A Good Long Drive: Fifty Years of Texas Country Reporter

by Bob Phillips

Book Overview

In 2021, Texas County Reporter celebrates its fiftieth season on the air. Broadcast every week on stations across Texas, it focuses on "ordinary people doing extraordinary things." And at the center of it is Bob Phillips, the show's creator and host--an erstwhile poor kid from Dallas who ended up with a job that allowed him to rub elbows with sports figures, entertainers, and politicians but who preferred to spend his time on the backroads, listening...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477324011
• ISBN13: 9781477324011
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"