Background
Woolley, Bryan was born on August 22, 1937 in Gorman, Texas, United States. Son of G.L. Junior and Beatrice Voleta (Gibson) Woolley.
(Brian Woolley has compiled stories on all different topic...)
Brian Woolley has compiled stories on all different topics, not solely about Texas. Some examples are, "The Bride Wore Crimson," about his uncle "Toy" Woolley, charged with the murder of his new bride; the quest for "Tangle-Free Tom," the $65,000 prize fish in the 1990 Lake Texoma Crappiethon fishing contest. A story about his participation in the 1965 civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery. And the full account of the 25th anniversary reunion of the Texas Western College Miners of El Paso and how they became the only Texas team ever, to this day, to win a NCAA national basketball championship, winning it with black players against an all white University of Kentucky team.
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(In this volume of twenty-five pieces, Bryan Woolley explo...)
In this volume of twenty-five pieces, Bryan Woolley explores Dashiell Hammett's San Francisco, recalls the lost golden age of Mineral Well, Texas; returns to the site of a mysterious 1947 crash, believed to be a UFO, in Roswell, New Mexico; and attends a "bulldogging" school in Madisonville, Texas. He meets such people as Kinky Friedman, musician and mystery writer; talks to the residents of Alpine, Texas, about their famous newcomer, Robert James Waller, author of Bridges of Madison County, and mourns the retirement of cartoonist Gary Larson.
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(Fiction. Hidden away in the nooks and crannies of America...)
Fiction. Hidden away in the nooks and crannies of American literature there are a number of overlooked masterpieces. One of these, SOME SWEET DAY, is an unrelenting portrait of life in a small town on the Texas prairie during World War II. "It is an evocative, painful and lovely book that captures the immediacy and bewilderment of a child facing harsh imponderables for the first time."—Publishers Weekly
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(For Texans and non-Texans alike, Mythic Texas is a fascin...)
For Texans and non-Texans alike, Mythic Texas is a fascinating journey into a culture that is like no other in the world. When you think of the word "Texas," vivid images come to mind. The symbols and legends that most of us associate with Texas all have their basis in the history, culture, and geography of the state. Through the eyes of the people of Texas, this book takes a look at some of these symbols―oil wells, the "leather throne" (the saddle), longhorn cattle, and the famous Lone Star of the Texas Rangers―and comments on their relationship to Texas today.
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( Anyone who lives in the same house with a cat knows who...)
Anyone who lives in the same house with a cat knows who owns the place-the cat! He knows every nook and cranny and inhabits a home more completely than his people can. A touching poem in free verse that explains the essence of home for the cat lover: the cat is the soul of the house.
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( A compilation of author and journalist Bryan Woolley’s ...)
A compilation of author and journalist Bryan Woolley’s The Dallas Morning News columns from 1999 through 2003, Texas Road Trip explores back roads, small towns, and Texas originals. Follow him on his road trips across the Great State as he meets interesting people and hears fascinating, even bizarre, tales. As Woolley says, Texas Road Trip takes us beyond the super highways spewing diesel smoke and danger to the sparsely traveled farm-to-market roads and the old highways that used to connect the little towns before the interstates bypassed them.” Tinged with nostalgia for a bygone way of life, the essays acquaint us with the pleasure of drinking a Coca Cola in a bottle that sports ice crystals (Cold Drink”) or a Comanche ceremony in Palo Duro Canyon to re-sanctify the canyon that was once sacred (Quanah's People”). He also explores more personal terrain in such stories as Boys,” in which he recounts a trip he and his grown sons took in remembrance of their summer vacations in Fort Davis when the boys were young. Woolley’s thoughtful take imbues each essay with a generosity of spirit and a real enthusiasm for his subjects. From the stars of the Davis Mountains to the sophistication of Austin and Dallas, Texas Road Trip is an homage to Texasits history, people, and culture.
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Woolley, Bryan was born on August 22, 1937 in Gorman, Texas, United States. Son of G.L. Junior and Beatrice Voleta (Gibson) Woolley.
Bachelor, University Texas, El Paso, 1958. Bachelor of Divinity, Texas Christian University, 1963. MTh, Harvard University, 1966.
Reporter El Paso Times, 1955-1958. Teacher Bel Air High School, El Paso, 1958-1959. Bank teller Fort Davis (Texas) State Bank, 1959-1960.
Correspondent Associated Press, Tulsa, 1967-1968. City editor The Anniston (Alabama) Star, 1968-1969. Reporter, editorial writer The Courier-Journal, Louisville, 1969-1976.
Senior writer, columnist The Dallas Times Herald, 1976-1989. Senior writer The Dallas Morning News, since 1989.
(In this volume of twenty-five pieces, Bryan Woolley explo...)
( A compilation of author and journalist Bryan Woolley’s ...)
( Anyone who lives in the same house with a cat knows who...)
(For Texans and non-Texans alike, Mythic Texas is a fascin...)
(Brian Woolley has compiled stories on all different topic...)
(Fiction. Hidden away in the nooks and crannies of America...)
Member of Texas Folklore Society, West Texas History Association, Texas State History Association, Texas Institute Letters (president 1993-1994, Stanley Walker Journalism award 1981, 1983, 1999, O. Henry award for magazine journalism 1991).
Married Julianne Nelson, August 31, 1958 (divorced 1968). Married Margaret Ray Hilpert, July 13, 1968 (divorced 1978). Children: Bryan Edward, John Patrick.
Married Isabel Catherine Rickert, April 14, 1979.