Hondo, My Father

Hondo, My Father by Becky Crouch Patterson. Published by Shoal Creek Publishers Inc, Austin, TX, 1979. 1st Stated Signed Edition. Hardbound, Paper DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Fine in Good DJ. 268 Pgs. ISBN 0883190443. LCCN 79-10229. Inscribed and dated 5/25/79 on half title page: ''To Glen and Lera Lich (Glen Lich was Professor and Texas Author) and Family 'Everybody's Somebody'..Becky Crouch Patterson'' with postal cancellation stamp ''Luckenbach 1st Edition 1979 Texas'' beneath her signature. (Shatzie Crouch, Hondo's wife, author's mother, was Luckenbach's Postmistress. Hondo Crouch was the ''Clown Prince of Luckenbach,'' an entertainer of star quality who refused for years to make money from his comic gifts. He was a rancher. A philosopher. An artist. A poet. A music man and inspiration for the hit song ''Let's Go to Luckenbach, Texas.'' He was a Texas folk hero. Description text copyright 2010 BooksForComfort. Item ID 22508.