A small town in Texas
reflections on growing up in the '50s and '60s
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Word Count
38,500 words, Guess
Page Count
154 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3292981M
- ISBN-101880510863
- OCLC Control Number55474036
- Library of Congress Control Number2004011815
- Goodreads1483097
Classifications
- DDC976.4/157
- LCCF394.S696 D76 2004
Description
"The thirty-three stories in this collection touch on changes that affected not only residents of small towns, but virtually all Americans, in the '50s and '60s - changes in race relations, family mobility, music, cars, sports, religion, politics, technology, even food." "Set in a small town in Southeast Texas - Sour Lake (population 1,600) - the essays engage memories of simpler times and explore what may be of lasting value from that era." "Stories deal with such varied topics as blue jeans, pizza, communism, the first Volkswagen in town, visiting the Queen of England, the Kennedy assassination, growing up in a segregated world, wet-dry elections, the influence of a one-armed coach, and why so many people in small towns are called by their first and middle names."--BOOK JACKET.
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Genres
- Biography.
Series Statement
- Texas heritage series ;
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