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    • Aug 17, 1995
    Little, Brown And Company publishes "Lefty Frizzell: The Honky-Tonk Life Of One Of Country Music's Greatest Singers," written by Daniel Cooper
    Oct 15, 1995
    "She Stays" reaches bookstores. Written by Bettye Shelton, it covers the ways in which Ricky Van Shelton's rise to stardom put their marriage in jeopardy
    Mar 21, 1996
    Hyperion releases Rosanne Cash's collection of short stories, "Bodies Of Water"
    May 6, 1996
    Villard issues George Jones' 333-page autobiography, "I Lived To Tell It All," co-written with Tom Carter
    Jun 10, 1996
    "Tim McGraw: A Mother's Story," written by Betty Trimble, hits bookstores. It opens with the singer's accidental discovery, at age 11, that major-league pitcher Tug McGraw is his father
    Dec 20, 1996
    St. Martin's Press publishes "Jimmy Buffett: The Man From Margaritaville Revealed," a biography written by Steve Eng
    Mar 26, 1997
    Tanya Tucker's autobiography, "Nickel Dreams," hits bookstores
    May 5, 1997
    Simon & Schuster publishes "Rough Mix," by controversial record producer and record executive Jimmy Bowen. The book chronicles his work with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams Jr. and--quite unflatteringly--Garth Brooks
    May 14, 1997
    "Three Chords And The Truth," a book about country stars by Lawrence Leamer, hits stores. Despised by many on Music Row, it profiles--sometimes unflatteringly--such acts as Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, Wynonna, Mary Chapin Carpenter and BR5-49
    Sep 22, 1997
    The University of Chicago Press publishes "Creating Country Music: Fabricating Authenticity," a book by Vanderbilt professor Richard "Pete" Peterson that explores the genre's pop vs. traditional debate



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