Memories of Texas towns & cities / a poetry sequence by Dave Oliphant ; with illustrations by Mary Lou Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oliphant, Dave.

Contributor:

Williams, Mary Lou.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Texas--Poetry.

Cities and towns.

History.

Texas--History--Poetry.

Texas.

Genre:

History.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

290 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Memories of Texas towns and cities

Place of Publication:

Austin, Tex. : Host Publications, [2000]

Summary:

Host Publications, Inc. proudly announces the publication of an epic work by Texas poet Dave Oliphant. "Memories of Texas Towns & Cities" is a sequence of thirty poems each focussing on a different town in Texas. From "Woodville" to "Austin" via "Vidor", "Beaumont" and "Fort Worth" this volume takes the reader into the depth of history, politics, people and geography that make up not only Texans but people everywhere. Dave Oliphant consciously began this work in the autumn of 1974 and finished it twenty-five years later in the fall of 1999. With six full color illustrations by graphic artist Mary Lou Williams.

ISBN:

0924047194

9780924047190

OCLC:

45643062