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Great Lonely Places of the Texas Plains

Author : Walter McDonald
Publisher : Texas Tech University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780896725065
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book Great Lonely Places of the Texas Plains written by Walter McDonald and published by Texas Tech University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clarity, focus, and startling detail are the stuff of lasting images--in poetry or photography. Who better, then, to illuminate what would elude us than a native state photographer and native state poet laureate? Selected from hundreds of photographs and poems, these pairs show surprising harmony of vision and insights about the vast, wide plains, their dramatic colors, and the calm, vigorous people who thrive beneath their sprawling skies, accepting the risks and splendor of it all. Together and on their own, these photos and poems astonish and delight, stagger and jostle, each resonating with texture and joy.

Generations of Texas Poets

Author : Oliphant, Dave
Publisher : Wings Press
ISBN 13 : 1609404823
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Generations of Texas Poets written by Oliphant, Dave and published by Wings Press. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dave Oliphant is widely considered the finest poetry critic ever produced by Texas. This volume brings together some 40 years of essays, articles, and reviews on the topic of Texas poetry -- its history as well as addressing individual poets and their books. Only one other book in the last two decades addressed the topic, and GENERATIONS OF TEXAS POETS is larger, more comprehensive, and of superior literary quality. In 1971, Larry McMurtry famously descried the lack of good Texas poetry; Oliphant has spent a lifetime nurturing it, publishing it, and has become its best critic.

A Thousand Miles of Stars

Author : Walter McDonald
Publisher : Texas Tech University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780896725386
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (253 download)

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Download or read book A Thousand Miles of Stars written by Walter McDonald and published by Texas Tech University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2005 SPUR Award WinnerA West Texas starscape, stunning by any measure, is emblematic of Walt McDonald?s plains. A lifelong celebration culminates in this, his best?and perhaps last?collection of new poems. At seventy, the poet affirms, we live by the mystery of grace even as we watch familiar stars blink out at dawn. For he believes ?God knows we are dust / and counts our steps.? In ?Leaving the Middle Years,? he writes, ?At our age, / every day is grace and every breath / a blessing. Life is grass, stunningly brief / but abundant in so many ways.?Walt writes about heroes?a mother who taught tumbling; family and friends gone to war; the brave at home who heal or console; others who rescue from war zones as many children as they can. Heroes, too, are those whose fidelity and joy find faces in these poems. Watching crows at dawn in Montana, a husband thinks of his wife inside their mountain cabin:If Ursula finds more grayshe?ll go on humming, knowing it?s okay,our children three thousand miles awaybut fine, when they called last night.She comes outside with coffee,closing the door so softlyeven the crows don?t stop.

Writing on the Wind

Author : Lou Halsell Rodenberger
Publisher : Texas Tech University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780896725485
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (254 download)

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Download or read book Writing on the Wind written by Lou Halsell Rodenberger and published by Texas Tech University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vast, disparate region called West Texas is both sparsely populated and scarcely recognized. Yet it has given voice to a surprising number of women writers who have left more than a faint impression on its hardscrabble terrain and consciousness. These writers do much more than evoke the land and its celebrated skies. Often with humor and alw...

Unruly Waters

Author : Kenna Lang Archer
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 0826355889
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Unruly Waters written by Kenna Lang Archer and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Running more than 1,200 miles from headwaters in eastern New Mexico through the middle of Texas to the Gulf of Mexico, the Brazos River has frustrated developers for nearly two centuries. This environmental history of the Brazos traces the techniques that engineers and politicians have repeatedly used to try to manage its flow. The vast majority of projects proposed or constructed in this watershed were failures, undone by the geology of the river as much as the cost of improvement. When developers erected locks, the river changed course. When they built large-scale dams, floodwaters overflowed the concrete rims. When they constructed levees, the soils collapsed. Yet lawmakers and laypeople, boosters and engineers continued to work toward improving the river and harnessing it for various uses. Through the plight of the Brazos River Archer illuminates the broader commentary on the efforts to tame this nation’s rivers as well as its historical perspectives on development and technology. The struggle to overcome nature, Archer notes, reflects a quintessentially American faith in technology.

