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The light side of little Texas Paperback – March 4, 2011

by Uyless Black (Author)

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The rural country of southeastern New Mexico serves as the backdrop for a young boy’s adventures on his father’s ranch and in his small community. Later years recount his teenage experiences. The book’s concluding chapters tell of his returning to this childhood home as an adult; about how things have changed but have also remained the same.

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March 4, 2011
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6 x 0.57 x 9 inches
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0978766342
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Uyless Black spent his childhood and teenage years on the great plains of America's southwest. During his adult years he was an officer in the U.S Navy, a software programmer, a Senior Vice President for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, the Ombudsman for the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, DC, and a business owner. He was the founder of three data communications network consulting firms, became an international lecturer, and wrote thirty-five books on the emerging Internet technology; some published in several languages. His urban experiences meld with the memoirs of his rural youth as he unfolds the world as seen by a child, as well as a man in his later years. For this past decade, he has devoted himself to investigating and reporting on the social, political, and financial climate of America.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lea County Museum Press; First Edition, First Printing (March 4, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 252 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0978766342
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0978766344
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.57 x 9 inches

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J. Sanderson

Little Texas, Big New Mexico

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 7, 2011

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One of the most fascinating things about New Mexico is the fact that is composed of several unique areas
that are completely different in terms of topography, ehthnicity, customs and history. Uyless Black, in his
new book, The Light Side of Little Texas introduces us to the oil and ranching country of Southeastern New
Mexico that lies on the border with West Texas.
Black takes us back to his home in Lovington,NM, in the 40's and 50's as he works his way from semi-toddler through his late teens, which as you'll see was a relatively trouble free voyage with healthy doses of warmth with a touch of angst. One thing that bears mentioning is that in this part of the country there has been and there still is a border war, not the one currently making headlines, but between New Mexicans and Texans. UD (I've always had a tough time with Uyless)explains and defends the conflict as only a true New Mexican can.
The book is funny and at the same time poignant. The cast of characters so real that you're sure you've known someone like them, just without the boots and Stetsons.
I dare you to read "The Confessions of a Southern Baptist" without not only a smile but laughing out loud. "Little
Texas Music" is so real I could taste the cold Coors, hear the band and see the bright lights.
While I grew up in the sophistication and urbanity that is Albuquerque, UD's insight, sense of humor and his unique sense of story has me polishing my boots and dusting off my hat for a road trip down South.
I fully expect on my next trip to Little Texas to see that the citizens of Lovington have added Uyless Black's name to Brian Urlacher's on their welcoming sign on the city limits.

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S.G. Mahoney

"My Lips are sealed," Listen Closely

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 9, 2011

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Witty, delightful, rare, Uyless Black's book, "The Light Side of Little Texas" captures the reader with Mark Twain wit in his skillfully written growing-up story in the mid 20th century as the youngest of six boys in a ranch/law enforcement family in a small town on the Llano Estacado. Black's social satire opens with humor and insight the window on a rarely written about part of the vast staked plains, southeast New Mexico. Black's sense of place and culture as he explores cowboys, brandings, horses, hunting, music, oil men, rodeos, education, bars, growing up Baptist, working at the pool at Easley's Twin Lakes and enjoying the mentor eye candy, the courtship rituals of the 1950s, and his solutions for dealing with five brothers when they "resorted to performing the preordained, genetically determined roles of older brothers." After a trail-blazing international career in computer connections with some forty books to his credit, Black says, "My heart tells me my home is the Southwest, New Mexico, Lea County, and the town of Lovington." Black's book will appeal to a variety of levels of interest from the historian, sociologist, psychologist, Western buff, or a person who likes a fun read that will keep him/her turning the pages while smiling with the reminiscences of a delightful past times of Little Texas, "a place in New Mexico more like Texas than Texas."

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Hilde

A real upper

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 18, 2011

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This review is made weeks after completing this book. That is good because I still love the book. I loved the way it started early in the authors's life to get the feeling how it felt being the youngest boy with rowdy older brothers. I could just see how he believed he was forever to be small, and all sorts of images sprang to mind as he started to run away from home. I liked his dad, who only stepped in when Uyless couldn't solve his own problems. It was very funny in places and revealing about living on the ranch that most of us don't know.

It is a book I will remember with a smile. I won't forget the Author's name. Can you imagine having brothers with common names like Tom, Harry, and I can't remember; but I do remember Uyless.

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Joel Carson

Remembrances from my youth

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 16, 2011

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If you liked the Last Picture Show, The Light Side of Little Texas will (on a lighter note) take you back to West Texas and Eastern New Mexico of the fifties. If you were raised a Southern Baptist you will immediately be drawn back into UD's trip to a Baptist Revival. If,as a child, you were ever on a ranch in the west you can identify with the author's funny stories. If, as an adolescent you ever swooned over an older girl you can identify with U.D. and the swimming instructor. In short whereever you are you can escape to your childhood with this book, I did.

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The Light Side of Little Texas

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 25, 2011

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This is a joy to read. The author finds the little episodes of his years spent growing up in the Southeastern corner of New Mexico and shares them with the reader with such a wry sense of fun. I've lived in New Mexico for most of my life and never visited this part of the state. I now have a true sense of the geography, the people, the traditions, and family life during this time period. I highly recommend it as an easy and enjoyable read.

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Golf Sam

Little Texas is Big America

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 14, 2011

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The statement, "when you read with enjoyment and understanding, you acquire a sharper vision of a wide range of experiences" is appropriate for The Light Side of Little Texas. Seeing through the eyes of U.D. Black and his characters enables you to broaden and deepen and sharpen your awareness of life in this very readable book. The scenes may take place in southeastern New Mexico, but the landscape is truly American.

Buy it, read it, and you won't be disappointed!

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mike Peterson

Well written, enlightening and laugh out loud

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 27, 2011

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A well written, enlightening and laugh out loud story of a boy's journey through childhood during the '40's and '50's in Lea County. Uyless (U.D.) shares his memories of his family, friends and many adventures on the ranch and growing up in southeastern New Mexico.

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