The history of Texas by a Texan

Rose Perault, The History of Texas by a Texan, Paris, Livres de Moche, 1996
Monograph

The book begins in 1619, in virginia, and ends in 1985, when NBC was proposing an universally successful show, namely Dallas.

Texas was a grueling land, when only drunks managed to survive. It was the land of cows, of cotton, of Southern pride, oil and xenophobia. In the Age of Cowboys, any stranger that came to Dallas was beaten or killed; the practice, abandonned for some time, was resumed in 1963, when the opportunity came up.

The author makes an apology for the Southern nationalism and an eulogy of the Dixiland traditionalism, isightfully writes about the saloon myth and skillfully waves a history of texan oil. She also describes and makes explicit the obscure politics of selected contemporary texan politicians.

At the end of the book, in a copious addendum, Perault summarizes the narrative tram of the Dallas TV show; the summary is accompanied by profound characters caracterizations (see especially the Digger Barnes’).

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