First published in 1973, Some Sweet Day is the story of the Turnbolt family in 1944, as told by six year old Gatewood Turnbolt, the eldest son. His relationship with his father, Will Turnbolt, a volatile, sometimes violent man, is a combination of...
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First published in 1973, Some Sweet Day is the story of the Turnbolt family in 1944, as told by six year old Gatewood Turnbolt, the eldest son. His relationship with his father, Will Turnbolt, a volatile, sometimes violent man, is a combination of wariness and love. ""It is an evocative, painful and lovely book that captures the immediacy and bewilderment of a child facing harsh imponderables for the first time.""Publishers Weekly ""Without wasting a well-chosen word, Mr. Woolley fills in family ties, relationships with neighbors, the tone of the country. He suggests a raison d' être for Will Cover -- Title -- Some Sweet Day -- About the Author
Best Western Historical Novel--Western Writers of America Bryan Woolley creates a compelling story giving antihero Sam Bass a fictional life, bringing him alive through six alternating voices--Maude, the whore who was Bass' lover; Mary Matson, the...
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Best Western Historical Novel--Western Writers of America Bryan Woolley creates a compelling story giving antihero Sam Bass a fictional life, bringing him alive through six alternating voices--Maude, the whore who was Bass' lover; Mary Matson, the African American who took him in and tended him as he lay dying; Dad Egan, the lawman who was once a father-figure to young Sam Bass but feels compelled to bring down the outlaw; Frank Johnson, who rode with Bass but left the outlaw life to reappear as a small-town doctor; and Jim Murphy, the well-meaning saloonkeeper who makes a bargain with the law Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Dad Egan -- Frank Jackson -- Maude -- Frank Jackson -- Jim Murphy -- Mary Matson -- Frank Jackson -- Dad Egan -- Author's Note -- Afterword -- About the Author
This third collection of true stories from award-winning journalist and novelist Bryan Woolley with an introduction by author John Nichols includes the deeply moving title story ""Generations,"" as well as his features and personality profiles from...
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This third collection of true stories from award-winning journalist and novelist Bryan Woolley with an introduction by author John Nichols includes the deeply moving title story ""Generations,"" as well as his features and personality profiles from The Dallas Morning News. In this volume of twenty-seven pieces, including the winner of a 1995 Missouri Lifestyles Journalism Award, ""Poets Lariat,"" Woolley explores Dashiell Hammett's San Francisco and recalls the lost golden age of Mineral Wells, Texas. He returns to the site of a mysterious 1947 crash, believed to be that of a UFO in Roswell, N Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Introduction by John Nichols -- 1. Generations -- 2. The Hero's Hometown -- 3. The Meeting at Skillman Grove -- 4. Herbert Kokernot, Satchel Paige, and Me -- 5. The Art Snobs Meet Frankensteer -- 6. Kinky in Character -- 7. The Long Journey -- 8. Mrs. Miller -- 9. The Plant Hunter -- 10. An Ordeal by Fire -- 11. Where the Falcon Dwells -- 12. The City Tribe -- 13. Poets Lariat -- 14. The Mighty Quins -- 15. Fundamental Differences -- 16. The "Last Cowboy" of Brewster County -- 17. The Incident at Roswell -- 18. A Memoir of Hamilton and Comanche Counties 19. A Far-Gone Conclusion -- 20. A School of Hard Knocks -- 21. A Time to Reap -- 22. Crazy Water Days -- 23. How He Played the Game -- 24. Bloodline -- 25. Trouble Across the Pecos -- 26. The Reflecting Pool -- 27. Our House