From the haunting sensitivity of "The Piano Tuner", to the vivid raucousness of "Texas Clam Bake", and the wild, sex-and-drugs fantasy of "The Fishing Trip", Mike Lowrie takes the reader on a journey through a Texas many readers may not be familiar with. Gone are the cliché cowboys and tumbleweeds of routine Texas fiction from days gone by. Mike Lowrie's Texas stories feature a wide and varied cast of characters and events, such as the day to day goings-on in a major symphony orchestra in "The Piano Tuner", or a strong independent woman taking care of herself - and others - in "She's No Barbie". Young African American boys are the heroes in "Good Deeds". There's even a lesbian biker gang in "Texas Clam Bake". Drawing from his own experiences growing up in Texas, the author writes from the perspective of a different character in each story, capturing the essence of a different kind of Texas - and different kinds of Texan. The stories may be tall, but there is a wonderful ring of truth about all of them.
Sprache
Produkt-Hinweis
Fadenheftung
Gewebe-Einband
mit Schutzumschlag
Maße
Höhe: 235 mm
Breite: 157 mm
Dicke: 10 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-943492-90-9 (9781943492909)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
When he was ten years old, Mike Lowrie and his younger brother ran away from home, not with the intent to join the circus, but for the adventure. That's how it all started. Born and raised in Texas, he grew up in the region of East Texas that included cotton fields and the famed piney woods of the Nacogdoches area. He spent his boyhood in a rural life, hunting, fishing and exploring. In 1972, he moved to San Antonio, where he graduated from John Marshall High School and then joined the U.S. Army. He spent a total of four years as a military policeman, then later, ten years in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve. He attended Sam Houston State University in Huntsville and the University of Texas in San Antonio. In 1985, Mike joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show as a trick roper and horse trainer. In 1986, he was hired as an assistant wagon master for the Texas Wagon Train Sesquicentennial Celebration. As a civilian he worked as a cowboy, oilfield roughneck, truck driver, lawman and owned and ran his own construction business for over twenty years. Now retired and living in Bandera County, Mike Lowrie writes books, incorporating his experiences into stories that take place mostly in Texas.
