S.C. GWYNNE’S LONE STAR STATE PICKS 1. Goodbye to a River (John Graves; Vintage): This book covers a mid-1950s run down the soon-to-be-dammed (in more ways than one) Brazos River. The best book about Texas, period. 2. The Captured (Scott Zesch; St. Martin’s Griffin): A wonderfully researched book about hostages taken by Indians in 1870s Texas. 3. The Time It Never Rained (Elmer Kelton; Forge): A novel about the great drought of the 1950s. It has amazing echoes of what is going on today. 4. A


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