{"id":839,"date":"2018-12-31T14:16:29","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T14:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=839"},"modified":"2018-12-31T14:16:29","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T14:16:29","slug":"glenn-dromgooles-texas-reads-column-appears-weekly-at-lonestarliterary-com-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=839","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

2.26.2017\u00a0\u00a0 Sutherland Springs promoted its healing powers<\/h1>\n

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<\/span><\/span><\/span>Prolific author and historian Richard B. McCaslin<\/span> has compiled the history of a small Texas town that once held great promise as a health resort. Sutherland Springs, Texas: Saratoga on the Cibolo<\/span><\/a><\/span> (University of North Texas Press, $24.95 hardcover) details the rise and fall of the small town southeast of San Antonio, near Floresville.<\/p>\n

At one time, Sutherland Springs was a resort spa known for its healing waters. But as other towns developed along Cibolo Creek (pronounced \u201csee-willow\u201d by the locals, McCaslin writes) and the water tables declined, Sutherland Springs began to fade away in the early twentieth century. Today the community has about 300 residents.<\/p>\n

The book grew out of a college research paper McCaslin undertook at the University of Texas about thirty years ago. I was drawn to McCaslin\u2019s story because I grew up in a small town with a similar background\u2014Sour Lake, near Beaumont, known for its curative mineral waters in the late 1800s before it became one of the earlier Texas oil boom towns.<\/p>\n

Forever Menard:<\/span> Speaking of small towns, Menard has a new book it can take great pride in. Forever Menard<\/span> tells the story of the city and county of Menard in short, readable three- and four-page historical essays written by Menard High School students from 1979 to 1988 under the tutelage of English teacher Patty Miller.<\/p>\n

The book is divided into four sections\u2014 Menard History, Menard Places, Menard Stories, and Menard People. It was edited and published in a handsome $40 hardback edition by Gus Clemens with Mulberry Avenue Books of San Angelo. A deluxe leather edition also is available. Contact or call (325) 658-8008. Proceeds will benefit various Menard causes.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span>Hap and Leonard:<\/span> Rusty Puppy<\/span> is the new Hap and Leonard novel by Joe R. Lansdale<\/span> of Nacogdoches, the tenth in the series featuring detectives Hap Collins and Leonard Pine.<\/p>\n

Like all Hap and Leonard novels, Rusty Puppy<\/span> (Little, Brown, $26 hardcover) has plenty of action, violence, humor, weirdness, and justice. And strong language. If you\u2019re a fan, you kind of know what to expect, although I thought this one went a bit far in the language department.<\/p>\n

Hap and Leonard are hired to investigate the murder of a young black man who was a straight-A student until he began raising questions about police racism. As the investigation proceeds, the detectives suspect corrupt cops in a neighboring town. And Hap and Leonard end up having to fight each other to save innocent lives. Hap and Leonard also star in a TV series on the Sundance cable channel, with Michael K. Williams as Leonard and James Purefoy as Hap.<\/p>\n

Glenn Dromgoole\u2019s<\/span> latest book is West Texas Stories<\/span><\/a><\/span>Contact him at g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net.<\/p>\n

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

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