Honkytonk gelato : travels through Texas / by Stephen Brook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brook, Stephen, 1947-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brook, Stephen, 1947-.

Travel.

Texas--Social life and customs.

Texas.

Manners and customs.

Texas--Description and travel.

Brook, Stephen, 1947---Travel--Texas.

Brook, Stephen.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

283 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Other Title:

Honky-tonk gelato.

Place of Publication:

New York : Atheneum, 1985.

Summary:

Anybody can spot a Texan a mile off: the Stetson hat, massive belt buckle, snakeskin boots, pot belly, loud drawl, and the pickup truck with a rifle rack and a case of Lone Star in the back. And, of course, a million or two in the bank, topped off regularly by royalties from oil. That's the image--but is it really so? Stephen Brook drove around Texas and found the stereotype confirmed. But he found much more: Texas has a conspicuous culture of its own. Some people love it, others hate it, but it's unquestionably alive and kicking.

Notes:

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

068911639X

9780689116391

OCLC:

12560155