ON THE COVER: Photograph by CBS/ Tony Esparza Type design by George Corsillo, courtesy of Simon and Schuster.
June 1988
Table of Contents
Features
The Making of Lonesome DoveYou can lead a herd to water, but can you make a miniseries faithful to Larry McMurtry’s Texas classic? Extra! Extra!In which the author becomes a star—for three seconds. The Self-Destruction of Lance LalorHouston’s city controller prided himself on being the most scrupulously honest politician in town. So why did he sign his name to someone else credit card? Hope and GloryA salute to Texas athletes trying young; seven hearts set on the Summer Olympics. Caught in the MiddleOn the eve of the Mexican elections, the country’s dwindling middle class prefers fatalism o Fabianism. |
Swimming to OblivionMarine scientists have struggled for ten years to establish a new colony of ridley sea turtles on South Padre Islands. All their efforts may have been in vain. Better TED Than DeadShrimp boats are a-comin’, and their nets are killing endangered sea turtles. Boone Pickens and the Roach MotelThe controversial home of an embattled college president is a symbol of a Panhandle brawl full of conspiracies. Texas Primer: JuneteenthIt began in 1865 as a joyous celebration of emancipation. Today young black Texans find the holiday overshadowed by more immediate concerns. |
Columns
Behind the LinesA separate peace. BusinessKiller Whale Hooks City!San Antonio is shameless over Shamu and Sea World. |
BooksCharacter FlawA tour of the Texas psyche, with guides like Sam Houston, Katherine Anne Porter, and John Henry Faulk; a novel of adolescence addresses carnal knowledge and fundamentalist religion. ArtUnplanned ObsolescenceIn a Houston retrospective, the art of Julian Schnabel appears to be aging prematurely. |
Reporter
ReporterTexas Monthly ReporterThe bash of the century in Austin; new heights for an Alamo author; slouching toward Jerusalem, Texas; plus designer tomatoes, East Texas ingenuity, and Amazing Car #8. |
Miscellany
Roar of the CrowdTen years old and burning out; totally nice competition; a trip work taking—once. |
State SecretsWhy Continental isn’t in Love (Field); Clinton Manges takes the horns by the Bullock; tort reform and the good bidness climate; logic in advertising. |
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