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From Can See to Can't
Texas Cotton Farmers
on the Southern Prairies
By Thad Sitton and Dan K. Utley
This unique book offers an insider's view
of Texas cotton farming in the late 1920s.
Drawing on the memories of farmers
and their descendants, many of whom
are quoted here, the authors trace a year
in the life of south central Texas cotton
farms. Although cotton farming still
goes on in Texas, the lifeways described
here have nearly vanished as the state
has become highly urbanized. Thus, this
book preserves a fascinating record of an
important part of Texas' rural heritage.
28 b&w photos, 2 maps, 1 figure
$16.95 paperback, $25.00 hardcoverTexas Past
By Andrew Sansom
With photographs by Wyman Meinzer
Sansom, executive director of the Texas
Parks and Wildlife Department, extols
Texas' fascinating cultural remains. The
book ranges across the panorama of
Texas history from the prehistoric era to
twentieth-century Texas - touching in
between on early exploration and colonization,
Mexican Texas and the
Revolution, the Texas Republic and
early statehood, and Confederate-,
Reconstruction-, and Victorian-era
Texas. Covering representative
sites, Sansom tells the story of
each site's background and preservation
history. The book is
beautifully illustrated throughout
with Meinzer's color
photographs.
Distributed for Texas Parks and
Wildlife Press
$39.95 hardcoverAt bookstores everywhere.
Gordon Conway
Fashioning a New Woman
By Raye Virginia Allen
Becoming an illustrator for Vanity Fair at
the age of twenty, Gordon Conway
helped to create the image of the flapper
or New Woman of the 1920s. This book
profiles the course of Conway's life from
her Dallas upbringing in a wealthy society
family to her illustrious career in design
that encompassed publicity campaigns for
Broadway musicals, costume and set designs
for cabaret in Paris, and the management
of the first autonomous costume
department at a major British film studio.
American Studies Series
William H. Goetzmann, Editor
32 color and 177 b&w photos
$34.95 paperback, $65.00 hardcoverNewly reissued by UT Press
Blessed McGill
By Edwin Shrake
With an introduction by Bill Wittliff
First published by Doubleday in 1968,
this ironic tale of the Old Southwest recounts
the life story of Peter Hermano
McGill, whose brawling progress across
the frontier ends in his surprising elevation
as the first Roman Catholic saint inNorth America.
Southwestern Writers Collection Series
$15.95 paperbackFor All Seasons
A Big BendJournal
By Roland H. Wauer
Drawings by Nancy McGowan
As Chief Park Naturalist from 1966 to
1972 and frequent visitor ever since,
Wauer knows the Big Bend as few authors
do. His journal entries spanning thirty
years provide not only a composite portrait
of a typical year but also a clear
sense of how the park's natural history
has changed over three decades.
He spices his account with anec- f,
dotes, often humorous, ranging ii/ .
from stumbling across a herd ,
of javelinas to being trailed
by a mountain lion in the
dark to discovering new spe- s-*cies
of plants and animals. This ;' -
beautifully illustrated book ,
is the perfect companion
for a visit to the park,
whether in person or by
armchair. "'c
30 b&w photos, 30 line drawings, 1 map .
$19.95 paperback
Texas Land Ethics
By Pete A. Y. Gunter and
Max Oelschlaeger
The authors of this thoughtful, practical
book offer a new vision for living on the
land, a "land ethic" that respects the stability,
integrity, and beauty of the "land
community." Avoiding harsh rhetoric
that seeks only to place blame and foretell
doom, they discuss how economic
and environmental goals may be reconciled
so that Texans can continue to enjoy
a reasonable prosperity while living
in a land free of pollutants and scars,
where some wild lands still exist and
animals range freely. This is an ethic to
take Texas into the twenty-first century,
in which the wise choices we make now
will create a stable and sustainable
future.
7 b&w photos, 7 figures, 3 maps, 3 tables
$18.95 paperbackUniversity of Texas Press
Box 7819.Austin,TX 78713
http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/1,1'
The Guadalupe Mountains
of Texas
Photographs and drawings by
Michael Allender
Text by Alan Tennant
Elma Dill Russell Spencer Foundation Series
60 color and 12 b&w illus.
$19.95 paperback
Caprock Canyonlands
Journeys into the Heart
of the Southern Plains
By Dan Flores
M. K. Brown Range Life Series
75 color photos
$19.95 paperback
Historic Ranches of Texas
Text by Lawrence Clayton
Paintings by J. U. Salvant
24 color and 12 b&w illus., 2 maps
$16.95 paperbackHISTORIC RANCHES OF TEXAS
Textby Lawreine Clayto Panting by J, D. Salvaat
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