LifeLong Learning-San Marcos

Course Description

Participants will read and discuss old and new fiction and non-fiction about the American West. Your provocateur will add context by weaving in interesting “historical tidbits” as well as background information on each author.

 

Course Schedule

June 14--The Good Rain: Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest by Timothy Egan

July 12--Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner

August 9--Thief of Time by Tony Hillerman

September 13--Death Comes to the Archbishop by Willa Cather

October11--The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey

 

About Your Provocateur: Jo Snider

Jo is a retired faculty member from Texas State University’s Department of History. She specialized in teaching introductory courses in the theater setting, which basically means she knows a lot about a lot of things. For her BA, Jo had a double major in History and English, and an English minor on the MA level. Since her focus has been Texas and the Old South, a book club on Texas authors seemed a natural. Please join us for some fun, entertainment, and enlightenment from the Texas literati.

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