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The Texan is a Western television series starring film and television actor Rory Calhoun, which aired on the CBS television network from 1958 to 1960. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Calhoun as Bill Longley ( circa 1960)
Jodi Thomas is a fifth-generation Texan, whose grandmother was born in Texas in a covered wagon. [1] She grew up in Amarillo, Texas and moved to Lubbock to attend Texas Tech University . [ 2 ] She has a master's degree in Family Studies.
Texas is a 1985 novel by American writer James A. Michener (1907–1997), based on the history of Texas.Characters include real and fictional characters spanning hundreds of years, such as explorers, Spanish colonists, American immigrants, German Texan settlers, ranchers, oil men, aristocrats, Chicanos, and others, all based on extensive historical research.
The Texan may refer to: The Texan (fictional character), a character in Catch-22; The Texan, starring Rory Calhoun; The Texan, an American film directed by Lynn Reynolds; The Texan, an American film starring Gary Cooper and Fay Wray; The Texan, American western film directed by Clifford S. Smith
The Texan is a 1930 American Western film directed by John Cromwell and starring Gary Cooper and Fay Wray. [2] Based on the short story "The Double-Dyed Deceiver" by O. Henry , the film is about a daring bandit called the Llano Kid who shoots a young gambler in self-defense and is forced to hide from the law.
The first English book which was solely about Texas was Texas (1833) by Mary Austin Holley, cousin of Stephen F. Austin. It was expanded in 1836 and retitled History of Texas. [1] A later author in this period, John Crittenden Duval, was dubbed the "Father of Texas Literature" by J. Frank Dobie.
No part of this book may be transmitted or reproduced in any form by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. Developmental Editor: John Barstow Editorial Director: Shay Totten Project Manager: Emily Foote Copy Editor: Nancy Crompton Fact-checker: Mary Fratini Book Designer: Peter Holm Printed in Canada on recycled paper.
No Way Out is a 1950 American crime drama film noir [4] directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Sidney Poitier in his film debut, alongside Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell and Stephen McNally. The film centers on an African American doctor who confronts the racism of a poor slum after he treats a racist white criminal.