On November 22, 1963, the author of Behind the Scenes was a young Dallas Times Herald reporter who sprinted from his newspaper desk to Dealey Plaza minutes after shots were fired at President John F. Kennedy. Thus began Darwin Payne's close involvement in covering one shocking event after another on this history-making weekend. Eyewitnesses he ......
Jade Visions is the first biography of one of the twentieth century's most influential jazz musicians, bassist Scott LaFaro. Best known for his landmark recordings with Bill Evans, LaFaro played bass a mere seven years before his life and career were tragically cut short by an automobile accident when he was only 25 years old. Told by his sister, ......
This is the first serious biography of a man widely considered one of Texas'-and America's-greatest songwriters. Like Jimmie Rodgers, Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson, and Hank Williams, Townes Van Zandt was the embodiment of that mythic American figure, the troubled troubadour. A Deeper Blue traces Van Zandt's background as the scion of a prominent ......
Frankie McWhorter grew up in Bob Wills Country-the Texas Panhandle-and bought his first fiddle with his cowboy wages in 1950. He played with Clyde Chesser and the Texas Village Boys and the Miller Brothers Band before being asked to join Bob Wills and become the 463rd Texas Playboy-a band that had a tremendous impact on the country-western music ......
Other Edens captures the heartache that arises from hope's repeated failures. The poems explore how grief (re)shapes belief and how death (re)shapes memory. Readers of Frank Stanford's poetry might find a kinship between his and Bowen's depictions of menace in the world, particularly in the rural South, where violence patiently waits to be useful ......
The Presidio of San Francisco, from Outpost of Empire to Magnificent Park Volume 17
Since ancient times societies have employed outposts to secure new frontiers. The Presidio of San Francisco, founded in 1776, offers a classic case study of this phenomenon. Under the flags of Spain, Mexico, and the United States, this bastion by the bay stood guard over a major port that evolved into the storied city by the Golden Gate. During ......
The Artistry of Costume Designer Winn Morton Volume 3
Dreams and Ideas celebrates the legacy of American theatrical designer John Winniford "Winn" Morton (1928-2022), a Texan who made his way to New York to begin a stellar career that lasted from when he was 18 until he finally retired at 90. More than 150 photographs and original color illustrations demonstrate how Morton paid careful attention to ......
Highway Building and Displacement in El Paso, Texas
The history of how the freeways of El Paso, Texas, were constructed, who lobbied for them to be built, who was displaced, and who opposed them, is largely unknown. Regional studies of highway building have been overlooked in most studies of Mexican American history. As in other Mexican American cities like San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, and Los ......
The Us Army's Doctrine, Education, and Theory of Victory from 1814 to 1941. Second Edition Volume 9
The way an army understands warfare and how to achieve victory on the battlefield has a tremendous impact on its organization, equipment, training, and doctrine. The central ideas of that understanding form an army's Theory of Victory, which informs how that army fights. From the disasters of the War of 1812, Winfield Scott ensured that America ......
