A Boyhood Dream Realized: : Half a Century of Texas Culture, One Newspaper Column at a Time

by Burle Pettit

Book Overview

This collection of columns from the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal tells stories, and tells about telling stories. They also reflect boyhood dreams . . . and foolishness, fears, beliefs, customs, traditions, and sometimes things that are no longer part of our culture but we wish were. All reflect what was--and for many, still is--important. They celebrate the places, the people, the customs and traditions; the ways, the somethings, and the events that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574418149
• ISBN13: 9781574418149
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: University of North Texas Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"