Leavin' a Testimony: Portraits from Rural Texas

by Patsy Cravens

Book Overview

First settled by Stephen F. Austin's colonists in the early nineteenth century, Colorado County has deep roots in Texas history. Mainly rural and agrarian until late in the twentieth century, Colorado County was a cotton-growing region whose population was about evenly divided between blacks and whites. These life-long neighbors led separate and unequal lives, memories of which still linger today. To preserve those memories, Patsy Cravens began...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292713053
• ISBN13: 9780292713055
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 327 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.6" x 10.0"