![]() ![]() ![]() In a tent (later a shack) not far south of our ranch house, in post oak scrub near the West Fork of the Trinity River, lived a woman who had (reportedly) been traded for a whole winter’s catch of skunk hides, the exchange occurring when she was about thirteen. ![]() am one of the few writers who can still claim to have had prolonged and intimate contact with first-generation American pioneers, men and women who came to a nearly absolute emptiness and began the filling of it themselves The subtitle is “Reflections At Sixty And Beyond.” It is sort of about the idea of storytelling and oral history, but mostly it seems to be McMurty’s meandering but fascinating musings and memories centered around this fact: Pepper”) and reading Walter Benjamin’s essay “The Storyteller,” and then he decided to write this book to work out his subsequent thoughts. Pepper (“easily obtainable by anyone willing to buy a lime and a Dr. ![]() Larry McMurtry says he was drinking a lime Dr. I hate having to say the title of this book when I recommend it. Larry McMurtry, Walter Benjamin At The Dairy Queen Posted: J| Author: helytimes | Filed under: writing | 1 Comment ![]()
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