Statesman and Storytellers: Biographies of Illustrious Texans

From the Texas Senate to the battlefields of Vietnam, these illuminating biographies trace two influential Texans who left their mark on public life and the written word. In Bill Hobby: A Life in Journalism and Public Service, Don Carleton and Erin Purdy chronicle the long career of a five-term lieutenant governor who shaped modern Texas politics with bipartisan vision and journalistic conviction. In Peace is a Shy Thing, Alex Vernon offers the first literary biography of acclaimed novelist Tim O’Brien, blending personal history, archival discoveries, and wartime experience to explore how one soldier became the voice of a generation.