Pardon Me Is That The Grand Ole Opry

Download or read book Pardon Me... Is That the Grand Ole Opry? written by Ellen Eady and published by Majestic Pub. This book was released on 2001 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While traveling to Nashville, Tennessee, Harry the hopping mouse gets separated from his family and visits many local attractions while trying to reach the home of country music where he hopes to be discovered.

Download or read book The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy written by Robert Leleux and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-01-08 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Dear John letter Daddy left for Mother and me, on a Saturday afternoon in early June 1996, on the inlaid Florentine table in the front entry of our house, which we found that night upon returning from a day spent in the crème-colored light of Neiman’s, Daddy wrote that he was leaving us because Mother was crazy, and because she’d driven me crazy in a way that perfectly suited her own insanity. In a memoir studded with delicious lines and unforgettable set pieces, Robert Leleux describes his East Texas boyhood and coming of age under the tutelage of his eccentric, bewigged, flamboyant, and knowing mother. Left high and dry by Daddy and living on their in-laws’ horse ranch in a white-pillared house they can’t afford, Robert and Mother find themselves chronically low on cash. Soon they are forced into more modest quarters, and as a teenaged Robert watches with hilarity and horror, Mother begins a desperate regimen of makeovers, extreme plastic surgeries, and finally hairpiece epoxies---all calculated to secure a new, wealthy husband. Mother’s strategy takes her, with Robert in tow, from the glamorous environs of the Neiman Marcus beauty salon to questionable surgery offices and finally to a storefront clinic on the wrong side of Houston. Meanwhile, Robert begins his own journey away from Mother and through the local theater’s world of miscast hopefuls and thwarted ambitions---and into a romance that surprises absolutely no one but himself. Written with a warmth and a wicked sense of fun that lighten even the most awful circumstances, The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy is a sparkling debut.

Download or read book The Grand Ole Opry written by Colin Escott and published by Center Street. This book was released on 2009-02-28 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This official guide chronicles the story of the birthplace of country music as told by the people who were there. Escott presents the official inside history of the home of country music, offering fans an exclusive look into the heart and soul of country music. Full color, and packed with photos from the Opry Archives covering 80 years of history.

Download or read book Red, White and Tuna written by Jaston Williams and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Red, white, and Tuna is the third play in the four-play saga that began wtih Greater Tuna. It is Fourth of July in Tuna, the third smallest town in Texas, and the occasion is ripe with tension ... it's just another typical day in Tuna where nothing ever changes while everything does.

Download or read book Mary Poser written by Angel A and published by Angel's Leap PTY LTD. This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2017 Foreword Reviews Indies Book of the Year Award Finalist 2018 American Fiction Awards Winner. 2018 Best Book Awards Winner 2018 NYC Big Book Award Winner 2018 International Book of the Year Finalist There's troubled love in Music City, Nashville Tennessee. Despite deeply entrenched obstacles, Southern Belle, Mary, falls for a visiting Bollywood director, Simha Das. A life-changing event leads to questions about who or what intervenes. Passions collide as Mary must come to terms with her darkest secret. Mary must cross the bridge to her heart to have her butterflies. On the surface Mary Poser is a fun and frolicking love story. Underneath this is a message of hope and inspiration for anyone who feels overwhelmed by anxiety from approval demands of family, faith and culture. Original uncut version. 2018 Paris Book Festival Runner-Up. 2018 Readers' Favorite Finalist 2018 Independent Author Network Book of the year Finalist 2018 London Book Festival Honorable Mention 2018 BookViral Millennium Book Awards Long List 2018 New Apple Book Awards Official Selection 2018 Body, Mind, Spirit Book awards winner 2019 Independent Press Award winner 2019 New York Book Festival winner

Download or read book Twentieth Century Drifter written by Diane Diekman and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2012-02-15 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins is the first biography of this legendary country music artist and NASCAR driver who scored sixteen number-one hits and two Grammy awards. Yet even with fame and fortune, Marty Robbins always yearned for more. Drawing from personal interviews and in-depth research, biographer Diane Diekman explains how Robbins saw himself as a drifter, a man always searching for self-fulfillment and inner peace. Born Martin David Robinson to a hardworking mother and an abusive alcoholic father, he never fully escaped the insecurities burned into him by a poverty-stricken nomadic childhood in the Arizona desert. In 1947 he got his first gig as a singer and guitar player. Too nervous to talk, the shy young man walked onstage singing. Soon he changed his name to Marty Robbins, cultivated his magnetic stage presence, and established himself as an entertainer, songwriter, and successful NASCAR driver. For fans of Robbins, NASCAR, and classic country music, Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins is a revealing portrait of this well-loved, restless entertainer, a private man who kept those who loved him at a distance.

Download or read book Tied Up in Knotts written by Karen Knotts and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karen Knotts tells the full story of her father, Don Knotts Much has been written about Don Knotts's career, especially about his iconic role as Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show, but personal views into the man himself are few and far between. In Tied Up in Knotts, a loving daughter provides a full-life narrative of her father: Don's difficult childhood in an abusive home, his escape into comedic performance, becoming a household name, his growth as a feature film actor, his failing health, and his family life throughout, leading to touching and hilarious moments that will make the reader laugh and cry. Those looking for a behind-the-scenes peek at the show, from the nuts and bolts of production to the hilarious pranks and heartfelt moments between the cast and crew, will see it all through the eyes of the little girl who grew up on the set. Knotts will delight readers with the memories of celebrities touched by Don's life, including Ron Howard, Tim Conway, Andy Griffith, Elinor Donahue, John Waters, Barbara Eden, Katt Williams, and Jim Carrey. Tied Up In Knotts delves beyond Barney Fife nostalgia to tell the life story of a man and father.