Honky

Author : Dalton Conley
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520397842

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Honky by Dalton Conley Pdf

This vivid memoir captures how race, class, and privilege shaped a white boy’s coming of age in 1970s New York—now with a new epilogue. “I am not your typical middle-class white male,” begins Dalton Conley’s Honky, an intensely engaging memoir of growing up amid predominantly African American and Latino housing projects on New York’s Lower East Side. In narrating these sharply observed memories, from his little sister’s burning desire for cornrows to the shooting of a close childhood friend, Conley shows how race and class inextricably shaped his life—as well as the lives of his schoolmates and neighbors. In a new afterword, Conley, now a well-established senior sociologist, provides an update on what his informants’ respective trajectories tell us about race and class in the city. He further reflects on how urban areas have (and haven’t) changed over the past few decades, including the stubborn resilience of poverty in New York. At once a gripping coming-of-age story and a brilliant case study illuminating broader inequalities in American society, Honky guides us to a deeper understanding of the cultural capital of whiteness, the social construction of race, and the intricacies of upward mobility.

Author : Carolyn Brown
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 703 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781402292705

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Honky Tonk Texas Cowboys – 3 Book Boxed Set by Carolyn Brown Pdf

This sexy contemporary cowboy romance trilogy from bestselling author Carolyn Brown features the Honky Tonk beer joint and its succession of lovelorn owners. Now get all three books for one low price: I Love This Bar, Hell, Yeah, and My Give a Damn's Busted. About the Books in this Contemporary Romance Boxed Set 1. I Love This Bar Serving two counties, the Honky Tonk is the gathering place for every hothead, thirsty rancher, and lusty lady looking for a good time. Owner Daisy O'Dell vows she'll run the place until they drag her cold dead body through the swinging doors. That is, until Jarod McElroy walks in, looking for a cold drink and a moment's peace from his ornery Uncle Emmitt. The minute Jarod sees Daisy, he knows he's met not only his own match, but Uncle Emmitt's as well. Now, if only he can convince her to come out from behind that bar and come on home with him... 2. Hell, Yeah When Cathy O'Dell buys the Honky Tonk, the nights of cowboys and country tunes come together to create the home she's always wanted. Then in walks a ruggedly handsome oil man who tempts her to trade in the happiness she's found at the Honky Tonk for a life on the road. Travis Henry has found his best friend and so much more in Cathy. When his job is done in Texas, how is he ever going to hit the road without her? 3. My Give a Damn's Busted Hank Wells thinks he can dig up dirt on the new owner of the Honky Tonk for his employer, but he's got no idea what kind of trouble he's courting. Larissa Morley isn't going down without a fight. If this dime store cowboy thinks he's going to get the best of her—or her Honky Tonk—then he's got another thing coming. As secrets emerge, and passion vies with ulterior motives, it's winner takes all at the Honky Tonk... "Fun, sassy and fast-paced romance..."—Romantic Times, 4 Stars "Sheer fun... filled with down-home humor, realistic characters, and pure romance."—Romance Reader at Heart

Author : Richard Berg,Robert Lindsey Nassif
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Country musicians
ISBN : 0573626499

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Honky-tonk Highway by Richard Berg,Robert Lindsey Nassif Pdf

Author : Loretta Lynn
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780307594891

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Honky Tonk Girl by Loretta Lynn Pdf

One of the most beloved country music stars of all time gives us the first collection of her lyrics and, in her own words, tells the stories that inspired her most popular songs, such as "Coal Miner's Daughter," "Don't Come Home A' Drinkin'," and, of course, "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl." Loretta Lynn's rags-to-riches story--from her hardscrabble childhood in Butcher Holler, Kentucky, through her marriage to Oliver "Doolittle" Lynn when she was thirteen, to her dramatic rise to the top of the charts--has resonated with countless fans throughout her more than fifty-year career. Now, the anecdotes she shares here give us deeper insight into her life, her collaborations, her influences, and how she pushed the boundaries of country music by discussing issues important to working-class women, even when they were considered taboo. Readers will also get a rare look at the singer's handwritten lyrics and at personal photographs from her childhood, of her family, and of her performing life. Honky Tonk Girl: A Life in Lyrics is one more way for Lynn's fans--those who already love her and those who soon will--to know the heart and mind of this remarkable woman.

