This authorized biography by Robert Bonazzi, executor for the estate of John Howard Griffin (1920–1980), is based upon Griffin’s Journals from 1950–1980. Griffin was blinded in the South Seas during W
Birkelbach writes of the Texas landscape and its people with conversational ease, making his vivid descriptions shimmer through each poem. He balances the ordinary and the phenomenal, the factual and
Growing up in Fort Worth never lacked in excitement for David Murph. In this memoir of life in the '50s, Murph recalls a mischievous childhood punctuated by adventures in driving, occasional acts of a
In the 1978 novel, The Good Old Boys, Hewey Calloway could not abandon the footloose cowboy way of life and settle down to farming, even for Spring Renfro, the woman he loved. Twenty years later, in
The Search for Pedro’s Story recreates the life experiences of Pedro Peres, a leather jacket soldier in the Spanish colonial army in eighteenth-century Texas.Each chapter begins with a signpost artifa
Phil Vinson grew up in Fort Worth, fascinated by the city’s visual iconsMrs. Baird’s Bakery on Summit Avenue, historic Thistle Hill, the tower at the Will Rogers Complex, the Tarrant County Courthouse
Red Steagall brings the cowboy way of life to the public through many different media, including poetry. His poetry speaks in its own right, possessing a musical, songlike quality. His lilting rhythms
Travis Scurlock finds his way to the new settlement and begins his life there, eventually becoming a lawyer. As he evolves as a character, so evolves Fort Worth. Follow generations of Scurlock's fami
Set in both the arid lands of Arizona and the political backdrop of Washington, D.C.,Vision in the Desert documents the life and career of longtime Arizona senator, Carl Hayden. One of the most powerf
Tom Lea’s The Wonderful Country opens as mejicano pistolero Martin Bredi is returning to El Puerto [El Paso] after a fourteen-year absence. Bredi carries a gun for the Chihuahuan warlord Cipriano Cast
Some have called it the tortilla curtain. Others have viewed it as a Third World entity where primitive conditions and poverty exist cheek-by-jowl with the latest marvels of the Information Age. But
A talented pianist and a woman of great vitality and charm, Lili Kraus was one of the most extraordinary musicians of the twentieth century. Born into extreme poverty in Budapest, she showed such musi
The TCU Press is not affiliated with Thunder Bay Press and this book is not a part of its Then and Now’ book series.”Fort Worth evokes fond memories of its places, people, and events. Residents and so
Katherine Anne Porter's uneasy relationship with her home state has become increasingly important to discussions of her life and work. Born in the now-gone community of Indian Creek and raised in Kyle
Lionel Garcia believes that no one should read a short story and be the same person afterward. The fifteen stories in this collection have that effect. They will affect each reader differently but lea
Republished with a foreword by John Tisdale, director of TCU’s School of Journalism, the late Jay Milner’s novel is a riveting portrayal of a scenario that unhappily mirrored real-life incidents throu
In this colorfully illustrated book, Cora Lynn, a beautiful butterfly, takes very young readers through the magical adventure of her life: from egg, to caterpillar, to chrysalis, to butterfly. Through
There has never been a book about the inner workings of the golf business or its leading players from an insider’s point of view.In the Rough reads like a novel, but it could also be required reading
