Tales of a Texas Boy [Kindle Edition]

Marva Dasef (Author)

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How do you handle a crazy jackass? Eddie knows. If you ask Eddie, he'll tell you pigs can fly and show you where to find real mammoth bones. Take his word for it when he tells you always to bet on the bear. These are things he learned while dreaming of becoming a cowboy in West Texas during the Depression. Through Eddie, the hero of "Tales of a Texas Boy," we find that growing up is less about maturity and more about roping your dreams. Hold on tight. It's a bumpy ride. A wonderful read for anyone who enjoys books like "Little House on the Prairie" or "Tom Sawyer." A great bit of nostalgia for seniors, too. Approx. 34K words.

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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 125 KB
• Publisher: Texas Boy Publications; Kindle edition (August 9, 2008)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B001E3A0RU
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #306,977 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #80 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Children's eBooks > Animals > Farm Animals

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for the Classroom, August 9, 2007

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D. Salerni (Chester County, Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Tales Of A Texas Boy (Paperback)

Tales of a Texas Boy is a charming collection of anecdotes about life in Western Texas during the Great Depression. The author has related these stories through the narrative voice of Eddie, who is a slightly fictionalized version of her own father. These twenty vignettes are retold in first person, with an appropriate Texan dialect. I plan to use them in my fifth grade classroom as models for writing personal narrative. Each story is fairly short, the perfect length for a quick classroom reading, and will undoubtedly spark the students to respond with anecdotes of their own. ("That makes me think of the time ...") Although the historical setting of the tales provides an unfamiliar backdrop for most students, they will be able to relate to stories about Eddie meeting a bevy of skunks in a cornfield, briefly living his dream of becoming a cowboy, and watching an act of acrobatic derring-do from a sheep dog. Because each story revolves around one simple but charming episode of daily life, they provide perfect models for writing workshop.

Dianne K. Salerni

Author of High Spirits: A Tale of Ghostly Rapping and Romance

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Great Depression wasn't always depressing., July 20, 2007

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Unhinged (Eugene, OR, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tales Of A Texas Boy (Paperback)

Let me say up front that not only do I know the man these stories are written about, I am married to the author. Make of that what you will.

The stories are snapshots of life on a west Texas farm during the Great Depression. Eddie, the narrator, tells us of livestock auctions, county fairs, fishing trips, cattle drives, swindlers, thieves and life and death just south of the Dust Bowl. Told in the first person in an easy, uncomplicated style, they make a good read for any age. Younger readers will connect with the journey to young adulthood, while us older folk appreciate the vividness of the picture so gently painted for us.

The end of the book leaves you wanting more.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars what a great book!, June 9, 2011

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Generalsuz - See all my reviews

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Purchased this for our young son just before his first trip to Texas. He finished it before we landed in Houston and re-told the stories to anyone who'd listen. An easy read; wholesome and funny, too. A great book for boys.