Author : Ellis Nassour
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781569764428

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Honky Tonk Angel by Ellis Nassour Pdf

Earthy, sexy, and vivacious, the life of beloved country singer, Patsy Cline, who soared from obscurity to international fame to tragic death in just thirty short years, is explored in colorful and poignant detail. An innovator?and even a hell-raiser?Cline broke all the boys' club barriers of Nashville's music business in the 1950s and brought a new Nashville sound to the nation with her pop hits and torch ballads like ?Walking After Midnight," ?I Fall to Pieces? and "Crazy." She is the subject of a major Hollywood movie and countless articles, and her albums are still selling 45 years after her death. Ellis Nassour was the very first to write about Cline and did so with the cooperation of the stars who knew and loved her?including Jimmy Dean, Jan Howard, Brenda Lee, Loretta Lynn, Roger Miller, Dottie West, and Faron Young. He was the only writer to interview Cline's mother and husbands. This updated edition features not only a complete discography and a host of never-before-published photographs, but includes an afterword that details controversial claims about her birth, the battle between Cline's siblings for her possessions, the amazing influence Cline had on a new generation of singers and, in Cline's own words from letters to a devoted friend, her excitement as her career soared to new heights and her marriage descended to new depths.

Author : Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, Jamie Wooten
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780822241973

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Honky Tonk Hissy Fit by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, Jamie Wooten Pdf

In this rollicking, hilarious comedy, the Doublewide, Texas, gang is back and life in their tiny town has gotten crazier than ever! Just when things are looking up—the population has grown to seventeen mobile homes and a weekend farmers’ market—the rug is pulled out from under the residents yet again. It seems their vacation rental trailer has drawn unwanted attention from a mega-corporation in Austin. Suddenly the corporation is interested in Doublewide. Waaaay too interested. Mayor Joveeta Crumpler is the only one suspicious enough to sound the alarm, but no one is listening. Her mother, Caprice, is too self-involved with her “career” as a local celebrity to sense the growing threat, or to even realize that grumpy old Haywood Sloggett is increasingly drawn to her—and Sloggett is fighting those romantic feelings tooth and nail. Caprice is also hell-bent on keeping her neighbor and rival, Big Ethel Satterwhite, from horning in on her domain—the Stagger Inn bar. Big Ethel has her hands full trying to teach the town’s good-ol’-boy police chief, Baby Crumpler, how to dirty-dance for a countywide competition. But Baby’s got as much chance of winning as Georgia Dean Rudd has of not jinxing her relationship with Nash Sloggett—she’s twisting herself into knots trying to dodge his constant marriage proposals. And as the danger to the town grows, Joveeta can’t even count on the usually reliable and sweet health fanatic Lark Barken—because she’s currently under the spell of a demon she’s only recently discovered: caffeine. But as the tentacles of the corporation envelope them all, can the citizens of this little Texas town put aside their problems and unite behind Joveeta to fight “the big guys” and turn the tide in Doublewide? A heap of hilarity with a whole lot of heart—and a stand-alone play in its own right—HONKY TONK HISSY FIT is the third comedy in the trilogy that begins with Doublewide, Texas and continues with A Doublewide, Texas Christmas. By the triumphant finale of this ferociously funny Jones Hope Wooten comedy (Could there be a double wedding in Doublewide?), you’ll be throwing fits, alright—fits of laughter that’ll make your sides ache!

Author : Kristine M. McCusker
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9780252075247

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Lonesome Cowgirls and Honky-tonk Angels by Kristine M. McCusker Pdf

A collective biography of the women who shaped early country and western music

Author : Carolyn Brown
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781402258817

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Honky Tonk Christmas by Carolyn Brown Pdf

One cowboy, one bar, one hell of a holiday! Praise for Carolyn Brown's country music romances: "You won't want to miss this boot scootin' contemporary full of sexy cowboys and sassy women."—The Romance Studio (My Give a Damn's Busted) She means business... Sharlene Waverly is determined to have the "new and improved" Honky Tonk up and running before the holiday. For that, she'll need Holt Jackson, the best darn carpenter in the state. But his warm, whisky-colored eyes make her insides melt, and before she knows it, she's sharing her darkest secrets and talking about the nightmares... He's determined to keep things professional... Holt Jackson needs the job at the Honky Tonk, but is completely unprepared to handle the beautiful new bar owner he's working for. Sharlene and Holt try like crazy to deny the sparks flying between them, but their love may just be the best Christmas present either one of them ever got. Praise for I Love This Bar: "Heart...sass...a lot of sparks and romance...country music. What more can I say? I really had fun with this book."—Red-Headed Book Child "Guaranteed to leave you countrified and satisfied!"—Love Romance Passion

