Description
Literary Nonfiction. Essays. Texas History. "Ranchers, artists, priests, wildlife managers, and chili aficionados, are just a few of the the people you'll meet in Lonn Taylor's rollicking and deeply affecting, Marfa for the Perplexed. Not so much a tourist guide as a reminder that everywhere has been somewhere for a very long time, Taylor moves past the where to's and why go there's, and shows a region that has lived independent from and in tandem with visitations of all kinds. This is one of the most enjoyable reads I've had in a long time."—Gabrielle Calvocoressi, author of Rocket Fantastic: Poems and Apocalyptic Swing
Author Bio
Lonn Taylor grew up in Fort Worth and the Philippine Islands and is a graduate of Texas Christian University. He retired to Fort Davis, Texas, with his wife, Dedie, after a museum career that was capped by eighteen years as a historian at the Smithsonian Institution. He is the author of several books and numerous articles on the architecture and decorative arts of the Southwest, as well as two other books of essays about people and places in Texas.
Author City: FORT DAVIS, TX USA