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Author : I. E. Clark
Publisher : I. E. Clark Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780886802387
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Once Upon a Texas written by I. E. Clark and published by I. E. Clark Publications. This book was released on 1985 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Richards
Publisher : Univ of TX + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0292749066
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)
Download or read book Once Upon a Time in Texas written by David Richards and published by Univ of TX + ORM. This book was released on 2010-07-22 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A prominent lawyer colorfully recounts a lost and lamented era in Texas politics: “Fascinating . . . Vivid, insightful commentary.” —Houston Chronicle Once upon a time in Texas, there were liberal activists of various stripes who sought to make the state more tolerant (and more tolerable). David Richards was one of them. In this fast-paced, often humorous memoir, he remembers the players, the strategy sessions, the legal and political battles, and the wins and losses that brought significant gains in civil rights, voter rights, labor law, and civil liberties to the people of Texas from the 1950s to the 1990s. In his work as a lawyer, Richards was involved in cases addressing the historic exclusion of minority voters; inequity in school funding; free speech violations, and more. In telling these stories, he vividly evokes the glory days of Austin liberalism, when a who’s who of Texas activists plotted strategy at watering holes such as Scholz Garden and the Armadillo World Headquarters or on raft trips down the Rio Grande and Guadalupe Rivers. Likewise, he offers vivid portraits of liberal politicians from Ralph Yarborough to Ann Richards (his former wife), progressive journalists such as Molly Ivins and the Texas Observer staff, and the hippies, hellraisers, and musicians who all challenged Texas’s conservative status quo. Written with an insider’s insights, this book records “a sweeter time when a free-associating bunch of ragtag Texans took on the establishment.” “An invaluable memoir of the time.” —Journal of Southern History Includes photos
Author : Constantine Michael Xeros
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595522955
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (955 download)
Download or read book Once Upon a Life written by Constantine Michael Xeros and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The memoirs and musings of Constantine Michael Xeros, a native of Dallas, Texas, from a family of immigrant Greeks from the Peloponnesus, educated in the public schools and the Holy Trinity Parish, WWII veteran, graduate of Texas A&M University.
Author : Betty Junkin Guest
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1463431139
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (634 download)
Download or read book Once Upon a Falling Star written by Betty Junkin Guest and published by Author House. This book was released on 2012-01-23 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 1935. Bettina, just turned six, is spending her summer vacation with Granny and Dada, her grandmother and grandfather, in Kalenda, a small North Texas town. In addition to her grandparents, the household includes Franky, their cook / housekeeper / laundress, whose husband Professor, principal of the K-12 Negro school, drives Franky to work and spends time at the kitchen table with Dada, discussing world events, and Rufus, the gardener / handyman / chauffeur. Frequent visitors are Nanny, Granny's crippled younger sister, and her husband, Harry, who drive into town from their small farm in an old Pierce Arrow which only Nanny can drive and only in second gear, and Uncle, Granny's younger brother, who lives alone near the railroad tracks with his two hunting dogs. Among the colorful townsfolk are Dolly (wife of Jolly), who has no children but has a wondrous doll collection for all the town's children to enjoy; Scrap, the trash man, who drives a mule-drawn cart to pick up castoffs which he turns into treasures; Miss Annie, the widow of a sea captain, who wears trousers, smokes an occasional cigar,and drives a bright yellow roadster; and Woodrow, confused but harmless, who thinks he is the President of the United States. But through all the delights of a carefree, almost magical summer, is woven the shadow of eight-year-old Billy Jack, the mostly unsupervised son of a mother long gone and a father who works in the oil fields. Billy Jack has told Bettina that Mrs. Crone, a strange neighbor who dresses all in black, is a witch. Bettina is afraid of Mrs. Crone, as well as of the frowning life-size angel with its sword unsheathed, which Mrs. Crone erected at the entrance of Townview Cemetery.
Author : Michael Hurley
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1455529346
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (555 download)
Download or read book Once Upon a Gypsy Moon written by Michael Hurley and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Hurley watched his world unravel in the wake of infidelity, divorce and failure. In August 2009, he was short of money, out of a job, and seeking to salvage a life that had foundered. Deeply in need of perspective, he took to the open seas in a 32-foot sailboat, Gypsy Moon. The story of his 2-year outward odyssey, deterred by rough weather and mechanical troubles, combines keen observation, poignant thoughts, and deeper introspection with glorious prose. Once Upon a Gypsy Moon also presents a rare and much-needed point of view on the familiar spiritual-journey narrative. It offers a star-crossed love story wrapped inside a rollicking good sea tale, but it also has something important to say to the reader about relationships, faith and disbelief, life and death, love and marriage, and what really matters.
