1977 Archive

Archive

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Only a few articles are available for the years 1974 through 1999. We are working on filling this gap and hope eventually to have the complete TEXAS MONTHLY archive available online.

January 1977
January 1977
features
How to Be Southern
Grape Nuts
Howard Hughes Lives!
There Ought Not To Be a Law
Little Big Man
columns
Paper Tigers [Politics]
Behind the Lines
Prosecution Complex [Books]
Basket Cases [Sports]
Valley Cats [Lifestyle]
Cafe Accompli [Dining Out]
Tender Is the Plight [Film]
Water Log [Lifestyle]
Minutia Man [Cityview]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Contest
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]

February 1977
February 1977
features
The Great American Addiction
Sniffing »
1977 Bum Steer Awards
The Baptists Want You!
Stars and Stripes
columns
Apple and Oranges [Books]
Behind the Lines
Coping [Country Notes]
Raza Desunida [Politics]
The Last Record Store [Records]
Works of Ort [Dining In]
Just What the Doctor Ordered [Health]
A Star Lives On [Film]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Contest
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]

March 1977
March 1977
features
The Great Border Bazaar
Oops! »
Rich Man, Dead Man
The New Adultery
The Family Way
columns
Behind the Lines
Liberal Education [Politics]
Rio Grande Redux [Dining Out]
The Coast of Living [Film]
Seeing Red [Performance]
He’s Got a Secret [Books]
Art and Soul [Citywise]
Alley Up [Performance]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Contest
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]

April 1977
April 1977
features
All Road Lead From Roma
Forgotten Places
The Lifesavers
The Eggheads and I
Stereo Begins at Home
columns
Allah In the Family [Business]
Behind the Lines
Good as Gold [Country Notes]
Right On [Books]
Spilling The Beans About Coffee [Dining In]
A Long Weekend in Houston [Travel]
Hearing Voices [Records]
Their Bodies Themselves [Film]
The Old Indoorsman [Lifestyle]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Contest
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]

May 1977
May 1977
features
Adventures Under the Sea
Grand Hotels
The Endless Odyssey of Patrick Henry Polk »
The Other Texas
Unfinished Womenature
Eat, Eat, It’s Good For You
columns
Behind the Lines
The Wizard of Oz (Ret.) [Business]
Soldiers of Misfortune [Books]
Birth of a Notion [Lifestyle]
A Case of the Blues » [Records]
Catchy Coup [Business]
Creole Folks at Home [Dining Out]
Bombs Bursting in Air [Film]
miscellany
Contest
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]

June 1977
June 1977
features
The Toughest Guys in Court
From Mexico With Love
Restoration Drama/ Design
The Power
Diamonds Aren’t Forever
columns
Clothes Made the Man [Business]
Behind the Lines
Informed Sauces [Dining In]
Goats Need Love, Too. [Country Notes]
Cheap in the Heart of Texas [Travel]
miscellany
Contest
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
Texas Monthly Review [Review]

July 1977
July 1977
features
They’re Playing Their Song
Hello, Walls/ Design
The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea
The Ten Best and Ten Worst Legislators »
columns
Cuisine, Cuisine [Citywise]
Behind the Lines
New Dogs, Old Tricks [Great Outdoors]
Long Live the Queen [Dining Out]
Up, Up, and Away [Sports]
miscellany
Contest
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
Texas Monthly Review [Review]

August 1977
August 1977
features
From Here to Infinity
The Greening of Cowtown
Gone With The Wind/ Design
The Cactus Curtain
The Informer
columns
Of Bees and Men [Country Notes]
Behind the Lines
Cream of the Crop [Dining In]
Bacchus to the Land [Citywise]
Pipe Dream [Politics]
miscellany
Contest
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
Texas Monthly Review [Review]

September 1977
September 1977
features
Support Your Local Police »
I Was a Spy in the Second Grade
Minnesota Fats, Where Are You?
The House That Art Built/ Design
If They Don’t Win It’s A Shame
The House Is Not A Home
columns
Masculine/ Feminine [Lifestyle]
Behind the Lines
Meat [Country Notes]
The Heretic [Energy]
To Herb Is Human [Dining In]
miscellany
Contest
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
Texas Monthly Review [Review]

October 1977
October 1977
features
The Rites of Autumn
The Aging of the All-American Boy
When The Cheering Stopped
The Joy of Cheerleading »
Lone Stars
What’s Red, White, and Blue . . . And Orange All Over?
The Long Road North »
columns
Behind the Lines
Solar On Ice [Citywise]
Matzo Luck [Dining Out]
Identified Flying Object [Sports]
Jennie » [Health]
The World to Wine [Country Notes]
miscellany
Contest
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
Texas Monthly Review [Review]

November 1977
November 1977
features
Have Conscience, Will Travel
On the Wings of a Dove
View From the Top/Design
The Last Frontier »
A Little Help for Your Friends
columns
Behind the Lines
Between the Sheiks [Dealing]
A Very French Bean [Dining Out]
Word of the Profits [Business]
Port’s Complaint [Energy]
miscellany
Contest
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
Texas Monthly Review [Review]

December 1977
December 1977
features
Help Wanted
King of the Catalogs
They’re Minding the Store
Living in Glass Houses
Flash!
The Second Battle of the Alamo
They Found It!
columns
Behind the Lines
Ol’ Blue [Country Notes]
Cheap Frills [Dining Out]
Paternity Suits [Lifestyle]
miscellany
Contest
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
Texas Monthly Review [Review]

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