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"History is who we are and why we are the way we are."
-David McCullough
Discover who YOU are as we explore one of the richest collections of Texana from The Texas Collection at Baylor University. Host Dr. Mary Landon Darden will introduce Texas history writers who will tell dramatic - and often little-known - Texas tales from the great past of this larger-than-life state of Texas.
Airs Saturdays at 1:30 p.m. and Sundays at 7 p.m. starting November 7, 2009.
This week's show:
- The Treasures of the Texas Collection: Texas in Popular Literature
[02/03/2010] When people think of Texas, they conjure up images of tumbleweeds, oil wells and, of course, cowboys. Everyone lives on a ranch, rides a horse and wears a cowboy hat. In fact, Texas is still a frontier state that is just as wild in the 21st century as it was in the 19th century. Or is it? Join the Treasures of the Texas Collection as we investigate the various portrayals of Texas throughout popular literature. (24:02)
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