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  • - The Songwriting Legacy of Mickey Newbury
    af Brian T. Atkinson
    317,95 kr.

    Following the successful pattern established in his works on Townes Van Zandt and Ray Wylie Hubbard, music journalist Brian Atkinson has interviewed artists such as Kris Kristofferson, Steve Earle, and many others to learn how Mickey Newbury's influence continues to shape the musical and artistic approach of both seasoned and newer performers.

  • af Gary Clark
    397,95 kr.

    "How often do we pass by moths under a porch light or fluttering under a streetlamp without giving them a second glance? Yet moths, far more plentiful than butterflies, with their intricate patterns and curious coloration, often emerge as beautiful as butterflies. Book of Texas Moths is based on the original field work of distinguished Texas naturalist, author, and photographer John Tveten (1934-2009), whose work stands as testament to what a person can discover by careful and systemic observation of the natural world. Beginning in 1978 until his death in 2009, Tveten kept meticulous field notes about nearly every bird, butterfly, mammal, reptile, dragonfly, and moth he encountered, using a form designed by his wife, Gloria, who shared his enthusiasm for documenting wildlife. In addition to careful field notes detailing the when, where, and what of moth observations, Tveten's entries were linked to corresponding photographs of the moths in various stages of their life cycles. He planned to shape all of this information into a book to be called Butterflies of the Night. After his passing, nature writers Gary and Kathy Adams Clark, close friends and proteges of John and Gloria Tveten, set out to transcribe and publish his field notes alongside the corresponding photographs. Remaining faithful to John's original research, this manuscript presents Tveten's careful documentation on the distribution, history, and identification of 100 Texas moth species, while incorporating his descriptive phrases into as many species accounts as possible. It is not intended as a field guide; rather, Book of Texas Moths takes readers into the mind of a disciplined naturalist as he conducted important original research."--

  • af Mary Irish
    500,95 kr.

  • af William Chriss
    607,95 kr.

  • af Christopher C. Gillis
    742,95 kr.

  • af Delvin Williams
    397,95 kr.

    "After his release from the Green Bay Packers, realizing that his football career was abruptly over, Delvin Williams asked himself some hard questions: What happened to the game he fell in love with as a kid? What is a retired football player supposed to do? Where did he fit in? Nothing had prepared him for life after football. From his childhood in inner-city Houston and school days at all-Black Kashmere High School, Williams tells the story of a young boy who realized that football filled some of the empty places in his spirit left by an absent father, a poverty-stricken childhood, and the ongoing sting of racism. His determination carried him through a four-year degree at the University of Kansas and, ultimately, an All-Pro career with the San Francisco 49ers and Miami Dolphins. Football afforded him an education and a good living. But it also had an impact on his body and soul beyond anything he could have imagined ... Delvin Williams brings readers on the long journey from Houston's Fifth Ward to the packed stadiums of the NFL, continuing with his decades-long fight for the compensation due an athlete who sustained injuries on the job. Here, Williams recounts the circumstances that motivated him to meet challenges at every level, exceeding his own expectations, telling the story of a career that produced a head-on collision between a starry-eyed kid from the tough streets of Houston and the industry of football"--

  • af Stephen Fox
    962,95 kr.

    "Birdsall P. Briscoe (1876-1971) practiced architecture from 1912 to 1956, the span of years during which Houston was transformed from an ambitious town on Buffalo Bayou into an international city, its economy powered by cotton, trade, and oil. The country houses Briscoe designed for three generations of affluent clients, sited in such Houston neighborhoods as Courtlandt Place, Shadyside, Broadacres, and River Oaks, display his exceptional skill in formulating stylistic and social identities for his wealthy clients and their families. In The Architecture of Birdsall P. Briscoe, architectural historian Stephen Fox examines the country houses designed by Briscoe, offering a glimpse into the architect's methods as well as analyzing how Briscoe constructed a "social architecture" to frame his clientele during periods of economic expansion and contraction. Fox demonstrates how Briscoe cultivated and managed elements of taste, style, and fashion to embody assertions of class identity and solidarity in the context of Houston's capitalist economy. Additionally, Fox shows how Briscoe and his peers interpreted and reflected early twentieth-century Progressive Era design ideals in giving shape to the vision of local civic leaders. Illustrated throughout with masterful color photography by Paul Hester, this original study of one of Texas' most distinguished residential architects will enthrall readers with both its detail and its contextual clarity. As he did in his book on the architecture of John F. Staub, Fox delivers a treasure trove of insight into a vital period of Houston's social history and the architect who helped design it"--

  • - Writing the Edges of the North American West
    af Sheila McManus
    582,95 kr.

