Hometown Texas
by Joe Holley /
2017 / English / PDF
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Brown
Brown and
andHolley
Holley are interested in place and what
makes people who they are. With particular interest in how people
take the hand they’ve been dealt―fate, family, circumstance,
luck―and craft a life for themselves, the authors celebrate the
grit and gumption of these Texas originals. Introducing quirky
characters and tenacious spirits, Holley’s stories seek out the
personality of the small town while Brown’s photographs capture
the essence of a changing landscape.
are interested in place and what
makes people who they are. With particular interest in how people
take the hand they’ve been dealt―fate, family, circumstance,
luck―and craft a life for themselves, the authors celebrate the
grit and gumption of these Texas originals. Introducing quirky
characters and tenacious spirits, Holley’s stories seek out the
personality of the small town while Brown’s photographs capture
the essence of a changing landscape.Hometown Texas
Hometown Texas aims
not to be nostalgic or sentimental but rather to show readers an
unknown Texas―one that, while not vanishing, is certainly on the
wane.
aims
not to be nostalgic or sentimental but rather to show readers an
unknown Texas―one that, while not vanishing, is certainly on the
wane.
Organized into five topographical, geographic, and cultural
sections―East, West, North, South, and Central―three dozen
stories and more than eighty complementary images work to create
a parallel narrative to reveal what Brown has described as the
“collective, various, remarkably complex soul that makes Texas
unique.”
Organized into five topographical, geographic, and cultural
sections―East, West, North, South, and Central―three dozen
stories and more than eighty complementary images work to create
a parallel narrative to reveal what Brown has described as the
“collective, various, remarkably complex soul that makes Texas
unique.”Hometown Texas
Hometown Texas is an exploration across miles and
cultures, of well-traveled roads and forgotten byways, deep into
the heart of Texas.
is an exploration across miles and
cultures, of well-traveled roads and forgotten byways, deep into
the heart of Texas.
