{"product_id":"texas-blood-seven-generations-among-the-outlaws-ranchers-indians-missionaries-soldiers-and-smugglers-of-the-borderlands-paperback","title":"Texas Blood: Seven Generations Among the Outlaws, Ranchers, Indians, Missionaries, Soldiers, and Smugglers of the Borderlands - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoger D. Hodge\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of Ian Frazier's \u003ci\u003eGreat Plains, \u003c\/i\u003e and as vivid as the work of Cormac McCarthy, an intoxicating, singularly illuminating history of the Texas borderlands from their settlement through seven generations of Roger D. Hodge's ranching family.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat brought the author's family to Texas? What is it about Texas that for centuries has exerted a powerful allure for adventurers and scoundrels, dreamers and desperate souls, outlaws and outliers? In search of answers, Hodge travels across his home state--which he loves and hates in shifting measure--tracing the wanderings of his ancestors into forgotten histories along vanished roads. Here is an unsentimental, keenly insightful attempt to grapple with all that makes Texas so magical, punishing, and polarizing. Here is a spellbindingly evocative portrait of the borderlands--with its brutal history of colonization, conquest, and genocide; where stories of death and drugs and desperation play out daily. And here is a contemplation of what it means that the ranching industry that has sustained families like Hodge's for almost two centuries is quickly fading away, taking with it a part of our larger, deep-rooted cultural inheritance. A wholly original fusion of memoir and history--as piercing as it is elegiac--\u003ci\u003eTexas Blood\u003c\/i\u003e is a triumph.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eROGER D. HODGE\u003c\/b\u003e is deputy editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Intercept\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mendacity of Hope: Barack Obama and the Betrayal of American Liberalism.\u003c\/i\u003e Formerly he was the editor of the \u003ci\u003eOxford American \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMagazine.\u003c\/i\u003e Hodge's writings have appeared in many publications, including \u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books, Popular Science, The New Republic, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHarper's.\u003c\/i\u003e His essay \"Blood and Time: Cormac McCarthy and the Twilight of the West\" was a finalist for the National Magazine Award for criticism. He lives in Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 04, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45334810787942,"sku":"9780345802606","price":29.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/b2cvS1QwdEg4YTh1UnEyR3l5Q2pQQT09.webp?v=1774525798","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/texas-blood-seven-generations-among-the-outlaws-ranchers-indians-missionaries-soldiers-and-smugglers-of-the-borderlands-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}