Texas Summer

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Publication Year:
2011

ISBN-13: 9781453217375

<DIV><B>An evocative, poignant coming-of-age novel set in rural Texas in the 1950s</B></DIV><DIV>&#160;</DIV><DIV>Through events small and large, thirteen-year-old Harold Stevens grows up during a pivotal summer in the red-dirt backcountry of West Texas. With his friend C.K. Crow, the black field hand who works for Harold&rsquo;s father, he shoots deer and quail, fishes for catfish, mends fences, grows and learns about marijuana, and tests his emerging manhood against bullies, bulls, and the irresistible charms of his horse-riding older cousin. During a hysterical trip to a circus sideshow, Harold and a buddy sneak backstage to see &ldquo;The Great Hermaphrodite&rdquo; and the &ldquo;funny little old Monkey Man,&rdquo; whom they try to buy a beer. But danger waits on the fringe of this innocent time. When C.K.&rsquo;s brother, Big Nail, appears after escaping from a chain gang, an inevitable and violent confrontation between the brothers is set in motion&mdash;a confrontation that will mark the end of Harold&rsquo;s childhood.&#160;&#160;</DIV><DIV>&#160;</DIV><DIV>This insideview of Southern&rsquo;s roots in Alvarado, Texas, where pastoral innocence belied an undercurrent of racism and violence, brings this novel of a boy&rsquo;s transition to maturity vividly alive.&#160;&#160;</DIV><DIV>&#160;</DIV>This ebook features an illustrated biography of Terry Southern including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&rsquo;s estate.