The Best of Brush Country Bull 1977-1980: Observations of a South Texas Sportsman, Historian, Pilot, and Patriot
()
About this ebook
A Depression-bred, Texas-style Mark Twain recaptures the life of the Brush Country and the heart of America. The best articles from the Brush Country Bull weekly newspaper column (1977-2005) in The Devine News by Henry B. Briscoe.
Henry Briscoe had quite a life. It began simply on a Depression-era dairy farm near Devine, Texas, continued at Texas Tech University, and then took a 180-degree turn to the military. In the Air Force, Henry flew transport planes around the world, commanded a squadron in Vietnam, and assisted the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon. But that Devine boyhood had a strong hold on himspiny cactus, rattlesnakes, horny toads and allso he settled there when his 25-year Air Force career was over. Soon after his return, Henry organized a deer-hunting contest and wrote an article about it in The Devine News. The town folk loved it, so he wrote another. And another. Thus began Brush Country Bull, a folksy column that would run weekly for 27 years and recall, denounce, poke fun, and celebrate quite literally, EVERYTHING.
With a range as big as Texas, Henry jawed about midnight buck hunting, dropping bulldozers on an ice island at the North Pole, making deer sausage, supporting the Devine Fire Department, critiquing elected officials, and learning the names of migrating birds. And thats just a sampling. So git you a good cup of coffee, head on out to that porch swing, and spend a little time with Henry.
Henry Byrn Briscoe
Henry Byrn Briscoe (1926-2005), a 1952 Texas Tech graduate, served 25 years in the U.S. Air Force. Upon retirement, he moved his wife and four children to his hometown of Devine, Texas, where he served three terms as Medina County Commissioner and wrote a weekly column for The Devine News.
Related to The Best of Brush Country Bull 1977-1980
Related ebooks
Growing up White in Brassfield a Memoir Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOn This Day in Detroit History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCiicothe’s Seven Rivers: (Ciicothe’s Neeswathway Theepay) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJack Cristil: Voice of the MSU Bulldogs, Revised Edition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsConnecticut Baseball: The Best of the Nutmeg State Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shades of Color: Innocence of a Child - An Unequaled Legacy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLessons in Life, Lessons of Love Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBackyards to Ballparks: More Personal Baseball Stories from the Stands and Beyond Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNews About Colored People Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhere the Tall Grass Grows: Becoming Indigenous and the Mythological Legacy of the American West Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChickahominy Indians-Eastern Division: A Brief Ethnohistory Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWooden Leg: A Warrior Who Fought Custer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5One Town Kid Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMississippi's Uncovered Glory: True Football & Life in Mississippi During the Mid 1970'S Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPoint Breeze Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChurch Street: The Sugar Hill of Jackson, Mississippi Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsConversations with My Grandfather Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGrowing Up in Burbank: Boomer Memories from The Akron to Zodys Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOnce a Soldier, Twice a Pioneer: Joshua Hobbs Brown the Story of an American Hero Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOurChildren'sHeritageSecondEdition: A History of Clarkston and Independence Township Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHeroes of the Uprising Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The Bronx, in Bits and Pieces, Part 2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Culinary History of Pittsburg County: Little Italy, Choctaw Beer and Lamb Fries Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIndependence, Mantle, and Miss Able Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHidden Memories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBrooklyn Boomer: Growing Up in the Fifties (Revised New Edition) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAsian Americans in Michigan: Voices from the Midwest Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGrandpa & Grandma: "Without Them There Would Be No Us" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsShotgun Rider: A True Angel Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThree Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower's Final Mission Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Biography & Memoir For You
A Stolen Life: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Disorganized Mind: Coaching Your ADHD Brain to Take Control of Your Time, Tasks, and Talents Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jack Reacher Reading Order: The Complete Lee Child’s Reading List Of Jack Reacher Series Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good Girls Don't Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: the heartfelt, funny memoir by a New York Times bestselling therapist Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ivy League Counterfeiter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5People, Places, Things: My Human Landmarks Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Leonardo da Vinci Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Simple Faith of Mister Rogers: Spiritual Insights from the World's Most Beloved Neighbor Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Meditations: Complete and Unabridged Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Diary of a Young Girl Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Wright Brothers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5All That Remains: A Renowned Forensic Scientist on Death, Mortality, and Solving Crimes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Just Mercy: a story of justice and redemption Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Taste: My Life Through Food Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of Eating Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mommie Dearest Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Reviews for The Best of Brush Country Bull 1977-1980
0 ratings0 reviews