A West Texas Soapbox
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A West Texas Soapbox
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Author : Jim Sanderson
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 1998
A West Texas Soapbox written by Jim Sanderson and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Frontier and pioneer life categories.
Whether sprawled on barstools or preaching from pulpits, people need to make sense of their world, and in Jim Sanderson's world of West Texas, pulpits and barstools are where many of them do so. Sanderson himself stood for many years at a podium, teaching at a community college in Odessa, Texas. There, tired of academic papers and sometimes losing the distinction between fiction and nonfiction, he turned to the world around him to figure out the meaning (or meanings) of education and of culture itself. In a series of autobiographical ruminations, Sanderson develops the theme that frontier wildness is still alive, especially in West Texas, though it may be repressed by fundamentalist religion and conservative politics. West Texans, he finds, have to reconcile the two sides of their contrary natures: the farmer, best represented by the fundamental church, and the frontiersman, best represented by the sleazy bar. Through this theme of internal conflict, Sanderson weaves his experiences of art and censorship, Texas myths in film and fiction, the interaction of Hispanic culture with the culture of West Texas, contradictions posed by academic interests in vocational teaching institutions, intellectual elitism versus the real world, and West Texas women's definition and self-definition. Through the examples of his students, he shows how the quest for the West Texas myth--freedom, liberation, and fulfillment--is always transforming, whether for good or bad. In the end, he recognizes that his insights may tell more about himself than about West Texas, but by trying to make meaning out of his experience, he tells us something about the way all of us learn and think about ourselves.
Mystery In The Wind
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Author : Deborah J. Ledford
language : en
Publisher: Second Wind Publishing
Release Date : 2010
Mystery In The Wind written by Deborah J. Ledford and has been published by Second Wind Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Fiction categories.
A Second Wind anthology comprised of outstanding stories written by little known authors of the highest caliber. An engaging series of stories of mystery, mayhem and murder.
Southwestern American Literature
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Southwestern American Literature written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with American literature categories.
Champions Cheaters And Childhood Dreams
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Author : Melanie Payne
language : en
Publisher: The University of Akron Press
Release Date : 2003
Champions Cheaters And Childhood Dreams written by Melanie Payne and has been published by The University of Akron Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
With some scrap lumber and a dream, young Bob Turner became the first All-American Soap Box Derby world champion in 1934. Over the next 40 years, pushed by curiosity, ingenuity, determination and sometimes an overbearing father, thousands more would follow in his footsteps to try--for at least one day--to become the most famous boy in America. Covering the glory years of the Soap Box Derby, Champions, Cheaters, and Childhood Dreams provides a history of the race from its beginnings on a hillside in Dayton, to the corporate-sponsored star-studded event it became in the 1950s and 1960s, and to its near-obscurity after it was rocked by withdrawal of its major corporate sponsor and a legendary cheating scandal. Through first person accounts and historical narrative, Champions, Cheaters, and Childhood Dreams demonstrates how the Soap Box Derby mirrored American society. The hard scrapple Depression years, the patriotism of the war years, the idealism of post-World War II America, the hope and prosperity of the 1950s and 1960s and the breakdown of institutions and values during the Vietnam-war era, are told through the stories of the people who raced in and ran the All-American Soap Box Derby.
Texas Short Stories 2
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Author : Billy Bob Hill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999-09
Texas Short Stories 2 written by Billy Bob Hill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-09 with Fiction categories.
Texas Bound
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Author : Kay Cattarulla
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Texas Bound written by Kay Cattarulla and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Short stories, American categories.
Twenty-two stories featured in the "Texas Bound" segment of the literary series "Arts and Letters Live" presented by the Dallas Museum of Art and the Friends of the Dallas Public Library. Book III offers encounters with a lovelorn parrot, a small-town Texan "under the weather" on a housebound sick day, a Houston matron whose "back-to-nature" weekend in the country changes her life, and a professor whose medical diagnosis turns into a profound yet somehow hilarious adventure.
Book Review Index
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Book Review Index written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Books categories.
Vols. 8-10 of the 1965-1984 master cumulation constitute a title index.
Descant
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Descant written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with American literature categories.
Short Story
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
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American Book Publishing Record
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
American Book Publishing Record written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with American literature categories.