UID:
almafu_9960054754702883
Umfang:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9780292765542
Inhalt:
Whether the subject is Jack Ruby, Willie Nelson, or his own leukemia-stricken son Mark, when it comes to looking at the world through another person's eyes, nobody does it better than Gary Cartwright. For over twenty-five years, readers of Texas Monthly have relied on Cartwright to tell the stories behind the headlines with pull-no-punches honesty and wry humor. His reporting has told us not just what's happened over three decades in Texas, but, more importantly, what we've become as a result. This book collects seventeen of Cartwright's best Texas Monthly articles from the 1980s and 1990s, along with a new essay, "My Most Unforgettable Year," about the lasting legacy of the Kennedy assassination. He ranges widely in these pieces, from the reasons for his return to Texas after a New Mexican exile to profiles of Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson. Along the way, he strolls through San Antonio's historic King William District; attends a Dallas Cowboys old-timers reunion and the Holyfield vs. Foreman fight; visits the front lines of Texas' new range wars; gets inside the heads of murderers, gamblers, and revolutionaries; and debunks Viagra miracles, psychic surgery, and Kennedy conspiracy theories. In Cartwright's words, these pieces all record "the renewal of my Texas-ness, a rediscovery of Texas after returning home."
Anmerkung:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Foreword --
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Acknowledgments --
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1963 --
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Back Home --
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The Snootiest Neighborhood in Texas --
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Meet the Binions --
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The Sting --
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Touch Me, Feel Me, Heal Me! --
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The Bad Brother --
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Gila Hell --
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The Innocent and the Damned --
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The Longest Ride of His Life --
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Turn Out the Lights --
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"I Was Mandarin . . ." --
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How to Have Great Sex Forever --
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The Last Roundup --
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A Star Is Reborn --
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The Real Deal Meets the Real Meal --
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"Nothing to It" --
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Willie at 65
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In English.
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7560/711990
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292765542
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7560/711990
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292765542
