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6.25" x 9", 120 page hardcover with dustjacket titled FACES OF TEXAS by Gilbert Jordan/ Eakin Press, ISBN # 0-89105-403-1, First Edition (unstated), copyright 1983/ Poems are paired with photos and drawings to relate the beauties and colorful history of Texas, her folklore, peoples, and cultures. With a Bibliography and Index of significant words and names.
FROM THE DUST FLAP:
Faces of Texas presents some of the natural beauties of Texas, its colorful history, diverse cultures, folklore and customs - in a most unique format - visually and in verse. Author Jordan, whose forebearers migrated to Texas in the 19th century, chose poetic vignettes and historic photographs collected all over the state to develop this emotion-packed volume of sesquicentennial Texas. The fifty subjects run the gamut from pioneers at Indianola, the Fredericksburg Coffeemill and the Old Rock Fence to churches, schoolhouses, Texas windmills and county courthouses. Every story in verse has an accompanying photograph, many heretofore unpublished, to present the faces of Texas - the people, the places and the land. A welcomed addition to the library of anyone who loves Texas. The book is complete and in FINE condition with some overall light wear that includes a scratch on the front cover and some slight rubbing of the dustjacket. |