Gay as a Grig: Memories of a North Texas Girlhood (Personal Narratives of the West)
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (994 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0292741154 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-15 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
She wrote articles for Southwest Review and Life magazine. Ellen Bowie Holland lived in Fort Worth, Texas.
"Mrs. Gay as a Grig is as pleasant in format as it is in contents." (Southwest Review)" a sensitive and nostalgic account of the author's childhood and youth, mostly in Palo Pinto County, Texas." (Journal of Southern History) . Holland's affectionate but straightforward and unsentimentally humorous view of her family and their life makes her account of Weatherford, Texas in the years of her childhood a pleasure to read, and her observant nature makes it valuable
Gay As A Grig Ellen Bowie Holland is the author of this birds eye view of her life as a child in Weatherford, Texas. She has a completely unique way with words, especially descriptive prose and phrasing.When I first started reading I wondered if I would make it through the book, but it doesn't take long for one to catch on to the fact that this writer is so unusual in her thinking and writing. When this hits you, it's like a veil being lifted from your mind's eye and you must continue reading just to see how and when you will experience the next unique description of person, time or place. One could call these "Bowieisms" due to their . Happy as a Fiddler bubbajay The title of this book can fool you. It's history, mainly the late 1800's and early 1900's in Weatherford, Texas and the surrounding area. It's an easy read, full of information and great words. The title, Gay as a Grig, sounds a little unusual in this day. When I was looking for this book, the clerk at Half Price Books took me to their section for homosexual studies.I learned a lot about the early years in Weatherford. It is one family's story. They were clearly wealthier than most of the other families at that time, but the author is humble and entertaining while telling about her life.. Growing up in early 20th century I love reading about the way people lived in my town 100 years ago. How times have changed. It sounds like another planet! Most things are better now but not everything. Read about this prominent family living in small town Texas in the good ol' days.
Ellen Bowie Holland grew up in a house at Weatherford, Texas, that had the "motherly look of a large and gallant hen hovering over too many chicks" and that was inhabited by a "lively, warm-hearted family." This book is her record of the "whole world of little things which enriched young lives" in her small town.Blessed with a discerning and sympathetic eye, she had much happiness to remember and record, and she employs a charming combination of nostalgia and comedy as she brings to life again these bygone days. His humor came smoothly upon the scene" .Throughout the book the reader shares the author's consciousness of the vast distance between her own childhood and that of the grandchildren to whom the book is dedicated—a distance created by rapid technological change."From my window I look over an air-condit