{"product_id":"authentic-texas-people-of-the-big-bend-paperback","title":"Authentic Texas: People of the Big Bend - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarcia Hatfield Daudistel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBill Wright\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Southwest Book Award, Border Regional Library Association, 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Texas of vast open spaces inhabited by independent, self-reliant men and women may be more of a dream than a reality for the state's largely urban population, but it still exists in the Big Bend. One of the most sparsely settled areas of the United States, the Big Bend attracts people who are willing to forego many modern conveniences for a lifestyle that proclaims \"don't fence me in.\" Marcia Hatfield Daudistel and Bill Wright believe that the character traits exemplified by folks in the Big Bend--including self-sufficiency, friendliness, and neighborliness--go back to the founding of the state. In this book, they introduce us to several dozen Big Bend residents--old and young, long-settled and recently arrived, racially diverse--who show us what it means to be an authentic Texan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterviewing people in Marathon, Big Bend National Park, Terlingua, Redford, Presidio, Alpine, Marfa, Valentine, Balmorhea, Limpia Crossing, and Fort Davis, Daudistel and Wright discover the reasons why residents of the Big Bend make this remote area of Texas their permanent home. In talking to ranchers and writers, entrepreneurs and artists, people living off the grid and urban refugees, they find a common willingness to overcome difficulties through individual skill and initiative. As one interviewee remarks, you have to have a lot of \"try\" in you to make a life in the Big Bend. Bill Wright's photographs of the people and landscapes are a perfect complement to the stories of these authentic Texans. Together, these voices and images offer the most complete, contemporary portrait of the Texas Big Bend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarcia Hatfield Daudistel is the editor, most recently, of \u003ci\u003eGrace and Gumption: The Women of El Paso\u003c\/i\u003e and the award-winning \u003ci\u003eLiterary El Paso\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the West Texas\/Trans Pecos Regional Editor of Texas Books in Review. As the former Associate Director of Texas Western Press of the University of Texas at El Paso, she established the bilingual imprint, Frontera Books. She was inducted into the El Paso Commission for Women Hall of Fame in 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Nationally known author and photographer Bill Wright has published five previous books, including \u003ci\u003ePortraits from the Desert: Bill Wright's Big Bend\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePeople's Lives: A Celebration of the Human Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e, and the award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Tiguas: Pueblo Indians of Texas\u003c\/i\u003e. He has exhibited his award-winning photographs internationally and in the United States in hundreds of solo and group exhibitions. He is a member and former president of the Philosophical Society of Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9.55 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754141188384,"sku":"9780292753044","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/61c070b13deb8cda2301d99499bdebeb.webp?v=1780034289","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/authentic-texas-people-of-the-big-bend-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}