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Mar 6, 2020
Comin' Right at Ya: How a Jewish Yankee Hippie Went Country, or, the Often Outrageous History of Asleep at the Wheel
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A six-foot-seven-inch Jewish hippie from Philadelphia starts a Western swing band in 1970, when...
A Guide to the Historic Buildings of Fredericksburg and Gillespie County
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This richly illustrated book tracks the evolution of Fredericksburg architecture and guides readers...
Heather Cranmer (2721 KP) created a post
Nov 23, 2020
Border Contraband: A History of Smuggling Across the Rio Grande
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Winner, Jim Parish Award for Documentation and Publication of Local and Regional History, Webb...
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2200 KP) rated If I Had a Hammer in Books
May 15, 2023
You can’t write a series set in Texas in the 1960’s without dealing what happened that November. I liked that this piece of history is given its own subplot, although I did feel like that storyline was rushed. The main mystery is strong, with plenty to keep me turning pages, and the suspects were developed enough to help keep me confused. I loved getting to spend time with Dot again, and the rest of the regulars are good as well. As we get into the second half of the book, the action moves into December, and I enjoyed the Christmas parts of the book, too. If you are looking for a good mystery set around an important piece of American history, this book is for you.
They Came to Nashville
Peter Guralnick and Marshall Chapman
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Chapman records the personal stories of musicians shaping the modern history of music in Nashville,...
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
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September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline,...
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Thunder Shaman: Making History with Mapuche Spirits in Chile and Patagonia
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As a "wild," drumming thunder shaman, a warrior mounted on her spirit horse, Francisca Kolipi's...
Erika (17788 KP) rated Yellow Rose (2019) in Movies
Oct 18, 2020 (Updated Oct 18, 2020)
My initial interest in the film stemmed from it being filmed in Austin, where I live. The story is about a teenage, Filipino girl and her mother, both of whom are undocumented. When customs and immigration pick up Rose's mother, she escapes to Austin from Bastrop (EW). Rose dreams of being a country singer, and ends up making music with Dale Watson, who's a well known Texas Country artist.
That's basically the story, and yes, perfectible, it ends the exact way you imagine it to end. The music is good, and Eva Noblezada, the actress that plays Rose, has an amazing singing voice.
To answer the question as to what the title means - yes, it's racist, and a nickname Rose got when she initially sang at school. BTW, the myth of the 'Yellow Rose' is one from history, supposedly, a woman was sent in as a spy by the Texas army during the revolution, and she... distracted Santa Anna, the general of the Mexican army. There's no actual evidence, but it's incredibly believable.
Anyway, this was a great movie, with good music, and a tight running time.