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Author | : Anthony Head |
Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 563 |
Release | : 2019-03-07 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1623497108 |
As he lay bleeding in a Vietnamese rice paddy, his right arm shredded by shrapnel, artist Jesse Treviño realized that he wanted to honor and preserve his family and his cultural heritage through his artwork. After receiving a Purple Heart and undergoing two years of rehabilitative therapy and the amputation of his right forearm—including his painting hand—Treviño enrolled in San Antonio College, determined to learn how to draw and paint with his left hand. In 1974 he produced the impressive La Historia Chicana, a one hundred-foot-long work embracing six centuries of Mexican American heritage now on display inside the Sueltenfuss Library at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio. Since then, Treviño has completed many more paintings and public artworks, including Spirit of Healing, the nine-story hand-cut tile mosaic that graces Christus Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital in downtown San Antonio. His work has been collected by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, and the San Antonio Museum of Art. Anthony Head’s sensitive and elegant biography now offers readers an intimate view of the artist’s life. Head captures Treviño’s determination, artistic vision, and the deep pride in his Chicano heritage that he transmits to the world through his creations. Spirit: The Life and Art of Jesse Treviño promises to engage and inspire readers with its vivid portrayal of this triumph of art and the human spirit.
Author | : Anne Hargrove |
Publisher | : Stillpoint-By-The Sea |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2005-01-01 |
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ISBN | : 9781890498184 |
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Publisher | : Trinity University Press |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2017-11-01 |
Genre | : Cooking |
ISBN | : 1595348247 |
Agave dates back to the Aztec civilization as an important crop in Mexico. Since the 1600s, the people of western Mexico have cultivated blue agave from the red volcanic soil that blankets the region, to make what we know as tequila. The Spirit of Tequila celebrates the tradition, culture, and myth of this iconic drink. Joel Salcido traveled across the state of Jalisco capturing images of distilleries and artisanal tequileras, including blue agave fields at sunset, the agave's pineapple-like centers (piñas), elegantly shadowed barrel rooms (añejos), and, of course, the agave farmers themselves. Nearly ninety photographs, taken with a medium format camera—some in full-color, some in duotone—reveal not only the tequila making process but also the region’s traditions of culture and religion. Haunting and beautiful, a church spire is juxtaposed with a firework celebration in honor of the Virgen de Guadalupe. A Mexican charro rides through the streets of Arandas. Near Atotonilco, a horse pulls a traditional plow through the fields to irrigate. Exploring the rooms and techniques hidden in the distilleries of legendary tequilas Herradura, Sauza, Jose Cuervo, Don Julio, and others, The Spirit of Tequila celebrates a craft that is rooted deep in the culture of Mexico.
Author | : Vallie Fletcher Taylor |
Publisher | : Emerald Ink Publishing |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
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Val Taylor interviewed the residents of the enchanted homes that are haunted by the spirits of many cultures of Texas.
Author | : Carol Berg |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 2007-05-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 110121273X |
The rebellious Valen has spent his life trying to escape his family legacy. But his fate is sealed when he winds up half-dead, addicted to an enchantment-which leads him into a world he could never possibly imagine...
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Total Pages | : 588 |
Release | : 1914 |
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Author | : Charles Hall Fitch |
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Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 1900 |
Genre | : Indian Territory |
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Author | : Maureen Lang |
Publisher | : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 391 |
Release | : 2011-03-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1414351038 |
By the fall of 1918, the Great War has ended and the world is at peace, but there is little to celebrate in Germany. After four years of fighting for his homeland, Christophe Brecht returns to find there is little left of what he once called home. So when family friends ask him to travel to Munich to bring back their runaway daughter, Christophe agrees. When he finally locates Annaliese Duray, he discovers she is far different from the girl he once knew. Headstrong, idealistic, and beautiful, she is on the front lines of the city’s political scene, fighting to give women and working-class citizens a voice in Germany’s new government. As the political upheaval ignites in Munich, so does the attraction between Annaliese and Christophe. With an army from Berlin threatening to squash everything Annaliese has worked for, both she and Christophe are forced to choose between love and loyalty.
Author | : Rachel Barenblat |
Publisher | : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2002-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780836851212 |
Illustrations and text present the history, geography, people, politics and government, economy, and social life and customs of Texas, whose motto is "Friendship."
Author | : Jim Petersen |
Publisher | : Morgan James Publishing |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2021-11-09 |
Genre | : Self-Help |
ISBN | : 1631956523 |
On January 23rd, 1967, Lt. Colonel Barry Bridger and his copilot, Dave Grey, launched a mission over Vietnam in their Phantom F-4 fighter jet in treacherous weather. It was Colonel Bridger’s 75th mission and the only one he had attempted in the daylight hours. Suddenly, his plane was split in half by a ground-to-air missile. He and Grey ejected while the plane was going 600 miles per hour and began their descent into the unknown below. When Bridger finally landed on terra firma, he found the North Vietnamese army waiting for him. They arrested him and Grey and checked them into The Hanoi Hilton: a place designed to break the spirit of all who entered. Lt. Colonel Bridger not only survived this horrific ordeal; he thrived. He says his deeply held values saved him and his fellow prisoners. Are your values compelling enough and ingrained deeply enough to sustain you through a situation in which, like Barry, you are captured by a savage enemy and subjected to years of torture? Are your values such that you can make it through the inevitable tough times we all face periodically that make it hard to continue? The Spirit to Soar is filled with valuable life lessons about how to thrive and how to use every experience to help you successfully face the next one.