Two for Texas - Softcover

Burke, James Lee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786889705 ISBN 13: 9780786889709

Publisher: Hachette Books, 2000

Synopsis

Son Holland and Hugh Allison have only one thing in common--they escaped from prison together. Running from the law isn't easy and Son and Hugh have a lot to learn. With one prison guarde left for dead, Son and Hugh have to g as far as they can to avoid being put behind bars in a Louisiana jail. What ensues is a whirlwind trip from Louisiana to Texas, where they collide with eccentric characters and life-threatening circumstances. With word of their escape traveling fast, they onlyhope they have of freedome is by becomnig key players in another violent, yet magnificent event: The Texas Revolution.

About this title

Book Description:

An evocative novel set during the Texas revolution from award-winning author James Lee Burke.

About the Author:

James Lee Burke was born in Houston, Texas, in 1936 and grew up on the Texas-Louisiana gulf coast. He attended Southwestern Louisiana Institute and later received a B. A. Degree in English and an M. A. from the University of Missouri in 1958 and 1960 respectively. Over the years he worked as a landman for Sinclair Oil Company, pipeliner, land surveyor, newspaper reporter, college English professor, social worker on Skid Row in Los Angeles, clerk for the Louisiana Employment Service, and instructor in the U. S. Job Corps.

He and his wife Pearl met in graduate school and have been married 48 years, they have four children: Jim Jr., an assistant U.S. Attorney; Andree, a school psychologist; Pamala, a T. V. ad producer; and Alafair, a law professor and novelist who has 4 novels out with Henry Holt publishing.

Burke's work has been awarded an Edgar twice for Best Crime Novel of the Year. He has also been a recipient of a Breadloaf and Guggenheim Fellowship and an NEA grant. Two of his novels, Heaven's Prisoners and Two For Texas, have been made into motion pictures. His short stories have been published in The Atlantic Monthly, New Stories from the South, Best American Short Stories, Antioch Review, Southern Review, and The Kenyon Review. His novel The Lost Get-Back Boogie was rejected 111 times over a period of nine years, and upon publication by Louisiana State University press was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

Today he and his wife live in Missoula, Montana, and New Iberia, Louisiana.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hachette Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0786889705
• ISBN 13: 9780786889709
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 148