The Line from Here to There

by Herndon, Rosanna Taylor

• ISBN13: 9780896726307
• ISBN10: 0896726304
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-31
• Publisher: Texas Tech Univ Pr

Summary

In the 1870s, a traveler finding his way west from Fort Worth followed the thin brown line, a barely visible wagon trail that stretched out in a great curve across West Texas. This was the route taken by George Kempton Ashburn.

Author Biography

Rosanna Taylor Herndon is professor emerita of communication at Hardin-Simmons University.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Storytelling and Academe: An Author's Note	p. xi
Introduction	p. 3
Texas Tartans	p. 11
Sam and the Apples	p. 18
The Line from Here to There	p. 23
The Fugitive Doctor	p. 30
Safe from Wolves	p. 36
"Chocolate"	p. 39
Safety Pins and Polka Dots	p. 46
The Wagon Trail	p. 54
The Sound of Clocks	p. 56
Different Grandmothers	p. 66
Seeing Ghosts	p. 80
Panhandle's Coming!	p. 83
The Song	p. 89
Richard the Spy	p. 97
A Company Christmas	p. 105
The Boy	p. 111
Balmorhea, Summer 1939	p. 118
The Stonemason	p. 126
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