A. Owens

A. Owens book reviews

• A season of weathering

  by Scruffy, Mar 18, 2010

  What a great book describing life and its hardships during the early 1900s. You will not want to put it down until the very last word. Read More

• This stubborn soil: a frontier boyhood

  Excellent Narrative

  by Scruffy, Mar 18, 2010

  I relate to this book since I grew up not to far from the author, although a few years later. His story is well written and gives one a real feel for what he was going through as a boy and young man ... Read More

• Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song: A Texas Chronicle

  Specialists only

  by Bryan1729, Aug 15, 2008

  This book is the story of how Owens recorded folksongs in Texas during the 1930s. It commences during his time as an undergraduate at SMU and ends in 1941, when he received his doctorate from the ... Read More