{"id":1468,"date":"2018-12-31T17:24:11","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T17:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1468"},"modified":"2018-12-31T17:24:11","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T17:24:11","slug":"glenn-dromgooles-texas-reads-column-appears-weekly-at-lonestarliterary-com-109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1468","title":{"rendered":"Glenn Dromgoole’s Texas Reads column appears weekly at LoneStarLiterary.com"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/span><\/span>Texas Reads<\/span>>> archive<\/span><\/a><\/span>Glenn Dromgoole<\/span><\/h1>\n

10.28.2018\u00a0 Photographer sees Texas from a mile above<\/h1>\n

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<\/a><\/span>This has been quite a year for elegant coffee-table books about Texas.<\/span> I\u2019ve mentioned four of them in previous columns, but here are two more that have come to my attention.<\/p>\n

A Mile Above Texas<\/span><\/a><\/span> by Jay B. Sauceda<\/span> is a spectacular collection of color aerial photographs of the great diversity of Texas landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes taken in six days from the author\u2019s single-engine Cessna (University of Texas Press, $45 hardcover).<\/p>\n

Sauceda merged his two great passions \u2014 photography and flying \u2014 as he shot 44,085 photographs while flying more than 3,600 miles mostly around the state\u2019s perimeter in July 2015. From those 44,000 images, the author and publisher narrowed down the selections to about 120 to include in the 196-page, 9\u00be-by-13-inch coffee table book.<\/p>\n

From the contrasting colors of farm land near Austwell and Texline to the beaches of South Padre Island to the mountains of Big Bend to a dairy operation outside Muleshoe to a sunset over Galveston Bay, Saucedo invites readers to see Texas in a fresh new way.<\/p>\n

At the beginning of each section, he includes a few notes describing that day\u2019s flight path and weather encountered along the way.<\/p>\n

A Mile Above Texas<\/span> would make a great gift for that pilot, or aspiring pilot, on your Christmas list.<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/span>The Texas Hill Country: A Photographic Adventure<\/span><\/a><\/span> by Michael H. Marvins<\/span> offers readers a gorgeous tour of the central part of Texas, ranging from swimming holes and country stores to wildlife and bucking broncs (Texas A&M University Press, $38 hardcover).<\/p>\n

Of course, bluebonnets and wildflowers figure prominently in the pages and grace the cover. But there are also platters of barbecue, cool clear streams, ripe peaches and grapes, guitar pickers and dance halls, sunrises and sunsets, campfires and canoes, cowboys and fall colors, and much more.<\/p>\n

Marvins divides his 254-page presentation into seven Hill Country regions and concludes with a 35-page Hill Country Road Trip that appropriately sums up the experience in 78 photos. And, of course, there has to be a dead armadillo on his back on a country road!<\/p>\n

The author, who divides his time between Houston and a vacation home near Hunt, is donating his proceeds from the book to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation.<\/p>\n

Houston Chronicle<\/span> columnist Joe Holley<\/span> and photography curator Roy Flukinger<\/span> contribute insightful opening essays about the lure and beauty of the region.<\/p>\n

Those other four coffee-table books I have written about this year are: Horses of the American West: Portrayals by Twenty-Four Artists<\/span> (A&M, $40), As Far As You Can See: Picturing Texas<\/span> (UT, $45), Seasons at Selah: The Legacy of Bamberger Ranch Preserve<\/span> (A&M, $40) and Lost, Texas: Photographs of Forgotten Buildings<\/span> (A&M, $40).<\/p>\n

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Glenn Dromgoole<\/span>\u2019s most recent book is The Book Guy.<\/span> Contact him at g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

>> Read his past Texas Reads columns in Lone Star Literary Life here.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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