A Boyhood Dream Realized

Half a Century of Texas Culture, One Newspaper Column at a Time

Burle Pettit author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of North Texas Press,U.S.

Published:30th Sep '20

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

A Boyhood Dream Realized cover

This collection of columns from the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal is Texas Folklore Society Extra Book #27.  The editorial columns included herein tell stories, and tell about telling stories. They also reflect boyhood dreams...and foolishness, fears, beliefs, customs, traditions, and sometimes things that are no longer part of our culture but we wish were. All reflect what was - and for many, still is - important. If 'the traditional knowledge of a culture' is how we define what folklore is, this volume provides an intimate look at the folklore of Lubbock, Texas, and the greater area of the South Plains.

You don't have to be an avid reader of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, or even be from Lubbock or know where Moran is to relate to the issues covered in these pieces.

The vast literature of Texas offers no more lyrical and loving a tribute to people and places than what you'll read in A Boyhood Dream Realized. Burle Pettit charms with his keen wit, moving nostalgia, and ever so deep appreciation for the beauty and magic of the written word."" - Carlton Stowers, two-time Edgar Award winner and member of the Texas Literary Hall of Fame

ISBN: 9781574418149

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 480g

384 pages