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Braiding strands of earthen insight with uproarious storytelling,
Texas Hill Country legendary author Becky Patterson recreates the
history of the Steiler Hill Ranch in twenty-four anecdotal chapters
interspersed with original artwork. The result is a mixture of
memoir and montage, treasure chest and tableau vivant of a world
that's beautiful, brash, and wonderfully heartbreaking. Patterson
-- the daughter of Texas folk hero and self-proclaimed mayor of
Luckenbach, Hondo Crouch -- has big shoes to fill and she does so
successfully in this colorful collection of Hill Country and Texas
ranch vignettes.
Foreman and general cowboy guru Raymond Kuhlmann tells stories of
the Goat King and German drinking songs, the buzzard traps and
Mexican corridos that filled the nighttime pastures. First-person
accounts and vivid historical narratives evoke the ranch's past,
overlaid with Patterson's breathless personal histories of
afternoons spent rescuing a doe in a nightgown, or saving a
porcupine from a pack of dogs.
This is a book that will connect you to whatever patch of earth you
hold dear. It is poignant reminder of the landscapes we've
forgotten to keep close, of the land that does not belong to us but
simply is who we are. The Ranch That Was Us is an affectionate
reminder to go outside and touch the earth that is you.
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