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Author : Tweed Scott
Publisher : Redbud Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780972029377
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (293 download)
Download or read book Texas in Her Own Words written by Tweed Scott and published by Redbud Pub. This book was released on 2006-03-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword by Kinky Friedman
Author : Tweed Scott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780997372106
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (721 download)
Download or read book Texas in Her Own Words written by Tweed Scott and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2nd Edition. This book is a peek into the Texas psyche and explains why Texans are the way they are...where all that attitude comes from.
Author : Ashley Hope Pérez
Publisher : Carolrhoda Lab ®
ISBN 13 : 1467776785
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (677 download)
Download or read book Out of Darkness written by Ashley Hope Pérez and published by Carolrhoda Lab ®. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Michael L. Printz Honor Book "This is East Texas, and there's lines. Lines you cross, lines you don't cross. That clear?" New London, Texas. 1937. Naomi Vargas and Wash Fuller know about the lines in East Texas as well as anyone. They know the signs that mark them. They know the people who enforce them. But sometimes the attraction between two people is so powerful it breaks through even the most entrenched color lines. And the consequences can be explosive. Ashley Hope Pérez takes the facts of the 1937 New London school explosion—the worst school disaster in American history—as a backdrop for a riveting novel about segregation, love, family, and the forces that destroy people. "[This] layered tale of color lines, love and struggle in an East Texas oil town is a pit-in-the-stomach family drama that goes down like it should, with pain and fascination, like a mix of sugary medicine and artisanal moonshine."—The New York Times Book Review "Pérez deftly weaves [an] unflinchingly intense narrative....A powerful, layered tale of forbidden love in times of unrelenting racism."―starred, Kirkus Reviews "This book presents a range of human nature, from kindness and love to acts of racial and sexual violence. The work resonates with fear, hope, love, and the importance of memory....Set against the backdrop of an actual historical event, Pérez...gives voice to many long-omitted facets of U.S. history."―starred, School Library Journal
Author : Mike Cox
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614238146
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)
Download or read book West Texas Tales written by Mike Cox and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06-21 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historian Mike Cox has been writing about Texas history for four decades, sharing tales that have been overlooked or forgotten through the years. Travel to El Paso during the "Big Blow" of 1895, brave the frontier with Elizabeth Russell Baker, and stare down the infamous killer known as Old Three Toe. From frontier stories and ghost towns to famous folks and accounts of everyday life, this collection of West Texas Tales has it all.
Author : Annie Mae Hunt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780292790872
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (98 download)
Download or read book I Am Annie Mae written by Annie Mae Hunt and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Annie Mae Hunt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (957 download)
Download or read book I am Annie Mae written by Annie Mae Hunt and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Judith S. Kaye
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438474814
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)
Download or read book Judith S. Kaye in Her Own Words written by Judith S. Kaye and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2019-06-01 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1983, Judith S. Kaye (1938–2016) became the first woman appointed to the Court of Appeals, New York's highest court. Ten years later, she became the first woman to be appointed chief judge of the xourt, and by the time she retired, in 2008, she was the longest-serving chief judge in the court's history. During her long career, she distinguished herself as a lawyer, jurist, reformer, mentor, and colleague, as well as a wife and mother. Bringing together Kaye's own autobiography, completed shortly before her death, as well as selected judicial opinions, articles, and speeches, Judith S. Kaye in Her Own Words makes clear why she left such an enduring mark upon the court, the nation, and all who knew her. The first section of the book, Kaye's memoir, focuses primarily on her years on the Court of Appeals, the inner workings of the court, and the challenges she faced, as chief judge, in managing a court system populated by hundreds of judges and thousands of employees. The second section, a carefully chosen selection of her written opinions (and occasional dissents), reveals how she guided the law in New York State for almost a quarter century with uncommon vision and humanity. Her decisions cover every facet of New York and federal law and have often been quoted and followed nationally. The final section of the book includes selections from her numerous articles and speeches, which cover the field, from common law jurisprudence to commercial law to constitutional analysis, all with an eye to the future and, above all, how the law can best affect the everyday lives of people who come to court—willingly or unwillingly—including, not least, those most in need of the law. "An extraordinary woman, jurist, and leader who had a striking impact on the law and the administration of justice in New York State and beyond. This collection is more than a simple record of a remarkable life. It is a treasure—not only for those of us who knew and admired Judith but for all who may seek to understand and appreciate the profound impact she had on the law, the legal profession, and the administration of justice." — from the Foreword by Honorable Janet DiFiore