Author : Megan Biesele
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1800738803
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Once Upon a Time is Now written by Megan Biesele and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2023-07-14 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty years after her first fieldwork with Ju/'hoan San hunter-gatherers, anthropologist Megan Biesele has written this exceptional memoir based on personal journals she wrote at the time. The treasure trove of vivid learning experiences and nightly ponderings she found has led to a memoir of rare value to anthropology students and academics as well as to general readers. Her experiences focus on the long-lived healing dance, known to many as the trance dance, and the intricate beliefs, artistry, and social system that support it. She describes her immersion in a creative community enlivened and kept healthy by that dance, which she calls "one of the great intellectual achievements of humankind." From the Preface: A few years ago I finally got around to looking back into the box of personal field journals I had not opened for over forty years. I found a treasure trove. It was an overwhelming experience. So much that I had forgotten came vividly alive: I laughed, wept, and was terrified all over again at my temerity in taking on what I had taken on. To do justice to the richness of these notebooks, I realized, I would have to do a completely different sort of writing from anything I had ever done before.
Author : A.N. Hopps
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1465323317
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (653 download)
Download or read book Once Upon a Wedding written by A.N. Hopps and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-12-18 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A.N.Hopps was born in Baltimore where she raised two children alone. Her main focus was working and supporting her children. Writing has been a great part of her life. She used it as her entertainment. As a young adult her first book was a collection of 20 plays compiled into a book title ‘Bean People Plays’. Although ‘Once Upon a Wedding’ is the first published book, there are many books pending publishing. After the arrival of her grandson she start writing children books, for lack of children’s book that address or interest little boys. There are ten children’s books just waiting their turn to be published. She has always enjoy writing for her friends; poems for weddings and plays for her church groups. This book ‘Once Upon a Wedding’ was a request from her daughter to write a book that she would want to read. She inspired the writing of its sequel ‘Will Power and Promises,’ which will be coming out Jan. of 2010. For many years her daughter and son pushed for the publishing of these books in the back ground while she supported her family. It’s now time to be published.
Author : Charles Foster
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1550024647
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Once Upon a Time in Paradise written by Charles Foster and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2003-10 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During Hollywoods Golden Age, a bevy of talented Canadians earned important roles in the motion picture industry.
Author : Robin McCool
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1514430487
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (144 download)
Download or read book Once Upon a September written by Robin McCool and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-12-11 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In September of 1951 Saucon Valley Country Club hosted its first USGA championship – the 51st U.S. Amateur. The book chronicles this ground breaking event in club history. In the book you will meet the patriarch of Saucon Valley, Eugene Grace, president of industry giant Bethlehem Steel Corporation and devoted amateur golfer. You will learn how a chance meeting at the Pinehurst resort in 1909 laid the foundation for the creation of one of the greatest private country clubs in America. Robin McCool takes you back to a time when amateur golf was king, and the personalities were bigger than life. You will meet all the great players who came to Saucon Valley to compete for the coveted Havemeyer Trophy – Frank Stranahan, Harvie Ward, Ken Venturi, Dick Chapman, Jim McHale and Charlie Coe, to name a few. You will witness Billy Maxwell, a young college student from Texas, rise up from among these giants of the game to capture amateur golf’s most treasured prize.
Author : Howard E. Covington Jr.
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1491730277
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (917 download)
Download or read book Once Upon a City written by Howard E. Covington Jr. and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-04 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you love Greensboro, this book is for you. It is a twentieth-century history of our city that was researched and written over a five-year period by Howard Covington Jr., who is a splendid storyteller who makes our leaders, our crises, our successes, our disappointments, our accomplishments all come alive. - Joseph B. Mullin, Pastor Emeritus First Presbyterian Church Greensboro, North Carolina
Author : Pamela Tracy
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1459242092
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (592 download)
Download or read book Once Upon a Christmas written by Pamela Tracy and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raising three sons and running his ranch keeps single dad Jared McCreedy busy from sunup to sundown. Becoming involved with feisty single mom Maggie Tate is not on his to-do list. But he needs her help dealing with his youngest son's learning problem. Like Jared, Maggie doesn't want any romantic complications in her life…especially with a man whose take-charge attitude makes her temper flare—and her pulse race. But the risk of opening her heart is great and she has her daughter to think about. Then again, it is the season for faith and miracles….
