In Jewish Texas : a family memoir /

Stanley Ely says that when the fiftieth or so person confronted him with a skeptical, "You mean you're Jewish, and you're from Texas?" he decided to do more than smile and say, "Yes." The result is this funny, caustic and nostalgic tale in the tradition of popular regio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ely, Stanley E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Fort Worth : Texas Christian University Press, [1998]
Temas:
Ely, Stanley E.
Jews > Texas > Dallas > Biography.
Gay men > Texas > Dallas > Biography.
Juifs > Texas > Dallas > Biographies.
Homosexuels masculins > Texas > Dallas > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Gay men
Jews
Dallas (Tex.) > Biography.
New York (N.Y.) > Biography.
New York (State) > New York
Texas > Dallas
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction Back to Texa
  • PART ONE: GETTING SETTLED
  • 1. Royal Flushes, Seven No-Trumps and a Lazy Father
  • 2. They Came with Candlesticks from Russia
  • 3. Letters from Little Becky
  • 4. On Forest Avenue They Loved Each Other but Not Grandpa
  • 5. One Sister Surprises Everyone by Going Away
  • 6. Another Sister Just Gets a Surprise
  • 7. Under Pearl's Bed
  • 8. Marriage to a Jewish Football Player
  • 9. No Consolation
  • 10. Heavy on the Gravy, but Hide the Pots and Pans
  • Photographs
  • PART TWO: CLOSER TO HOME
  • 11. Henry-As Much Salt As You Want, but No Pepper
  • 12. Little Becky and Us
  • 13. Uncle Morris, a Gambler in the Bedroom
  • 14. ... and Dorothy, the Best Draw of All
  • 15. Tom-You're from Texas and You're Not Jewish?
  • 16. Florence-A Near and Distant Loss
  • 17. Jerome-One of Two Quiet Adventurers
  • Photographs
  • PART THREE: AROUND TOWN
  • 18. A New Neighborhood
  • 19. Edging Up on the Teens
  • 20. Early Scar
  • 21. Scotties Do Not Build Snowmen in Living Rooms.
  • 22. A Lady of the Night and Others
  • Photographs
  • PART FOUR: AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
  • 23. Some Stay Home, I Go Away
  • 24. Texas to Past Tense
  • 25. I'll Take Manhattan
  • Photographs
  • PART FIVE: PICK UP STICKS
  • 26. Ben & Sara, Bye and Bye
  • 27. After Normandy
  • Quietly Angry
  • 28. They've Made Texas a Better Place to Live
  • Photographs
  • EPILOGUE
  • 29. Is There a Happy Ending?

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