LITERARY SATURDAY
We went to the West Texas Book and Music Festival today. Lou took a pain pill this morning and was ready to go. We made the Texas Ranger panel that had Elmer Kelton, Mike Cox, Joaquin Jackson and Don Graham talking about their books on the Texas Rangers. Mike Cox started talking about being the spokesman for the Rangers for 15 years and has the first of his 2 volume book on the history of the Rangers in print. He will be in Cross Plains as our Meet the Author Monday night Oct. 6.
Don Graham talked about his Texas Monthly article reviewing Webb's book on the Rangers getting a lot of flak from readers. He also talked about movies that featured Rangers. He wrote about McNelly in his book about the King ranch.
We sat with Linda Burns, our CP Librarian, who grew up in Ropesville where the real Texas Ranger, Joaquin Jackson grew up. He told about his first book about his Ranger experiences and has another coming out soon. His books are his life stories that he gets a writer to help him narrate. He was featured at the Festival last year.
Elmer told about his latest series on the beginnings of the Rangers from small militias organized to fight the Comanches. His first book started with the Comanche raid on Linnville on the coast near Victoria where the Comanches destroyed the town with the only survivors were those who went into the Gulf in rowboats with the Indians riding after them into the surf. The Comanches had brought their families along and got strung out going home when the first organized ranchers and farmers as a militia caught them at Plum Creek. The beginning of the Rangers. They became more formally organized after the Reconstruction days but were not well paid or supported. He has covered about 40 years and has one more book that he will produce and doesn't plan to go beyond that time. At Q&A I asked him about his novel about Capt. McNelly that he wrote years ago. It was called CAPTAIN'S RANGERS. (I think.)
Tom Stephenson sat near us at the session and told about visiting with a Cross Plains boy, I think his name is John but his last name is Hanke, who invented computer maps that was bought by Google and is now Google Maps. He was showing Tom his new phone with a Beta version of Google maps on it.
We then went to the luncheon where Don Graham received the A. C. Greene award and gave a scathing talk about how UT has denied their Texas heritage with illustrations from his class on Texas literature where the students know nothing about WWI or WWII or Texas history and nothing about Dobie, Bedichek, Elmer Kelton or any other Texas writers. If it is Texas UT denies it. We know that is true when this year they kicked the Texas State Historical Association off campus where they had been since its formation.
We were visited by a lot of friends before the meal. Carol Walt was on the program all week talking about her books on Wednesday and on the panel on self-publishing today. Her husband, former Dallas police captain Eddie Walt, took care of her book booth and grandkids when she was in session. They retired to a small ranch between Rising Star and Cross Plains where Carol writes books about locals and her family. Gail Woerner sat at our table and talked WWA with Lou.
After lunch we visited the Texas Hall of Authors and visited with John Brock at the TTPress booth. Got to see Shay and Pat Bennett for the first time in months. Lou visited with Joe Specht about the books he is pitching to A&M on Texas music. He wants to do a book on Oil Patch music. They have a series on Texas music. He wrote a book on Abilene in music. We picked up 5 copies of Quotable Texas Women because we are out. They told us that it is going into a third printing. Lou talked to Janet Test with the Abilene Library and others.
She wore her self out and had to sit in a chair while I got the car. She and I both napped when we got home. Lou commented that she doesn't have problems now sitting in chairs. For a while she had to bring a pillow for her back. So her back is doing better and we need to pray for the cancer to go away.
We went to the West Texas Book and Music Festival today. Lou took a pain pill this morning and was ready to go. We made the Texas Ranger panel that had Elmer Kelton, Mike Cox, Joaquin Jackson and Don Graham talking about their books on the Texas Rangers. Mike Cox started talking about being the spokesman for the Rangers for 15 years and has the first of his 2 volume book on the history of the Rangers in print. He will be in Cross Plains as our Meet the Author Monday night Oct. 6.
Don Graham talked about his Texas Monthly article reviewing Webb's book on the Rangers getting a lot of flak from readers. He also talked about movies that featured Rangers. He wrote about McNelly in his book about the King ranch.
We sat with Linda Burns, our CP Librarian, who grew up in Ropesville where the real Texas Ranger, Joaquin Jackson grew up. He told about his first book about his Ranger experiences and has another coming out soon. His books are his life stories that he gets a writer to help him narrate. He was featured at the Festival last year.
Elmer told about his latest series on the beginnings of the Rangers from small militias organized to fight the Comanches. His first book started with the Comanche raid on Linnville on the coast near Victoria where the Comanches destroyed the town with the only survivors were those who went into the Gulf in rowboats with the Indians riding after them into the surf. The Comanches had brought their families along and got strung out going home when the first organized ranchers and farmers as a militia caught them at Plum Creek. The beginning of the Rangers. They became more formally organized after the Reconstruction days but were not well paid or supported. He has covered about 40 years and has one more book that he will produce and doesn't plan to go beyond that time. At Q&A I asked him about his novel about Capt. McNelly that he wrote years ago. It was called CAPTAIN'S RANGERS. (I think.)
Tom Stephenson sat near us at the session and told about visiting with a Cross Plains boy, I think his name is John but his last name is Hanke, who invented computer maps that was bought by Google and is now Google Maps. He was showing Tom his new phone with a Beta version of Google maps on it.
We then went to the luncheon where Don Graham received the A. C. Greene award and gave a scathing talk about how UT has denied their Texas heritage with illustrations from his class on Texas literature where the students know nothing about WWI or WWII or Texas history and nothing about Dobie, Bedichek, Elmer Kelton or any other Texas writers. If it is Texas UT denies it. We know that is true when this year they kicked the Texas State Historical Association off campus where they had been since its formation.
We were visited by a lot of friends before the meal. Carol Walt was on the program all week talking about her books on Wednesday and on the panel on self-publishing today. Her husband, former Dallas police captain Eddie Walt, took care of her book booth and grandkids when she was in session. They retired to a small ranch between Rising Star and Cross Plains where Carol writes books about locals and her family. Gail Woerner sat at our table and talked WWA with Lou.
After lunch we visited the Texas Hall of Authors and visited with John Brock at the TTPress booth. Got to see Shay and Pat Bennett for the first time in months. Lou visited with Joe Specht about the books he is pitching to A&M on Texas music. He wants to do a book on Oil Patch music. They have a series on Texas music. He wrote a book on Abilene in music. We picked up 5 copies of Quotable Texas Women because we are out. They told us that it is going into a third printing. Lou talked to Janet Test with the Abilene Library and others.
She wore her self out and had to sit in a chair while I got the car. She and I both napped when we got home. Lou commented that she doesn't have problems now sitting in chairs. For a while she had to bring a pillow for her back. So her back is doing better and we need to pray for the cancer to go away.
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