Texas Almanac, 1980-1981 Page: 58
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TEXAS ALMANAC-1980-1981
Texas Institute of LettersSince 1939, the Texas Institute of Letters has chosen
each year outstanding books which are either by
Texans or about Texas subjects Awards have been
made for fiction, nonfiction, Southwest history,
general information, children's books and book de-
sign These awards are listed below
Year-Author Title
1939 J Frank Dobie Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver
1940 Dora Neill Raymond Captain Lee Hall of Texas
1941 George Sessions Perry
Hold Autumn in Your Hand
1942 Edwin Lanham Thunder in the Earth
1943 Fayette Copeland Kendall of the Picayune
1944 Frank Goodwyn The Magic of Limping John
1945 J. Frank Dobie A Texan in England
David Russell Sing With Me Now
1946 Green Peyton San Antonio-City in the Sun
Whitney Montgomery Joseph's Coat
1947 John A Lomax Adventures of a Ballad HunterClaude Garner Wetback
Arthur Sampley Of the Strong and the Fleet
1948 Herbert Gambrell
Anson Jones The Last President of Texas
Vance K Johnson Heaven's Tableland
David Westheimer Summer on the Water
Vaida Montgomery Hall for Rain
1949 Tom Lea The Brave Bulls
Carl Coke Rister Oil' Titan of the Southwest
Fred Gipson Hound-Dog Man
Frances Alexander Time at the Window
Elizabeth Baker Sonny-Boy Sim
1950 Roy Bedichek Karankaway Country
William Goyen The House of Breath
Mary Poole Being in Night
Carol Hoff Johnny Texas
Carl Hertzog
The Journey of Fray Marcos de Niza
1951 Joe B Frantz
Gail Borden, Dairyman to a Nation
Dillon Anderson I and Claudie
Arthur Sampley Furrow with Blackbirds
John Latham Lonesome Longhorns
University of Texas Press
The Florida of the Inca
1952 J Frank Dobie The Mustangs
George Williams The Blind Bull
William D Barney Kneel from the Stone
Siddie Joe Johnson A Month of Christmas
Southern Methodist University Press
The Typical Texan
1953 Walter Prescott Webb The Great Frontier
Madison Cooper Sironia, Texas
Robert Lee Brothers The Hidden Lamp
Charlotte Baker Magic for Mary M
University of Texas Press
Life on the Texas Range
1954 Paul Horgan Great River
William A Owens Walking on Borrowed Land
Ernest Mossner The Life of David Hume
William Burford Man Now
Irmengarde Eberle Lone Star Fight
University of Texas Press
Renaissance Dictionaries
1955 John S Spratt The Road to Spindletop
Fred Gipson Recollection Creek
William D Barney Permitted Proof
Fred Gipson Trail-Driving Rooster
Carl Hertzog Bells Over Texas
1956 Roy Bedichek Educational Competition
Sikes Johnson The Hope of Refuge
Vassar Miller Adam's Footprint
Jessie Brewer McGaw
How Medicine Man Cured Paleface Woman
Southern Methodist University Press
Early Texas Homes
1957 Frank E Vandiver Mighty Stonewall
Curt Anders The Price of Courage
Eloise Roach Platero and I
J R Williams Tame the Wild Stallion
Tom Lea, Carl Hertzog The King Ranch
1958 Lon Tinkle Thirteen Days to Glory
William Humphrey Home from the Hill
Camilla Campbell Coronado and his Captains
Carl Hertzog .... Interwoven
University of Texas Press
Everett Spruce A Portfolio1959 Lewis U Hanke
Aristotle and the American Indian
Walter Clemons The Poison Tree
David L Miller
Modern Science and Human Freedom
Hamilton Maule Jeremy Todd
Ramsey Yelvington A Cloud of Witnesses
Byrd Hooper Beef for Beauregard
Joe Alys Downs, University of Texas Press
The Muse in Mexico
1960 John Graves Goodbye to a River
Bill Casey A Shroud for a Journey
Robert Vines
Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of the Southwest
Mary Stevens and Ted Sayles Throw Stone
Vassar Miller Wage War on Silence
1961 Frances S Mossiker The Queen's Necklace
Larry McMurtry Horseman. Pass By
W W. Newcomb Jr The Indians of Texas
Lee McGiffin Pony Soldier
Myra C Livingston I'm Hiding
Walter E Kidd Time Turns West
Carl Hertzog The Samuel H Kress Collection
El Paso Museum of Art
1962 Rebecca Smith Lee Mary Austin Holley
Katherine Anne Porter Ship of Fools
Joseph Stephen Gallegly Footlights on the Border
Loula Grace Erdman Room to Grow
Frederic Will A Wedge of Words
John Biggers Ananse The Web of Life in Africa
Year-Author Title1963 Ellen Maury Slayden
J Y Bryan
Joseph Milton Nance
Vassar Miller
Wanda Jay Campbell
Kim Taylor
1964 Frances S Mossiker
Tom Lea
Ramon Adams
Jeanette Sebring Lowrey
Thomas Whitbread
Kim TaylorWashington Wife
Come to the Bower
After San Jacinto
My Bones Being Wiser
Ten Cousins
Tower Poetry Series
Napoleon and Josephine
The Hands of Cantu
Burs Under the Saddle
Love, Bid Me Welcome
Four Infinitives
Dreamtigers1965 Henry D and Frances T McCallum
The Wire That Fenced the West
William Humphrey The Ordways
Lois Wood Burkhalter Gideon Lincecum
Elizabeth Burleson A Man of the Family
Roger Shattuck Half Tame
William D Wittliff
Bob Moore Man and Birdman
1966 William A Owens This Stubborn Soil
Larry McMurtry (co-winner)
The Last Picture Show
Tom Pendleton (co-winner) The Iron Orchard
William H Goetzmann Exploration and Empire
R G Vliet Events and Celebrations
Charlotte Baker The Best of Friends
Jo Alys Downs Charles M Russell1967 Willie Morris
Robert Flynn
W W. Newcomb
Pauline Pinckne,North Toward Home
North to Yesterday
Rock Art of Texas Indians
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Paintings in Texas 19th CenturyFrederic Will The Planets
Michael Daves
Young Readers Book of Christian Symbolism
William D Wittliff Pease Porridge Hot
1968 Tom Lea A Picture Gallery
Marshall Terry (co-winner) Tom Northway
Tom Horn (co-winner) Shallow Grass
C. L. Sonnichsen Pass of the North
Robert S Weddle San Juan Bautista
Bill Porterfield
The Archbishop and the Rebel Priests
Edgar Simmons Driving to Biloxi
Gus Tavo . Ride the Pale Stallion
William D. Wittliff
J Frank Dobie The Makings of an Ample Mind
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