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JIM PARSONS AND DAVID BUSH

DFW
DECO

MODERNISTIC ARCHITECTURE OF NORTH TEXAS
REFLECTIONS
FOREWORD BY NANCY MCCOY, FAIA, FAPT
ON RAYBURN

DFW Deco: Modernistic
Architecture of North Texas
by Jim Parsons and David Bush Reflections on Rayburn
James W. Riddlesperger Jr. and Anthony Champagne, editors
Vivid imagery and original research are the hallmarks by James W. Riddlesperger Jr. and
of DFW Deco: Modernistic Architecture of North Texas, Anthony Champagne
the latest in Jim Parsons and David Bush’s series of Prepared on the seventy-fifth anniversary of his election as
books documenting Art Deco and Art Moderne design speaker of the US House of Representatives, this collection
in the Lone Star State. DFW Deco examines a vibrant includes valedictory thoughts about Mr. Rayburn by two
architectural heritage that spans legendary eras in of the most significant leaders of Fort Worth history —
American history, from the Roaring Twenties through the Speaker Jim Wright and Dee J. Kelly — as well as essays
Great Depression to World War II. by academics about Mr. Rayburn’s lasting impact on his
district, on major legislation and on Texas. Taken together,
this readable collection offers an assessment of Rayburn
Yonderings
Trails and Memories that gives readers an understanding of the man who may be
BEN H. ENGLISH
It was a time before Terlingua Ranch and chili cook-offs, and you could
drive a hundred miles without seeing another vehicle or another person. of the Big Bend the greatest legislator in US history.
The year was 1961, and the tides of humanity that ebbed and flowed into
the lower reaches of the Big Bend were at their historical nadir. It was a
vast, empty land spotted by isolated ranch headquarters, a national park
with few visitors, and the many ruins of a past shrouded in legend, lore, and
improbable truths. Six generations of Ben H. English’s family have called
this enigmatic region home. With his family headquartered at the old
Lajitas Trading Post, he worked and lived on ranches and in places now Y onderings
little more than forgotten dots on yellowing maps. He attended the one-
room schoolhouse at Terlingua, prowled the banks of the Rio Grande,
and crisscrossed the surrounding areas time and again on horseback
and on foot. BIG BEND VIST AS
Journeys through Big Bend National Park
Some fifty years later he writes about those years, revealing along the
way the history and legends of the singular land he knows so well, sepa-
rating fact from fiction, and bringing the reader into a world that few have
experienced. He also writes about the lower Big Bend as it is found now,
and what one can still rediscover just over the next rise.
BEN H. ENGLISH
Fort Worth, Texas
www.prs.tcu.edu
TCU PRESS
Yonderings: Trails and Memories of
THIRD EDITION
the Big Bend
by Ben H. English Big Bend Vistas: Journeys through the
W ILLIAM M ACL EOD
In 1961, it was a vast, empty land spotted by a national Big Bend National Park
park withht few visitors and the many ruins of a past by William MacLeod
shrouded in legend, love and improbably truths. Six A superb souvenir of this exotic terrain, Big Bend Vistas
generations of Ben H. English’s family have called this takes you on five journeys that begin at Panther Junction,
enigmatic region home. and travel to Study Butte; then on to the Chisos Basin,
Santa Elena Canyon, Boquillas Canyon and finally to
Some fifty years later he writes about those many decades Persimmon Gap.
ago, revealing along the way the history and legends of this
singular land he knows so well. English separates fact from This is the third edition of Big Bend Vistas in the acclaimed
fiction and brings the reader into a world few these days “Vista” series dedicated to making Texas geology
could ever imagine, much less experience. interesting to everyone.

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