Between the Cracks of History

Between the Cracks of History
Author: Francis Edward Abernethy
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1997
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781574410365

Six essays discuss definitions and explanations of folklore, and methods of teaching it. Then 15 additional essays explore Texas folklore related to such topics as police burials, gang graffiti, fiddling, ghosts, dance halls, oil fields, spring rituals, and the dialect spoken along the border between Texas and Mexico. Numerous illustrations and black-and-white photographs. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Oil & War

Oil & War
Author: Robert Goralski
Publisher: William Morrow
Total Pages: 392
Release: 1987
Genre: History
ISBN:

The full story of the role that oil played in the origins and outcome of World War II.

Till Death

Till Death
Author: William W. Johnstone
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2021-08-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0786047364

The bestselling Johnstones turn up the heat in their rip-roaring series when four destination weddings attract a cold-blooded ring of scoundrels, killers, for better and for worse . . . FOUR JOHNSTONE WEDDINGS—AND A FUNERAL If anyone can get a shipment of brides to the church on time, it’s Bo Creel and Scratch Morton. But this time, they’ll have to cross hell and high water to escort four marriage-bound beauties to a remote gold mining town in Alaska. The brides-to-be include a dangerously attractive widow, her sweet-hearted niece, and two of their friends. The roadblocks to the altar include a lecherous saloon owner, a lovesick sailor, and a gang of hired guns. And that’s just for starters . . . The real trouble begins when they reach the Alaskan boomtown. It’s a hotbed of gold and greed, as wild as any Texas frontier. It’s clear to Bo and Scratch that the ladies’ “eligible bachelors” are definitely not as advertised. But—to Bo and Scratch’s surprise—neither are their mail-order brides. Before anyone starts exchanging vows and tossing rice, this gold-hungry wedding party will be swapping lead. And the RSVPs will be RIPs . . . Live Free. Read Hard.

Morality in Cormac McCarthy's Fiction

Morality in Cormac McCarthy's Fiction
Author: Russell M. Hillier
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2017-02-28
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 3319469576

This book argues that McCarthy’s works convey a profound moral vision, and use intertextuality, moral philosophy, and questions of genre to advance that vision. It focuses upon the ways in which McCarthy’s fiction is in ceaseless conversation with literary and philosophical tradition, examining McCarthy’s investment in influential thinkers from Marcus Aurelius to Hannah Arendt, and poets, playwrights, and novelists from Dante and Shakespeare to Fyodor Dostoevsky and Antonio Machado. The book shows how McCarthy’s fiction grapples with abiding moral and metaphysical issues: the nature and problem of evil; the idea of God or the transcendent; the credibility of heroism in the modern age; the question of moral choice and action; the possibility of faith, hope, love, and goodness; the meaning and limits of civilization; and the definition of what it is to be human. This study will appeal alike to readers, teachers, and scholars of Cormac McCarthy.

Fayette County

Fayette County
Author: Frank Lotto
Publisher:
Total Pages: 454
Release: 1902
Genre: Fayette County (Tex.)
ISBN: