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More imagesThe Muse and Deacon Wright: A Collection of Verse by L. N. Wright
Wright, Leonard N.; edited by Ralph H. Houston and Walter H. Richter
Language: English
Published by Southwest Texas State University Press, San Marcos, TX, 1986
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. THE MUSE AND DEACON WRIGHT: A COLLECTION OF VERSE BY L. N. WRIGHT, edited by Ralph H. Houston and Walter H. Richter whose signatures are on the first free endpaper, illustrated by Merry Kone FitzPatrick, hardcover with unclipped dust jacket (price never printe…d), stated first edition, second printing, 1986. BOOK CONDITION: fine. The text block and illustrations are in fine condition, with no tears, dogears, or marks. No bookplate or signature of a prior owner. Not a library book or remainder. The dark blue leatherette boards are in fine condition. The dust jacket is in fair condition (edge chipping, discoloring, rippling). 8 ¾ x 5 ¾, 105 pages, 13 ounces. XX [From the preface] We read and reread Deacon Wright's poetry because it makes us feel good and we have come to regard some of what he wrote as superior examples of light verse in English. Though we believe that Deacon wrote principally for the joy of writing, certainly not for posterity, we think it a service to his muse and to the SWT [Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, now Texas State University] tradition to try to preserve examples of his art. [From Appendix D, The San Marcos Years] Deacon came to the SWT faculty in 1925. He had studied at Westminster College and the University of Missouri and had taught in Missouri schools before coming to this appointment. He earned a doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin in 1939. He was the best classical scholar on the English faculty [of SWT] and probably, with the exception of E. O. Tanner, the best on the faculty at large. But his strong intellectual interests were blended with a zest for life and a commitment to a variety of activities. He assumed the office of chairman of the department of English in 1945. He left the faculty in 1954 because of a misinterpretation of his humorous letter sent anonymously to some women friends. FitzPatrick, Merry Kone (illustrator).

Texas Cities And The Great Depression: Miscellaneous Papers Number Three, 1973
Cotner, Robert C.,; Colwel, Robert F.; De Moss, Dorothy; Fisher, Mary Maverick McMillan; Fitzpatrick, Merry K.; Griffin, John P.; Knippa, Lyndon Gayle, et al
Language: English
Published by Texas Memorial Museum, Austin, Texas, 1973
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st. First Edition, First Printing; The research and writing of these stories of Texas Cities during the Great Depression was done by graduate students at the University of Texas. Each of the 12 students contributed a well researched, scholarly essay on a town or city of Texas. Towns or Cities we…re Taylor, Temple, San Marcos, Galveston, Dallas, San Antonio-The Hoover Era, San Antonio-The Early New Deal, Midland, Kilgore, Houston, San Angelo, and Austin. Illustrated. 215 pages plus a photo of each of the young students inside on the back cover. B/W Photos (illustrator).