Growing Up in the Lone Star State: Notable Texans Remember Their Childhoods

by Gaylon Finklea Hecker and Marianne Odom

Gaylon Finklea Hecker and Marianne Odom began the interviews for this book in 1981 and devoted a professional lifetime to collecting the memories of accomplished Texans to determine what, if anything, about growing up in the Lone Star State prepared them for success.

The resulting forty-seven oral history interviews begin with tales from the early 1900s, when Texas was an agrarian state, and continue through the growth of major cities and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 099973184X
• ISBN13: 9780999731840
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Briscoe Ctr for Amer History Ut-Austin
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"