    "Both Sides Now: Writing the Edges of the North American West brings together the best scholarship in a focused, synthetic survey of five themes in the history of the northern and southern borderlands: the borderlands as aboriginal homelands and the persistence of Indigenous territories and ways of being; imperial and national efforts to create binary notions of territory and identity; regulatory efforts aimed stopping or limiting the movement of certain people across their borders; the way the cross-border movement of capital, goods, and people, usually aided by state power, weakened those efforts; and the complex, binary-refusing identities that persist in borderlands communities. Historian Sheila McManus uses these themes to highlight the commonalities between the two borderlands' histories and provides an overview and a starting point for experts and newcomers in the field of North American borderlands history to address new questions. By conceptualizing both borders together and focusing particular attention on race and gender as well as empire and nation, Both Sides Now provides a unique methodology in North American scholarship that emphasizes the connections between these borderlands and others around the world"--

  • - A Personal History of an Apache Chief, 1821-1919
    af John Paul Hartman
    397,95 kr.

    Drawn from personal recollections, historical records, and biographical research, Capitan Chiquito relates the little-known life and career of a leader of the Aravaipa band of Apaches during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

  • - Stories from Trailblazing Women of NASA's Johnson Space Center
    af Jennifer M. Ross-Nazzal
    342,95 kr.

    From the creation of the Manned Spacecraft Center to the launching of the International Space Station and beyond, Making Space for Women explores how careers for women at Johnson Space Center have changed over the past fifty years as the workforce became more diverse and fields once closed to women began to open.

  • - A Forest, a Family, and a Foundation for Land Conservation
    af Jonathan K. Gerland
    675,95 kr.

    Boggy Slough Conservation Area is a 19,000-acre unbroken tract of pine and bottomland hardwood forest situated in East Texas' Trinity and Houston counties. A blend of natural, cultural, and business history, this book presents a highly illustrated narrative of the land, people, and evolving purpose, from time of European contact to the present.

  • - A Field Guide
    af Lynne M. Weber
    287,95 kr.

    A user-friendly, illustrated follow-up to Lynne and Jim Weber's highly successful Native Host Plants for Texas Butterflies, this book describes over 100 native, larval host plants for moths in Texas. More than 150 moth species are illustrated in the book, both larval and adult phases, with one to two species for each of the larval host plants.

  • - A Writing Life in Four Acts
    af Teresa Palomo Acosta
    252,95 kr.

    This collection by Teresa Palomo Acosta - poet, historian, author, and activist - spans three decades of her writing, from 1988 through 2018. The collection is divided into poems, essays, a children's story, and plays. Each work addresses cultural, historical, political, and gender realities that she experienced from her childhood to the present.

  • - Adventures, Misadventures, and Glimpses of Nirvana along Our Storied Waterways
    af Andrew Sansom
    223,95 kr.

    Many of Texas' leading writers have had their hearts captured by a river, and they have created sparkling accounts of the waterways they love. Now, editors Steven Davis and Sam Pfiester have assembled the best of those works into a revelatory collection of diverse literary voices.

  • - Another World
    af Becky Duval Reese
    442,95 kr.

    Austin artist David Everett was born and raised in Texas, and his work reflects an organic and wholly original Lone Star State ethos. His stunning vision and exquisite craftsmanship evoke nature's essential grace and harmony in beautiful sculptures, bas-relief carvings, woodcuts, and drawings.

  • - A Mid-Holocene Hunter-Gatherer Adaptation in the Central and Southern Plains of North America
    af LOHSE DUNCAN WYCK
    1.340,95 kr.

    Often characterized by distinctive chipped-stone technology, the Calf Creek cultural horizon made its first appearance in the central and southern plains of North America some six thousand years ago. Jon Lohse, Marjorie Duncan, and Don Wyckoff have collected in this volume much of what is currently known about the Calf Creek cultural horizon.

  • - The Fascinating World of the Justice of the Peace
    af Mark Dunn
    322,95 kr.

    Based on interviews with 200 justices of the peace from all parts of Texas, Texas People's Court takes readers on a tour of what it means to be a Texas justice of the peace: an experience that is by turns hilarious, sobering, heart-wrenching, and, from one end to the other, fascinating.

  • - Colorado's Hidden History of Sheepscapes
    af Andrew Gulliford
    432,95 kr.

