From A Limestone Ledge

From A Limestone Ledge by John Graves. Published by Gulf Publishing Co, Houston, TX, 1980. 1st Edition. Paperback. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: VG. 228 Pgs. ISBN 0932012779. LCCN 90-19902. Some essays and other ruminations about country life in Texas. Illustrations by Glenn Wolff. A treatise on the pleasures and hardships of doing things for oneself, a nostalgic meditation on country ways. The author considers every creature and aspect of country life that has lured - or forced - his attention during two decades of living on, and working, a battered and recalcitrant stock farm in the cedar-covered limestone hills of North Central Texas. Most of this book previously published in Texas Monthly. Description text copyright 2000 BooksForComfort. Item ID 1790.