Short call : snippets from the smallest places in Texas, 1935-2000 (volume 24) (Texas Folklore Society extra book)

Roach, Joyce Gibson; Untiedt, Kenneth L.; Runnels, Scott

ISBN 10: 1574415735 / ISBN 13: 9781574415735

Published by University of North Texas Press, Denton, TX, 2014

About this Item

xvii, 154 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. ; teal cloth ; dj. In original shrink wrap. Joyce Gibson Roach has collected "snippets" of stories, recipes, and traditions of life in Turtle, Texas, which represents many small towns, and the people who inhabit them. Many of the younger generations leave such towns, finding both place and society crumbling. Those who've stayed are finding new and interesting ways to put themselves and their places back together. Both the short and long pieces herein are about the folks who've elected to stay generation after generation, knowing that for them wherever they've stayed is still the Home Place. The characters' viewpoints are personal, sometimes agreeing with facts found in history books and sometimes not. Seller Inventory # 002076

Bibliographic Details

Title: Short call : snippets from the smallest ...

Publisher: University of North Texas Press, Denton, TX

Publication Date: 2014

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Dust Jacket Condition: New

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Joyce Gibson Roach has collected “snippets” of stories, recipes, and traditions of life in Turtle, Texas, which represents many small towns―and the people who inhabit them. Many of the younger generations leave such towns, finding both place and society crumbling. Those who’ve stayed are finding new and interesting ways to put themselves and their places back together. Both the short and long pieces herein are about the folks who’ve elected to stay generation after generation, knowing that for them wherever they’ve stayed is still the Home Place. The characters’ viewpoints are personal, sometimes agreeing with facts found in history books and sometimes not.

About the Author:

Joyce Gibson Roach is the author of The Cowgirls from UNT Press.