Comanche Midnight

Comanche Midnight Essays

1st Edition

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Publisher's Synopsis

Writing timeless essays that capture vanished worlds and elusive perceptions, Stephen Harrigan is emerging as a national voice with an ever-expanding circle of enthusiastic readers. For those who have already experienced the pleasures of his writing-and especially for those who haven't-Comanche Midnight collects fifteen pieces that originally appeared in the pages of Texas Monthly, Travel Holiday, and Audubon magazines.

The worlds Harrigan describes in these essays may be vanishing, but his writing invests them with an enduring reality. He ranges over topics from the past glories and modern-day travails of America's most legendary Indian tribe to the poisoning of Austin's beloved Treaty Oak, from the return-to-the-past realism of the movie set of Lonesome Dove to the intimate, off-season languor of Monte Carlo.

If the personal essay can be described as journalism about that which is timeless, then Stephen Harrigan is a reporter of people, events, and places that will be as newsworthy years from now as they are today. Read Comanche Midnight and see if you don't agree.

Book information

ISBN: 9780292730960
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Imprint: University of Texas Press
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Edition
DEWEY: 814.54
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 227
Weight: 331g
Height: 203mm
Width: 126mm
Spine width: 19mm