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Offline wthurman

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Re: Big Bend Books
« Reply #45 on: October 23, 2010, 08:45:16 AM »
I think this one is worth a look:  God's Country or Devil's Playground: An Anthology of Nature Writing from the Big Bend of Texas.  It's available on Amazon but I got a peek on Google Books.  Edward Abbey's writing is in it; an author I enjoy quite a bit.

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Offline Front Street Books

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Re: Big Bend Books
« Reply #46 on: October 27, 2010, 03:56:51 PM »
It is an excellent book, and it is edited by a professor from Alpine (she teaches at Sul Ross).

It is also available from BBNHA, us, Marfa Book Co. and other local independent bookstores (mostly in Texas).
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Re: Big Bend Books
« Reply #47 on: December 27, 2010, 10:12:22 AM »
All great books listed so far.  If you want to get away from non-fiction; I would add "Red Sky In Mourning" by Glenn Willeford.  A historical novel, based on facts of the time with fictional characters of the area during the late 1800's - early 1900's.  Frequently brutal events to read about but a great book. 
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Offline Al

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Re: Big Bend Books
« Reply #48 on: April 12, 2012, 10:53:05 PM »
Just finished reading Rawles Williams, Boquillas Crossing.  Set  in and around what is now the national park back in the days of Poncho Villa and told with a perspective that could only have been gained from his years of living in Boquillas and the Big Bend of Texas. It took only a few chapters to have me looking forward to when there was time for the next read.

Recommended!

Al
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Re: Big Bend Books
« Reply #49 on: April 14, 2012, 01:42:47 PM »
WTH is Poncho ?.
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Re: Big Bend Books
« Reply #50 on: April 14, 2012, 04:37:09 PM »
Quote from: homerboy2u on April 14, 2012, 01:42:47 PM
WTH is Poncho ?.

Homero, you don't know Poncho Villa?  A waterproof House!

Al
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Re: Big Bend Books
« Reply #51 on: April 15, 2012, 09:56:24 AM »
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Re: Big Bend Books
« Reply #52 on: April 15, 2012, 10:34:44 AM »
Holmes: I'm reminded of the curious case of the Manchurian Mambo...

Watson: Holmes, could I have a word?

Holmes: Yes, what is it?

Watson: I believe that was the Manchurian Mamba.

Holmes: Mambo, mamba. What's the difference?

Watson: Well, very little, except that one is a deadly, poisonous snake, while the other is a rather festive Carribean dance.

Holmes: It was a night like any other, when suddenly a knock came at the door. I opened it, and there were these Manchurians, doing a rather festive Carribean dance...

Al
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Re: Big Bend Books
« Reply #53 on: April 15, 2012, 06:37:33 PM »
So give us an insight on the book, Al.
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Re: Big Bend Books
« Reply #54 on: April 15, 2012, 09:42:40 PM »
If no one has mentioned the following, it's a great book:

The River Has Never Divided Us by Jefferson Morgenthaler

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Offline Al

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Re: Big Bend Books
« Reply #55 on: April 15, 2012, 11:58:16 PM »
Quote from: homerboy2u on April 15, 2012, 06:37:33 PM
So give us an insight on the book, Al.

Homero, I do not have the writing skills to do it justice.  It will take you back to a time when the river was an artificial barrier to a common desert; in some ways much like now. 

Intrigue, greed, mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, bosses, workers, warriors, lovers and more.  A well told story of history and fiction in which the author shares an intimate knowledge of Big Bend.

Al
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