9781558219892

This Stubborn Soil: A Frontier Boyhood

William A. Owens

ISBN 10: 1558219897 / 1-55821-989-7
ISBN 13: 9781558219892
Publisher: Lyons Pr
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Softcover
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In this overlooked masterwork, William Owens eloquently recounts his struggle to overcome the harshest of adversaries -- poverty and hunger -- to earn an education in the small town of Pin Hook, Texas. He recalls in vivid detail how his mother found to feed and hold together her family, and how he fought for knowledge in a land that was, for the most part, illiterate. This is not only the magnificent chronicle of one man's insatiable desire for an education, but also a rich chapter in the history of Texas. The book, which is classic Americana, was the subject of a Bill Moyers PBS special.


 

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THIS STUBBORN SOIL : The Classic Memoir of a Frontier Boy's Escape from Poverty and Hunger (ISBN: 1558219897 / 1-55821-989-7)
Owens, William A.
ISBN 10: 1558219897
ISBN 13: 9781558219892
Bookseller: 100POCKETS (Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.)
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Book Description: Lyons Press, New York, NY, 1999. Soft Cover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued. First Edition, 4th Printing. BRAND NEW Copy. First published 1966. Autobiography/memoir. Life story of American author, folklorist and educator William A. Owens, (1905 - 1990). Reflections on a remarkable journey from a one-room schoolhouse situated in the rural poverty of Texas through earning of a doctorate in English from the Univ of Iowa in 1941, and ultimately teaching at Columbia Univ. This book was the subject of a Bill Moyes PBS special. A chronicle of a life lead when regional differences in the United States were considerable. Bookseller Inventory # 010311

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