{"id":591,"date":"2018-12-31T13:00:16","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T13:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=591"},"modified":"2018-12-31T13:00:16","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T13:00:16","slug":"glenn-dromgooles-texas-reads-column-appears-weekly-at-lonestarliterary-com-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=591","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

7.17.16\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Book pays tribute to historic Texas churches<\/h1>\n

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<\/a><\/span><\/span>One of my favorite Texas books this year<\/span> is Lone Star Steeples: Historic Places of Worship in Texas<\/span><\/a><\/span> by Carl J. Christensen Jr. and Pixie Christensen<\/span> (Texas A&M University Press, $35 hardcover). The book chronicles the architectural and historical significance of sixty-seven Texas churches, most of them more than a century old.<\/p>\n

Each church gets a two-page spread, with a watercolor painting by Carl Christensen on one page and an accompanying page of text by Pixie. The churches range from elegant Gothic structures to tiny, even abandoned frame buildings, from urban centers to small towns and rural hamlets. Most of the churches still have active congregations worshipping there. Some have withstood hurricanes and tornadoes; others have had to be rebuilt several times.<\/p>\n

The Christensens, who will be featured at the West Texas Book Festival in Abilene in September, note in their introduction that the book \u201cdoes not pretend to be a comprehensive view of Texas history through its churches,\u201d nor does it represent all architectural styles. But it does offer insights into the rich cultural diversity represented in Texas \u2014 from Spanish influence to German, Polish, and Czech immigrants to freed slaves.<\/p>\n

Lone Star Steeples<\/span> is the size book often referred to as a coffee-table book, and it will no doubt grace many coffee tables across the state, inviting readers to pick it up and learn something about history, architecture, traditions, perseverance, and faith in Texas.\u00a0 The book divides the churches into seven regions, with maps pointing out their locations. West Texas and South Texas are not as well represented as the other areas of the state, perhaps suggesting opportunities for the Christensens, or others, to offer a follow-up volume.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope this book,\u201d the authors write, \u201cinspires others to cherish their heritage and tell their stories.\u201d Amen to that.<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/span><\/span>Mike Leach quotes:<\/span> Here\u2019s a book title that jumps off the page \u2014 Squib-Kick It to a Fat Guy<\/span><\/a><\/span> by Texas author and quotation-collector Alan Burton.<\/span> The subtitle tells what it\u2019s about: \u201c\u2026and 699 more memorable quotes from the playbook of Coach Mike Leach\u201d (Anarene Press, $15.95 paperback).<\/p>\n

Leach, now the head football coach at Washington State, became known for his one-liners during his colorful and controversial tenure at Texas Tech. In fact, Leach\u2019s language inspired an earlier book by Burton in 2010: Pirates, Soldiers & Fat Little Girlfriends: More Classic Texas Sports Quotes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now Burton has put together a whole book full of Leach-isms. Barry Switzer,<\/span> the former Oklahoma and Dallas Cowboys coach, wrote the foreword.<\/p>\n

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Glenn Dromgoole\u2019s<\/span> latest book is More Civility, Please. <\/span>Contact him at g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net.<\/p>\n

>> <\/span>Read his past Texas Reads columns in Lone Star Literary Life here.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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