Selected as one of the Best Jazz Books of the Year (2021) by The New York City Jazz Record The New Yorker recently referred to Pat Metheny as "possibly the most influential jazz guitarist of the past five decades." A native of Lee's Summit, Missouri, just southeast of Kansas City, Metheny started playing in pizza parlors at age fourteen. By the ......
The New Yorker recently referred to Pat Metheny as 'possibly the most influential jazz guitarist of the past five decades.' A native of Lee's Summit, Missouri, just southeast of Kansas City, Metheny started playing in pizza parlors at age fourteen. By the time he graduated from high school he was the first-call guitarist for Kansas City jazz ......
Ben Thompson was a remarkable man, and few Texans can claim to have crowded more excitement, danger, drama, and tragedy into their lives than he did. He was an Indian fighter, Texas Ranger, Confederate cavalryman, mercenary for a foreign emperor, hired gun for a railroad, an elected lawman, professional gambler, and the victor of numerous ......
A Guide for Families and Friends of Texas Prison Inmates
Behind the Walls is a detailed description of the world's largest prison system by a long-time convict trained as an observer and reporter. It spotlights the day-to-day workings of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice_what's good, what's bad, which programs work and which ones do not, and examines if practice really follows official policy. ......
A Guide for Families and Friends of Texas Prison Inmates
Behind the Walls is a detailed description of the world's largest prison system by a long-time convict trained as an observer and reporter. It spotlights the day-to-day workings of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice_what's good, what's bad, which programs work and which ones do not, and examines if practice really follows official policy. ......
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 ......
Behind Every Choice Is a Story is a poignant blend of personal stories, commentary, and memoir that chronicles the life-changing reproductive choices that women, men, and teens make every day. The book also traces Gloria Feldt's personal journey from the dusty oil fields of West Texas to becoming a Head Start teacher and activist in the civil ......
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 War Diary of Major General Raymond O. Barton, 4th Infantry Division, March 1944-January 1945
Major General Raymond O. Barton commanded the US 4th Infantry Division from July 1942 until December 1944 in the European Theater of World War II. Suffering from a severe ulcer, he relinquished command, returned to the United States in early 1945, and died in 1963. Stephen A. Bourque first mined Barton's papers for his biography, Tubby: Raymond ......
