A loose herd of Texans, by Bill Porterfield

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Label

A loose herd of Texans, by Bill Porterfield

Statement of responsibility

by Bill Porterfield

Instantiates

• A loose herd of Texans

Publication

• College Station, Texas A&M University Press, c1978

Contents

Introduction : a mythical place -- Uncle John -- Clarence of green mansions -- J.D. and the gang in the grove -- Brother Nail's magic -- The new ranchers -- The genius -- Barrymore of the courtroom -- Don Pedroito -- The outcasts of Western Heights Cemetery -- On the banks with Larry Bowman -- The sanctified lady -- The ghost of Amon Carter -- Ravel's elegy and the sad violinist -- The cowboy -- An oilman -- The stone that cries like child -- The last spring of our innocence -- The Christian and the Pagan -- H.L. Hunt's long good-bye -- The Santa Berta -- The folk singer who sang opera -- Old Juan -- The Aurora spaceman -- Farewell to LBJ : a Hill Country valediction

Control code

3771646

Dimensions

24 cm.

Edition

1st ed.

Extent

xiv, 198 p.

Isbn

9780890960448

Lccn

77099277

Note

• Library's copy 2 (SW Writers): Gift of Bill and Sally Wittliff, 1989 (Access. No. 1989-057). Annotated and signed by author, Spring, 1988. With dust jacket.
• Library's copy 3 (SW Writers): Gift of Rollo Newsom, 2011 (Access. No. 2011-004). With dust jacket.
• Library's copy 4 (SW Writers): Forms part of: A. C. Greene Library. Gift of Meredith Greene Megaw, 2012 (Access. No. 2012-026). Inscribed on front free endpaper: A.C. Greene from Billy Mack [Porterfield]. With dust jacket

Record ID

.b10284126