Author : Jennifer Kelly
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252094832
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book In Her Own Words written by Jennifer Kelly and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of new interviews with twenty-five accomplished female composers substantially advances our knowledge of the work, experiences, compositional approaches, and musical intentions of a diverse group of creative individuals. With personal anecdotes and sometimes surprising intimacy and humor, these wide-ranging conversations represent the diversity of women composing music in the United States from the mid-twentieth century into the twenty-first. The composers work in a variety of genres including classical, jazz, multimedia, or collaborative forms for the stage, film, and video games. Their interviews illuminate questions about the status of women composers in America, the role of women in musical performance and education, the creative process and inspiration, the experiences and qualities that contemporary composers bring to their craft, and balancing creative and personal lives. Candidly sharing their experiences, advice, and views, these vibrant, thoughtful, and creative women open new perspectives on the prospects and possibilities of making music in a changing world.
Author : Sallie Reynolds Matthews
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780890961230
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (612 download)
Download or read book Interwoven written by Sallie Reynolds Matthews and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Records one woman's response to pioneer life in Texas at the turn of the century.
Author : Monica Muñoz Martinez
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674989384
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (749 download)
Download or read book The Injustice Never Leaves You written by Monica Muñoz Martinez and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-24 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Caughey Western History Prize Winner of the Robert G. Athearn Award Winner of the Lawrence W. Levine Award Winner of the TCU Texas Book Award Winner of the NACCS Tejas Foco Nonfiction Book Award Winner of the María Elena Martínez Prize Frederick Jackson Turner Award Finalist “A page-turner...Haunting...Bravely and convincingly urges us to think differently about Texas’s past.” —Texas Monthly Between 1910 and 1920, self-appointed protectors of the Texas–Mexico border—including members of the famed Texas Rangers—murdered hundreds of ethnic Mexicans living in Texas, many of whom were American citizens. Operating in remote rural areas, officers and vigilantes knew they could hang, shoot, burn, and beat victims to death without scrutiny. A culture of impunity prevailed. The abuses were so pervasive that in 1919 the Texas legislature investigated the charges and uncovered a clear pattern of state crime. Records of the proceedings were soon filed away as the Ranger myth flourished. A groundbreaking work of historical reconstruction, The Injustice Never Leaves You has upended Texas’s sense of its own history. A timely reminder of the dark side of American justice, it is a riveting story of race, power, and prejudice on the border. “It’s an apt moment for this book’s hard lessons...to go mainstream.” —Texas Observer “A reminder that government brutality on the border is nothing new.” —Los Angeles Review of Books
Author : Scott Sacknoff
Publisher : Space Publications LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book In Their Own Words written by Scott Sacknoff and published by Space Publications LLC. This book was released on 2003 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collection of interviews and articles that have appeared within the pages of Quest: The History of Spaceflight"--Page iv
Author : Phillip Thomas Tucker
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476613281
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Emily D. West and the "Yellow Rose of Texas" Myth written by Phillip Thomas Tucker and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-02-07 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time, the true story of "The Yellow Rose of Texas" is told in full, revealing a host of new insights and perspectives on one of America's most popular stories. For generations, the Yellow Rose of Texas has been one of America's most popular western myths, growing larger over time and little resembling the truth of what happened on April 21, 1836, at the battle of San Jacinto, where a new Texas Republic won its independence. The woman who has been popularly connected to the story was an ordinary but also quite remarkable free black woman from the North, Emily D. West. This work reconstructs her experience, places it in full context and explores the evolution of a most fanciful myth.