Author : Gary A. Wilson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781461748434

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Honky-Tonk Town by Gary A. Wilson Pdf

From its beginnings as a railroad siding in 1887, Havre, Montana was a tough, wide-open town with plenty of saloons, gambling halls, opium dens, brothels, and cheap cribs. With the passage of Prohibition, it was a natural hub for smuggling illegal alcohol across the nearby Canadian border. Honky-Tonk Town tells the story of this wild and woolly frontier town.

Author : Tim Ghianni
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781493072163

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Pilgrims, Pickers and Honky-Tonk Heroes by Tim Ghianni Pdf

He didn’t know it at the time, but Tim Ghianni’s love affair with Nashville and its musical artists began on a steamy night in 1972, when the twenty-year-old author had unsolicited help from honky-tonkin’ legends Bobby Bare and Shel Silverstein during an after-midnight “salvation” of the city. It was the beginning of a lifelong urban romance that Ghianni would pursue during a career as a journalist in Middle Tennessee, interviewing Nashville’s biggest stars and developing friendships with musicians of all kinds. With a preface by Bobby Bare and a foreword by Peter Cooper, Pilgrims, Pickers and Honky-Tonk Heroes is Tim Ghianni’s love letter and nostalgic swan song, recounting the storied musical history of Nashville as well as the dramatic changes the city has seen over the course of fifty years. The Nashville of today—with one hundred newcomers a day from places like Los Angeles and New York and fresh waves of musicians making up a new modern soundtrack—is not the same city he made his home in 1972, for better and for worse. Time changes everything, even a beloved American city, but this briskly told and warmly remembered book recounts the countless friends, adventures, and anecdotes that capture the essence of Music City across a half-century.

Author : Sonny Harper
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2001-06-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780759620391

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Honky Tonk Strumpet Woman by Sonny Harper Pdf

Middle-class white kids are shooting one another! Why? If you "really" want to know, Honky Tonk Strumpet Woman is a must read. Honky Tonk Strumpet Woman is a sanguine memoir. It is rooted in what happened to the pre and post Vietnam intentions of socially conscience WWII baby boomers. Eye opening stories examine some of the things that went wrong and how they affect what's going on today. Ms. Harper, ex-teacher, ex-caseworker, and program director writes form thirty years of hands-on experience with American children from all sectors of society.

Author : Billy Joe Shaver,Brad Reagan
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2005-03-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0292706138

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Honky Tonk Hero by Billy Joe Shaver,Brad Reagan Pdf

Willie Nelson says, "Billy Joe Shaver may be the best songwriter alive today." And legions of fans agree. "Honky Tonk Hero" is the story of a man who not only walked on the wild side and lived to tell about it, but also got it all down in songs that many people consider to be some of the finest country songs ever written.

Author : Greg Kalleres
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780822231004

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Honky by Greg Kalleres Pdf

When a young African American is shot for a pair of basketball shoes, sales triple among white teens. Are ghetto-glorifying commercials to blame, or is it the white CEO that only sees dollar signs? Luckily, there’s a new pill on the market guaranteed to cure racism. HONKY is a darkly comedic look at five people, white and black, as they navigate the murky waters of race, rhetoric and basketball shoes.

Author : Eileen Sisk
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : PSU:000025475685

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Honky-tonks by Eileen Sisk Pdf

Book gives you the complete inside scoop-right down to what to wear, house etiquette, and dance styles-just about everything you need to know to survive in a cowboy bar. Complete guide to the finest honky-tonks in the West and across the country.

Author : Bill Porterfield
Publisher : Taylor Publishing Company (TX)
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Social Science
ISBN : IND:39000005520155

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The Greatest Honky-tonks in Texas by Bill Porterfield Pdf

A foot-stompin', good-timin' tour through Texas' greatest country dance halls on the arm of Billy Porterfield, one of the state's best storytellers and a dedicated boot scooter since the days of Ernest Tubb. Porterfield two-steps his way from the fast tempo of Houston's Gilley's to starlit nights in the Panhandle with the Dancin' Dentist of Dumas, hitting every high note in between. The book is a narrative but it is also a carefully designed guide for the stranger or native son who likes to honky-tonk.