Description
"Another fine, reflective, anecdotal look at rural Texas." --New Yorker
"Graves writes eloquently about a countryman's concerns. There's not a false note in the book." --Boston Globe
"Like the unmortared stone fences of Graves's native hill country, From a Limestone Ledge is constructed of bits and pieces never designed to fit together, yet made to achieve a unity that is more enduring than the sum of its individual parts by the hands of a master craftsman." --Southwestern Historical Quarterly
"The beauty of his work endures, and there is a greater pride in Texans' hearts for their home, I think, than there would be if he hadn't written the books he did." --Rick Bass, Garden & Gun
"In describing the particulars of his surroundings, Graves often was describing the world in microcosm and the place and plight of humankind in it." --Bryan Woolley, Dallas Morning News
Author: John Graves
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 02/09/2016
Pages: 253
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.57d
ISBN13: 9781477309360
ISBN10: 1477309365
BISAC Categories:
- Nature | Ecosystems & Habitats | General
- Literary Collections | Essays
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
About the Author
JOHN GRAVES(1920-2013)A meticulous observer of the natural world and an equally precise crafter of the written word, John Graves is renowned for his Brazos Trilogy--Goodbye to a River, Hard Scrabble, and From a Limestone Ledge. He is widely acknowledged as Texas's most beloved writer.