Author : Carmen Boullosa
Publisher : Deep Vellum Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1941920012
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (419 download)
Download or read book Texas written by Carmen Boullosa and published by Deep Vellum Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mexico's greatest woman writer."—Roberto Bolaño "A luminous writer . . . Boullosa is a masterful spinner of the fantastic"—Miami Herald An imaginative writer in the tradition of Juan Rulfo, Jorge Luis Borges, and Cesar Aira, Carmen Boullosa shows herself to be at the height of her powers with her latest novel. Loosely based on the little-known 1859 Mexican invasion of the United States, Texas is a richly imagined evocation of the volatile Tex-Mex borderland. Boullosa views border history through distinctly Mexican eyes, and her sympathetic portrayal of each of her wildly diverse characters—Mexican ranchers and Texas Rangers, Comanches and cowboys, German socialists and runaway slaves, Southern belles and dancehall girls—makes her storytelling tremendously powerful and absorbing. Shedding important historical light on current battles over the Mexican–American frontier while telling a gripping story with Boullosa's singular prose and formal innovation, Texas marks the welcome return of a major writer who has previously captivated American audiences and is poised to do so again. Carmen Boullosa (b. 1954) is one of Mexico's leading novelists, poets, and playwrights. Author of seventeen novels, her books have been translated into numerous world languages. Recipient of numerous prizes and honors, including a Guggenheim fellowship, Boullosa is currently Distinguished Lecturer at City College of New York. Samantha Schnee is founding editor and chairman of the board of Words Without Borders. She has also been a senior editor with Zoetrope, and her translations have appeared in the Guardian, Granta, and the New York Times.
Author : Delores Fossen
Publisher : HQN Books
ISBN 13 : 1488064822
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Texas on My Mind written by Delores Fossen and published by HQN Books. This book was released on 2019-11-11 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fan favorite from USA TODAY bestselling author Delores Fossen, a wounded Air Force captain finds himself being nursed back to health by his childhood friend, only to discover their years apart have done nothing to douse the spark between them… Air force captain Riley McCord has come home on medical leave to find one heck of a welcome reception. Every unattached woman in Spring Hill, Texas, wants to nurse him back to health. That includes his childhood friend Claire Davidson—the only person who understands how damaged he really feels. In high school, she chose his best friend over him. According to Riley’s rules, that should make her off-limits forever. But when Claire suggests a no-strings fling, he can’t refuse. Claire always wanted Riley—but she also craved the safety and stability he couldn’t offer. So she chose another path, only to end up crazier about him than ever. She’s even convinced herself that this time she won’t be devastated when he leaves. Yet once Riley realizes the depth of Claire’s feelings—and his own—he’ll have to make the ultimate choice: return to the job he loves or stay home for the woman who’s always lived in his heart. Originally published in 2016
Author : Annie Mae Hunt
Publisher : Lucky Nickel Enterprises
ISBN 13 : 9780961034016
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)
Download or read book I Am Annie Mae written by Annie Mae Hunt and published by Lucky Nickel Enterprises. This book was released on 1984 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The personal story of a black Texas woman. The ups and downs of her life and she advanced to become a woman to respect.
Author : R. S. O'Loughlin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book The Delineator written by R. S. O'Loughlin and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kristine Rolofson
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1459270886
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (592 download)
Download or read book THE NEXT MAN IN TEXAS written by Kristine Rolofson and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BOOTS & BOOTIES Riding, Roping and Ranching are part of cowboy life. Diapers, Pacifiers and Baby Bottles are not! Don't fall in love with a cowboy, baby Mac's mother had told Grace Daniels. The woman's dying wish was for Grace to take her baby boy to his father. The only problem was that "Daddy" could be any one of the four McLintock brothers. The eldest, Jack, was the sexiest, most handsome man Grace had ever met. But since Jack had spent the past fifteen years raising his brothers, the last thing he wanted was another baby…or the woman who came with it. Too late Grace realized she was no good at following advice….
