberal Explains Texas

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