Texas Blood: Seven Generations Among The Outlaws, Ranchers, Indians, Missionaries, Soldiers, And Smugglers Of The Borderlands
by Roger D. Hodge /
2017 / English / EPUB
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In the tradition of Ian Frazier's
In the tradition of Ian Frazier'sGreat Plains,
Great Plains, and as
vivid as the work of Cormac McCarthy, an intoxicating, singularly
illuminating history of the Texas borderlands from their settlement
through seven generations of Roger D. Hodge's ranching
family.
and as
vivid as the work of Cormac McCarthy, an intoxicating, singularly
illuminating history of the Texas borderlands from their settlement
through seven generations of Roger D. Hodge's ranching
family.
What brought the author's family to Texas? What is it about Texas
that for centuries has exerted a powerful allure for adventurers
and scoundrels, dreamers and desperate souls, outlaws and outliers?
In search of answers, Hodge travels across his home state--which he
loves and hates in shifting measure--tracing the wanderings of his
ancestors into forgotten histories along vanished roads. Here is an
unsentimental, keenly insightful attempt to grapple with all that
makes Texas so magical, punishing, and polarizing. Here is a
spellbindingly evocative portrait of the borderlands--with its
brutal history of colonization, conquest, and genocide; where
stories of death and drugs and desperation play out daily. And here
is a contemplation of what it means that the ranching industry that
has sustained families like Hodge's for almost two centuries is
quickly fading away, taking with it a part of our larger,
deep-rooted cultural inheritance. A wholly original fusion of
memoir and history--as piercing as it is elegiac--
What brought the author's family to Texas? What is it about Texas
that for centuries has exerted a powerful allure for adventurers
and scoundrels, dreamers and desperate souls, outlaws and outliers?
In search of answers, Hodge travels across his home state--which he
loves and hates in shifting measure--tracing the wanderings of his
ancestors into forgotten histories along vanished roads. Here is an
unsentimental, keenly insightful attempt to grapple with all that
makes Texas so magical, punishing, and polarizing. Here is a
spellbindingly evocative portrait of the borderlands--with its
brutal history of colonization, conquest, and genocide; where
stories of death and drugs and desperation play out daily. And here
is a contemplation of what it means that the ranching industry that
has sustained families like Hodge's for almost two centuries is
quickly fading away, taking with it a part of our larger,
deep-rooted cultural inheritance. A wholly original fusion of
memoir and history--as piercing as it is elegiac--Texas
Blood
Texas
Blood is a triumph.
is a triumph.