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"Patterson re-creates the history of Stieler Hill Ranch, in the Texas Hill Country, in 24 anecdotal chapters interspersed with original artwork. The result is a mixture of memoir and montage of a world that's beautiful, brash, and heartbreaking. Foreword by Willie Nelson"--Provided by publisher.
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In this detailed account of how the Johnson Ranch was used during LBJ's years in public office, readers will learn who visited, how they were fed and entertained, and how LBJ conducted the nation's business while there. Readers will get a fascinating interpretation of how the ranch influenced LBJ's self-image, promoted his rags-to-riches story, and gave him in retirement the one thing he truly craved: control.
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Elroy Bode's books on nature and life have made him a favorite of readers and critics. Here he explores his home city of El Paso, the land and people of Central Texas, and his roles as teacher, father, and writer. These sharply observed, beautifully written pieces find the universal in the particular a young boy in a barbershop, plaza life, a young couple in Smokey's Barbecue. Like the work of Wendell Berry and John Graves, Bode's writing is rooted...
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Ottilie Fuchs Goeth was an alert seventy-nine years old when she completed her memoirs in the German language for her family. Born the year of the Texas revolution, 1836, she migrated with her family in 1845, eventually settling in the Cypress Mill community near the Pedernales River west of Austin.
Daughter of the pastor of a parish church in Germany, Mrs. Goeth was nurtured in family life, literature and music and her writings reflect a keen
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