Author : Debbie Macomber
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451607806
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)
Download or read book Once Upon a Time written by Debbie Macomber and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that each individual's life is a never-ending story, and uses the elements of a story to show readers how to understand their lives better, showcasing the "big picture" God writes in each person's story.
Author : Howard Hughes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857730452
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)
Download or read book Once Upon A Time in the Italian West written by Howard Hughes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2006-03-31 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ideal popular guide to the key Spaghetti Westerns - mainly the good but also the bad and the ugly - this is an authoritative, entertaining and comprehensive companion to the films that created the mythical Spaghetti West in the most improbable circumstances. Sergio Leone's "Dollars" trilogy is covered, with many more major and minor Spaghetti Westerns, including Sergio Corbucci's "Navajo Joe", Carlo Lizzani's "The Hills Run Red" and Duccio Tessari's "A Pistol for Ringo". This popular guide explores the films through the biographies and filmographies of key personnel, stories of the films' making, their locations and sets, sources, musical scores, detailed cast information, box office fortunes internationally, with many illustrations, including original posters and stills.
Author : Tracy Daugherty
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477320784
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)
Download or read book Leaving the Gay Place written by Tracy Daugherty and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning author of The Last Love Song: A Biography of Joan Didion traces the cultural upheavals of mid-century America through the life of Billy Lee Brammer, author of the classic political novel The Gay Place.
Author : Bill Vlasic
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 006204222X
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)
Download or read book Once Upon a Car written by Bill Vlasic and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once Upon a Car is the brilliantly reported inside-the-boardrooms-and-factories story of Detroit’s fight for survival, going beyond the headlines to chronicle how the country’s Big Three auto companies—General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler—teetered on the brink of collapse during the 2008 financial crisis. In a tale that reads like a corporate thriller, Bill Vlasic, who has covered the auto industry for more than fifteen years, first for the Detroit News and now for the New York Times, takes readers into the executive offices, assembly plants, and union halls to introduce a cast of memorable characters, many of whom are speaking out for the first time, including the executives who struggled to save their companies but in the end had to seek a controversial, last-gasp rescue from the U.S. government. Vlasic goes behind the scenes to portray the men at the top during Detroit’s last stand. Rick Wagoner, the CEO of General Motors, tried to turn around a dying company, only to be forced to resign as a condition of the government bailout. Bill Ford, great-grandson of the legendary Henry Ford, had the will to keep Ford alive but needed the guts to hire an unknown outsider, Alan Mulally, to transform the company before it crashed. At Chrysler, leadership was constantly changing as new owners tried in vain to fix the smallest of the beleaguered Big Three. And through it all, the president of the United Auto Workers union, Ron Gettelfinger, fought to save the jobs of the men and women who build American-made cars and trucks. This tale of an iconic industry in crisis is more than a big business drama and provides a rich, unvarnished portrait of how Detroit’s decline affected tens of thousands of workers and dozens of communities nationwide. The story moves from the gleaming corporate skyscrapers and massive auto plants to the halls of the U.S. Congress and into the Oval Office, where President Obama and his aides wrestled with how to keep General Motors and Chrysler from going out of business. Vlasic shows why the bailout worked, and how Detroit can succeed under new leadership and build automobiles equal to any in the world. Once Upon a Car tells a uniquely American tale of success, failure, and redemption. It is an important and illuminating chapter in an astonishing story that is still unfolding. And no one is more qualified to write it than Bill Vlasic.
Author : Sarah R. Coleman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691180288
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)
Download or read book The Walls Within written by Sarah R. Coleman and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction : the tough question -- The rose's sharp thorn : Texas and the rise of unauthorized immigrant education activism -- "A subclass of illiterates" : the presidential politics of unauthorized immigrant education -- "Heading into uncharted waters" : Congress, employer sanctions, and labor rights -- "A riverboat gamble" : the passage of employer sanctions -- "To reward the wrong way is not the American way" : welfare and the battle over immigrants' benefits -- From the border to the heartland : local immigration enforcement and immigrants' rights -- Epilogue
Author : Lathan Hudson
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1304122336
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Once Upon a Time ... There Was a Tavern Volume 1 written by Lathan Hudson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-06-13 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the memoir of Lathan Hudson's successful 18 years as a Nashville country music songwriter. He tells it like it was with the stars and the movers and shakers, recalling the hilarious, as well as bittersweet, details of his experience. If you're a country music fan, if you've ever wondered what it's like behind the scenes with the best known celebrities in country music, this is a book you won't want to miss.
