Chronicle of a Small Town

by Jim W. Corder

Book Overview

"I want to hear about such folks as my father and how he knows how to make cement, not by recipe, but by something in his bones. I want to hear how my grandfather learned to plow a straight furrow and why even older men always called him Mister. I want to know all of the reasons why, those years ago, my mother cried when the tomatoes in her garden twisted and died."

Trying to find out such things, Jim Corder leads us through the ravines of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1603449884
• ISBN13: 9781603449885
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Good little read

This slim volume is nostalgic but not too sentimental. Corder evokes a place (West Texas) and a time (circa 1940) that may be far removed from his readers, but like his other works (including his many scholarly essays), CHRONICLE connects in ways that pay rich dividends. Always the teacher, Corder passes on to his readers something precious about simply seeing things (the landscapes that define his/our inner and outer vistas, for example). The illustrations, from Corder's own hand, are a hoot. May this book stay in print indefinitely!