The Book Lover's Tour of Texas

Author : Jessie Gunn Stephens
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781589791442
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book The Book Lover's Tour of Texas written by Jessie Gunn Stephens and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes readers on a literary ride across the Lone Star State. J. Frank Dobie tells true stories of rattlesnakes and buried treasure, Jodi Thomas finds romance in the oilfields.

Amarillo Flights

Author : Paul V. Chaplo
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1623498872
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book Amarillo Flights written by Paul V. Chaplo and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visitors to Texas and New Mexico have marveled for centuries at the immensity of the Llano Estacado and the surprising contrast as, at the edges of the great mesa, the flat ground gives way suddenly to such spectacular formations as the Palo Duro and Caprock Canyons. In the introduction to Amarillo Flights, artist and naturalist Walt Davis chronicle the history of this region—what Paul Chaplo calls the “Llano Country”—and of those artists, mapmakers, and travelers who have tried in various ways to capture its spirit. Working in “the vast studio of the sky,” aerial photographer Chaplo has battled high winds, turbulence, dust, ice, near-miss bird strikes, wildfire smoke, and a host of aircraft problems to show the Llano Country from a place most of us will never be. Covering more than forty thousand square miles, he explores the incredible beauty and rich cultural history of the Panhandle and the surrounding landscapes, from canyons in New Mexico and Texas to hills and plains in Oklahoma. With the help of daring pilots, numerous aircraft, and a remarkably steady hand, Chaplo manages to capture in more than 100 striking photographs the shapes, textures, and colors of the rugged landforms that cannot be perceived fully from the ground. Sharing in his unique view from the southwestern sky, readers will experience from afar—and sometimes impossibly close—the sunlit canyons, storm-covered plains, and winding rivers cutting deep into the red earth that drew Chaplo to this region. For those who appreciate the Llano Estacado, Texas and Eastern New Mexico history, and landscape photography, this book provides a fresh and perception-challenging perspective.

Soil Conservation

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 868 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Soil Conservation written by and published by . This book was released on 1956-08 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Great Plains

Author : Walter Prescott Webb
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803297029
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book The Great Plains written by Walter Prescott Webb and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1959-01-01 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the changes initiated into the systems and culture of the plain dwellers

The Great Plains States of America: People, Politics, and Power in the Nine Great Plains States

Author : Neal R. Peirce
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393053494
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (534 download)

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Download or read book The Great Plains States of America: People, Politics, and Power in the Nine Great Plains States written by Neal R. Peirce and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1973 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outlines the characteristics, problems, and progress of the nine Great Plains states and describes the region's geographical features.

The Journals of May Sarton Volume One

Author : May Sarton
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504047508
Total Pages : 499 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Journals of May Sarton Volume One written by May Sarton and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in one volume: Three exquisite meditations on nature, healing, and the pleasures of the solitary life from a New York Times–bestselling author. In a long life spent recording her personal observations, poet, novelist, and memoirist May Sarton redefined the journal as a literary form. This extraordinary volume collects three of her most beloved works. Journal of a Solitude: Sarton’s bestselling memoir chronicles a solitary year spent at the house she bought and renovated in the quiet village of Nelson, New Hampshire. Her revealing insights are a moving and profound reflection on creativity, oneness with nature, and the courage it takes to be alone. Plant Dreaming Deep: Sarton’s intensely personal account of how she transformed a dilapidated eighteenth-century farmhouse into a home is a loving, beautifully crafted memoir illuminated by themes of friendship, love, nature, and the struggles of the creative life. Recovering: In this affecting diary of one year’s hardships and healing, Sarton focuses on her sixty-sixth year, which was marked by the turmoil of a mastectomy, the end of a treasured relationship, and the loneliness that visits a life of chosen solitude. By turns uplifting, cathartic, and revelatory, Sarton’s journals still strike a chord in the hearts of contemporary readers. Through them, in the words of the Los Angeles Times, “we are able to see our own experiences reflected in hers and we are enriched.”

