John Henry Faulk: The Making of a Liberated Mind.I'm recommending this next book with reservations. John Henry Faulk John Henry Faulk (August 21, 1913–April 9, 1990) from Austin, Texas was a storyteller and radio show host. His successful lawsuit against McCarthyite blacklisters of the entertainment industry helped to bring an end to the Hollywood blacklist. was a presence not to be ignored in Texas during the ten years I lived there (1970-1980), sittin's up in Madisonville plotting against the strip miners strip-mine v. strip-mined, strip-min·ing, strip-mines v.tr. 1. To mine (ore) from a strip mine. 2. To subject to strip mining: strip-mined the land. , flyin' off to Nashville every so often to tape a few months' worth of Hee-Haw, comin' down to Austin and waxing enthusiastic about something or other on the second-story front porch porch Roofed structure, usually open at front and sides, projecting from the face of a building and used to protect an entrance. If colonnaded, it may be called a portico. of The Texas Observer and the Texas Civil Liberties Union. This biography by Michael C. Burton, John Henry Faulk: The Making of a Liberated lib·er·ate tr.v. lib·er·at·ed, lib·er·at·ing, lib·er·ates 1. To set free, as from oppression, confinement, or foreign control. 2. Chemistry To release (a gas, for example) from combination. Mind (Eakin Press), doesn't cover those years. It covers his childhood in Austin, on through the years See also Through The Years (Gary Glitter song) or Through The Years (Tim Finn song). For the Jethro Tull album, see Through the Years (Jethro Tull). For the Artillery box set, see Through the Years (Artillery album). of his blacklisting and the magnificent lawsuit, he won against the blacklisters. And it's a good beginning, but Fear on Trial, Johnny's personal tale of the lawsuit is better. This is not the biography Johnny deserves. A few months ago, I asked Liz, his widow, what she thought. "Oh, sweetie, it's all right." (I'm not sure how to render Liz's accent, a sort of British-Texan combination, onto the printed page.) Well, "all right" is what Burton's book is. And for now, it's all there is. |
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