A Personal Country

A Personal Country

Out of Stock
SKU: SONG1574410539
UPC: 9781574410532
Brand: University Of North Texas Press
Condition: Used
$12.87
Sold out
Free Standard Shipping Across USA
Quantity
Add to wishlist
Add to compare

Sold by Ergodebooks, an authorized reseller.

Returns accepted within 30 days | support@ergodebooks.com

Verified
Shipping Information
  • Free Standard Shipping — United States only
  • Processing Time: 3–5 business days
  • Estimated Delivery: 6–10 business days after dispatch
  • Double-boxed, fully insured & discreetly packaged
  • Tracking number sent via email once dispatched
Returns & Refund

Returns accepted within 30 days of delivery.

Damaged or Defective Item

Free return shipping + replacement or full refund

Wrong Item Received

Free return shipping + replacement or full refund

Change of Mind

Return shipping at customer's expense · 25% restocking fee applies

All returns require a Return Authorization (RA) number before sending.

To initiate a return, contact us:

support@ergodebooks.com +1 (281) 738-1050
View Full Return & Refund Policy
Payment Option
Payment Methods

Help

If you have any questions, you are always welcome to contact us. We'll get back to you as soon as possible, withing 24 hours on weekdays.

Customer service

All questions about your order, return and delivery must be sent to our customer service team by e-mail at yourstore@yourdomain.com

Sale & Press

If you are interested in selling our products, need more information about our brand or wish to make a collaboration, please contact us at press@yourdomain.com

This Book Brings Alive What One Man Feels About His Childhood Home. The Place Is West Texas, Seen Across A Long Vista In Which Todays Events And People Merge With The Authors Boyhood And Young Manhood.It Is A Harsh, Remote Country, Where The Weather Is Always Very Close And The Horizon Far Away. The Brazos Country Of Longago Fourth Of July Fishing Expeditions; The Grassgrown Remains Of A Way Station Of The Butterfield Stage Line; The Streets Of Abilene; The Sparse Grazing Lands Under Infinite Skiesall Are Made Resonant By A Native Sons Affection And Understanding. It Is A Way Of Liferesilient And Persnicketythat Is Almost Gone.Above All, It Is People: The Authors Grandmother, Who Had A Mortal Fear Of Bridges And Whose Premonitions Of Unnamed Calamities (That As Often As Not Happened), Both Alarmed And Pleased The Young Boy; Uncle Aubrey, Who Married Late; The Blacksmith They Awakened In The Dead Of Night; The Familiar Neighbors; The Rare And Deliciously Mysterious Strangers.With Humor And Strong, Unsentimental Feeling, A. C. Greene Conserves For Us The Priceless Eccentricities Of Place And Person That Are Being Flattened Outalmost Literally Bulldozed Awayby The Impatient, Insatiable Onrush Of The Twentieth Century. His West Texas Is A Very Personal Country, But What He Seeks To Share Will Be Familiar To All Who Take Pleasure In The Memories That Tie Them To Their Own Special Region Of America.

⚠️ WARNING (California Proposition 65):

This product may contain chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm.

For more information, please visit www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.

Recently Viewed