Harbingers of Books to Come

Author : Dave Oliphant
Publisher : Wings Press
ISBN 13 : 1609400690
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Harbingers of Books to Come written by Dave Oliphant and published by Wings Press. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first major autobiography by a Texas poet, this noteworthy account traces the life and times of a poet, publisher, critic, and teacher from his childhood to the present day. This remarkable life is examined through the works it produced--25 books in the fields of poetry, fiction, translation, jazz history, and book reviewing. Proving that the literary and intellectual life in Texas far surpasses the state's stereotypes, this record shows how the poet was instrumental in connecting Texas with many Latin American writers as well as with a wide world of music.

Plant Dreaming Deep

Author : May Sarton
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1497646324
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (976 download)

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Download or read book Plant Dreaming Deep written by May Sarton and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author’s tribute to the 18th-century New England farmhouse she called home: “[A] tender and often poignant book by a woman of many insights” (The New York Times Book Review). In Plant Dreaming Deep, Sarton shares an intensely personal account of transforming a house into a home. She begins with an introduction to the enchanting village of Nelson, where she first meets her house. Sarton finds she must “dream the house alive” inside herself before taking the major step of signing the deed. She paints the walls white in order to catch the light and searches for the precise shade of yellow for the kitchen floor. She discovers peace and beauty in solitude, whether she is toiling in the garden or writing at her desk. This is a loving, beautifully crafted memoir illuminated by themes of friendship, love, nature, and the struggles of the creative life. This ebook features an extended biography of May Sarton.

American Cowboy

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Cowboy written by and published by . This book was released on 2005-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published for devotees of the cowboy and the West, American Cowboy covers all aspects of the Western lifestyle, delivering the best in entertainment, personalities, travel, rodeo action, human interest, art, poetry, fashion, food, horsemanship, history, and every other facet of Western culture. With stunning photography and you-are-there reportage, American Cowboy immerses readers in the cowboy life and the magic that is the great American West.

Texas Utility News

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Texas Utility News written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

King Cotton in Modern America

Author : D. Clayton Brown
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1604737999
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book King Cotton in Modern America written by D. Clayton Brown and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2011-02-25 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: King Cotton in Modern America places the once kingly crop in historical perspective, showing how "cotton culture" was actually part of the larger culture of the United States despite many regarding its cultivation and sources as hopelessly backward. Leaders in the industry, acting through the National Cotton Council, organized the various and often conflicting segments to make the commodity a viable part of the greater American economy. The industry faced new challenges, particularly the rise of foreign competition in production and the increase of man-made fibers in the consumer market. Modernization and efficiency became key elements for cotton planters. The expansion of cotton- growing areas into the Far West after 1945 enabled American growers to compete in the world market. Internal dissension developed between the traditional cotton growing regions in the South and the new areas in the West, particularly over the USDA cotton allotment program. Mechanization had profound social and economic impacts. Through music and literature, and with special emphasis placed on the meaning of cotton to African Americans in the lore of Memphis's Beale Street, blues music, and African American migration off the land, author D. Clayton Brown carries cotton's story to the present.

A Strong West Wind

Author : Gail Caldwell
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0812972562
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book A Strong West Wind written by Gail Caldwell and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2007-01-09 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this exquisitely rendered memoir set on the high plains of Texas, Pulitzer Prize winner Gail Caldwell transforms into art what it is like to come of age in a particular time and place. A Strong West Wind begins in the 1950s in the wilds of the Texas Panhandle–a place of both boredom and beauty, its flat horizons broken only by oil derricks, grain elevators, and church steeples. Its story belongs to a girl who grew up surrounded by dust storms and cattle ranches and summer lightning, who took refuge from the vastness of the land and the ever-present wind by retreating into books. What she found there, from renegade women to men who lit out for the territory, turned out to offer a blueprint for her own future. Caldwell would grow up to become a writer, but first she would have to fall in love with a man who was every mother’s nightmare, live through the anguish and fire of the Vietnam years, and defy the father she adored, who had served as a master sergeant in the Second World War. A Strong West Wind is a memoir of culture and history–of fathers and daughters, of two world wars and the passionate rebellions of the sixties. But it is also about the mythology of place and the evolution of a sensibility: about how literature can shape and even anticipate a life. Caldwell possesses the extraordinary ability to illuminate the desires, stories, and lives of ordinary people. Written with humanity, urgency, and beautiful restraint, A Strong West Wind is a magical and unforgettable book, destined to become an American classic.