Overview
Photographs and stories that explore the people and landscapes of small-town Texas
Brown and Holley are interested in place and what makes people who they are. With particular interest in how people take the hand theyve been dealtfate, family, circumstance, luckand craft a life for themselves, the authors celebrate the grit and gumption of these Texas originals. Introducing quirky characters and tenacious spirits, Holleys stories seek out the personality of the small town while Browns photographs capture the essence of a changing landscape. Hometown Texas aims not to be nostalgic or sentimental but rather to show readers an unknown Texasone that, while not vanishing, is certainly on the wane.
Organized into five topographical, geographic, and cultural sectionsEast, West, North, South, and Centralthree dozen stories and more than eighty complementary images work to create a parallel narrative to reveal what Brown has described as the collective, various, remarkably complex soul that makes Texas unique.
Hometown Texas is an exploration across miles and cultures, of well-traveled roads and forgotten byways, deep into the heart of Texas.
Organized into five topographical, geographic, and cultural sectionsEast, West, North, South, and Centralthree dozen stories and more than eighty complementary images work to create a parallel narrative to reveal what Brown has described as the collective, various, remarkably complex soul that makes Texas unique.
Hometown Texas is an exploration across miles and cultures, of well-traveled roads and forgotten byways, deep into the heart of Texas.
- | Author: NA
- | Publisher: Trinity University Press,U.S.
- | Publication Date: May 29, 2025
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781595343208
- | ISBN-10: 1595343202
