The Ranch That Was Us
by Becky Crouch Patterson
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Pub Date Oct 16 2012 | Archive Date Jun 03 2013
Description
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.
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.
Available Editions
EDITION | Paperback |
ISBN | 9781595341389 |
PRICE | $24.95 (USD) |
PAGES | 192 |