20 épisodes
Rambling Boy Lonn Taylor
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- Culture et société
The Rambling Boy: Stories About Texas is a weekly look at regional history, hosted by Lonn Taylor of Fort Davis. Taylor was a writer and historian who moved to the Big Bend after retiring from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. in 2002.
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A Talented and Creative Man of Texas Letters
Bill Wittliff; the man who wrote three novels and innumerable screenplays, including Lonesome Dove, The Perfect Storm, and Barbarosa, to name only a few, died of a heart attack in Austin, on June 9, 2019 at the age of 79.
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The Whole Hog on Imma Hogg
A few rambles Back, Lonn mentioned how in the early 1970, while director of the Winedale Historical Center at Round Top, Texas, he worked with the well known Houston Philanthropist Ima Hogg, who had donated the Winedale to the University of Texas.
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Perhaps the Studebaker Joke is Best Told in German
In the 1970s, Lonn was the director of Winedale, a historic site in Central Texas that had been given to the University of Texas by the well-known Houston Philanthropist, Miss Ima Hogg.
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Monroe Slack, Marfa WWII Flying Ace and Hero
Over the years, Memorial Day has evolved from a day to honor the war dead into a day to honor all who have served in the military.
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All the World's a Stage in the Taylor Household
Lonn may not have grown up in the theater, but he can certainly say he grew up with an awareness of it.
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A Cock and Bull and Cow and Pig Story
During last week's episode, Lonn mentioned a story about James Boone and a head of cattle that turned into pigs.