    Describes the sheep industry's place in the history of Colorado and the American West. Tales of cowboys and cattlemen dominate western history - and even more so in popular culture. But in the competition for grazing lands, the sheep industry was as integral to the history of the American West as any trail drive.

  • - The Islands of the Coastal Bend and Their Pass
    af Mary Jo O'Rear
    332,95 kr.

    Mary Jo O'Rear rounds out her coastal bend trilogy with a deep and engaging look at the prehistory and history of the Texas barrier islands. From the earliest human settlements to the twentieth century, O'Rear explores the complex interplay between people and economies struggling to survive in a region dominated by indifferent forces of nature.

  • - The Home Front
    af Randolph B. Campbell
    603,95 kr.

    Offers an informative look at the challenges and changes faced by Texans on the home front during the Second World War. This collection of essays by leading scholars of Texas history covers topics from the African American and Tejano experience to organized labour, from the expanding opportunities for women to the importance of oil and agriculture.

  • af David J. Murrah
    312,95 kr.

    The Lazy S Ranch, one of the last major ranches to be established in Texas, came into being at a time when most of the other great ranches were disappearing. Founded in 1898, the Lazy S grew to comprise nearly 250,000 acres. Here, David Murrah covers the entire, fascinating history in The Rise and Fall of the Lazy S Ranch.

  • - Louise Tobin in the Golden Age of Swing and Beyond
    af Kevin Mooney
    377,95 kr.

    Based on extensive oral history interviews and archival research, Texas Jazz Singer recalls both the glamour and the challenges of life on the road and onstage during the golden age of swing and beyond.

  • - The First Stock Operation on the South Plains
    af Morgan Scott Sosebee
    352,95 kr.

    When people think of legendary Texas cattle ranches the images that first come to mind are iconic, open-range operations like King Ranch of South Texas. In Henry C. 'Hank' Smith and the Cross B Ranch, historian M. Scott Sosebee tells the story of one pioneer settler's small but significant ranch in West Texas.

  • - A Legacy in Art
     
    397,95 kr.

    Covering 825,000 acres in the Coastal Plain and Brush Country of South Texas, King Ranch, established in 1853, looms large in Texas and American history. This book presents a beautiful, informative account of the ranch, its human and animal inhabitants, and its place in the artistic heritage of the region.

  • - The Songwriting Legacy of Billy Joe Shaver
    af Courtney S. Lennon
    277,95 kr.

    Billy Joe Shaver wrote ten of the eleven songs included on Waylon Jennings's landmark album Honky Tonk Heroes and played a dominant role in the origins and development of the Outlaw Country movement of the 1970s. This book seeks to give Shaver the recognition his prolific output deserves.

  • - How a Coastal Texas Town Became an Art Enclave
    af Kay Kronke Betz
    387,95 kr.

    Chronicles how a small Texas town, whose economy was based on fishing, shrimping, and tourism, became a major regional centre for the visual arts. Generously illustrated with images of boats, bays, birds, and other hallmarks of the community, this book is a visual and narrative treat for art lovers, conservationists, and historians alike.

  • - On Nature, God, Science, and More
    af Heather Catto Kohout
    297,95 kr.

    Presents a collection of essays and poems by the late Heather Catto Kohout. Her essays and poems are thoughtful, profound, and generous, shifting constantly between the specific and the universal and carrying throughout a message of stewardship.

  • af Carolyn Elizabeth Brown
    387,95 kr.

    With breathtaking color photography and absorbing historical detail, Carolyn Brown and J'Nell Pate tell the story of the Fort Worth Stockyards, the place that earned the city the nickname 'Cowtown'. Brown's lens captures the vibrancy of today's stockyards while Pate's research depicts the drama of the area's rise, fall, and rebirth.

  • - Music in the Big Bend
    af Marcia Hatfield Daudistel
    507,95 kr.

    From Ojinaga, Mexico, to Alpine, Texas, and most points in between, writer Marcia Hatfield Daudistel and photographer Bill Wright have gathered, through hours of interviews, a trove of anecdotes, images, and personal recollections that explore what makes music - and musicians - in the Big Bend slightly different from anything found elsewhere.

  • - The Legacy of Dionicio Rodriguez
    af Patsy Pittman Light
    387,95 kr.

    Mexican artisan Dionicio Rodriguez created concrete bus stop shelters, park benches, footbridges, and other structures in the style known as trabajo rustico. This book presents a comprehensive look at the legacy of Rodriguez as reflected in the works of those whom he trained, mentored, or influenced.

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