Revealing Character.Revealing Character Robb Kendrick Bright Sky Press 340 South Second Street, Albany, TX 76430 1931721572 $34.95 1-866-933-6133 www.brightskypress.com Revealing Character: Texas Tintypes Tintypes is a musical revue conceived by Mary Kyte with Mel Marvin and Gary Pearle. With its time frame set between the turn of the 20th century and the onset of World War I, this chamber piece with a cast of five provides a musical history lesson focusing on an by Robb Kendrick is a compilation of black-and-white photography of modern--day Texas American cowboys cowboys, in American history. 1 Tory marauders, adherents to the British cause in the American Revolution, who fought in the contested area of Westchester co., N.Y. taken via the historical ferrotype fer·ro·type n. 1. A positive photograph made directly on an iron plate varnished with a thin sensitized film. Also called tintype. 2. The process by which such photographs are made. or "tintype tin·type n. See ferrotype. tintype ferrotype. See also: Photography " method used in the 19th century. The result is a compilation of black-and-white portraits of hard-working inheritors to an esteemed tradition. Each individual photographed contributes a handful of quotes on the opposing page of his portrait: "The freedom of being out in open country is unlike any other feeling. You can't trade that feeling for money." These are men who spend their lives working with animals, love what they do, and tell it like it is. An afterword af·ter·word n. See epilogue. , an index of subjects, and a map of the state of Texas showing the ranches where the photographs were taken rounds out this "must-have" collection for cowboy fans of all backgrounds. |
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