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Ranch That Was Us
Becky Crouch Patterson
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Description for Ranch That Was Us
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Color illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; BGH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 190 x 20. Weight in Grams: 814.
Braiding strands of earthen insight with uproarious storytelling, Texas Hill Country legendary author Becky Patterson recreates the history of the Steiler Hill Ranch in twenty-four anecdotal chapters interspersed with original artwork. The result is a mixture of memoir and montage, treasure chest and tableau vivant of a world that's beautiful, brash, and wonderfully heartbreaking. Patterson -- the daughter of Texas folk hero and self-proclaimed mayor of Luckenbach, Hondo Crouch -- has big shoes to fill and she does so successfully in this colorful collection of Hill Country and Texas ranch vignettes. Foreman and general cowboy guru Raymond Kuhlmann tells ... Read more
Braiding strands of earthen insight with uproarious storytelling, Texas Hill Country legendary author Becky Patterson recreates the history of the Steiler Hill Ranch in twenty-four anecdotal chapters interspersed with original artwork. The result is a mixture of memoir and montage, treasure chest and tableau vivant of a world that's beautiful, brash, and wonderfully heartbreaking. Patterson -- the daughter of Texas folk hero and self-proclaimed mayor of Luckenbach, Hondo Crouch -- has big shoes to fill and she does so successfully in this colorful collection of Hill Country and Texas ranch vignettes. Foreman and general cowboy guru Raymond Kuhlmann tells ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Trinity University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
San Antonio, United States
ISBN
9781595341389
SKU
V9781595341389
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99-15
About Becky Crouch Patterson
Becky Patterson is a textile artist who specializes in large machine-appliqued tapestries. She is also a well-known liturgical artist and designer, having done stained glass windows and furnishings for churches all over Texas. She is the owner of Stieler Hill Ranch with her two sons Kit and Sky Patterson. She helps out with the activities on the ranch: the SASS ... Read more
Reviews for Ranch That Was Us
“For us non-native Texans it would be impossible to understand the Nachfolge of Hondo’s Texas without the tales of our old schoolmate from St. Stephen’s Episcopal School. In the late 50’s and early 60’s there were still miles of lonely caliche roads, cattlemen sparring with sheepherders, and endless hills of mesquite, cedar, and oak trees before the sprawling of civilization ... Read more