Stephen Harrigan
Auteur de The Gates of the Alamo
A propos de l'auteur
Stephen Harrigan is the author of numerous works of nonfiction and fiction, including Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas and the critically acclaimed novels A Friend of Mr. Lincoln, Remember Ben Clayton, and The Gates of the Alamo. He is a longtime writer for Texas Monthly and an award-winning afficher plus screenwriter who has written many movies for television. afficher moins
Crédit image: Matt Lankes
Œuvres de Stephen Harrigan
Oeuvres associées
A Book of Photographs from Lonesome Dove (Wittliff Gallery of Southwestern and Mexican Photography) (2007) — Introduction, quelques éditions — 42 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Harrigan, Stephen
- Date de naissance
- 1948
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Abilene, Texas, USA
Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
Austin, Texas, USA - Professions
- journalist
- Organisations
- Texas Monthly
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 21
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 1,183
- Popularité
- #21,724
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 39
- ISBN
- 83
- Langues
- 1
The truth is that both men are searching for more than they admit of this piece of art. Gilheaney recently learned the best of his public sculptures had been damaged beyound repair during a riot. In his sixties, he knows he has limited time to find a suitable subject that can be as meaningful as the sculpture that once defined his career.
Clayton and his son Ben had developed a contentious relationship causing Ben to enlist. Clayton didn't see him off when he boarded the train that would take him to his death nor did he talk to him the night before. Because the opportunity to talk will never come, he wants the piece to convey all that should have been said about and to his boy.
This story is powerful, complex, and emotional with other characters helping explain the weaknesses and behaviors of both men. It isn't always easy to read, particularly those pages telling about Ben's death, and while there is no happy ending tied up with string, the ending is satisfying. The book won both the Spur Award and the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for Best Historical Novel of 2012.… (plus d'informations)