True facts, tall tales & pure fiction
By: Larry L. King.
Edition: 1st University of Texas Press ed.
Series: Southwestern Writers Collection series
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
Subjects: Texas -- Literary collections.; Texas -- Civilization.
Other titles: True facts, tall tales, and pure fiction
Description: This volume brings together five essays that Mr. King considers "true facts," ten that constitute "tall tales," and four short stories that he classifies as "pure fiction." All of these pieces represent an ongoing attempt to define and understand his native place and his mind's country.

They cover subjects ranging from a rape trial to dubious recipes and points between: writing, politics, Little League baseball, Texas basketball, racial integration in the military, dogs, sinning, and stories of troubled lives.