| Into That Good Night: A Memoir Contributor(s): Rozelle, Ron (Author) |
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ISBN: 1881515311 ISBN-13: 9781881515319 Publisher: Texas Review Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Educators - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 00045631 |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 5.44" W x 8.48" (0.66 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Texas - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Generational Orientation - Elderly/Aged - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Holiday - Father's Day - Sex & Gender - Masculine - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Strong-willed and charismatic, Lester Rozelle was school superintendent in the small East Texas town of Oakwood from the 1930s to the 1960's. A deep-rooted fixture in the community, he guided his schools through disastrous fires and the strained process of integration in President Lyndon Johnson's home state. When he began to show signs of Alzheimer's disease, the author had to watch the painful transformation of his proud father into a dependent and ultimately foreign person. Into That Good Night is a son's gift. Seemingly powerless to do anything but witness the slow loss of his father's past, Ron Rozelle re-creates and reclaims his own past: the dusty streets, tired old houses, and wallpapered rooms of his childhood. Rozelle tells of his early, confused discovery of racial inequality, his induction into the military, his decision to become a teacher himself, and the deaths of his parents. Poignant and impressionistic, Into That Good Night is a heartbreakingly lyrical memoir whose fine cadences and shining images will echo for a long time to come. |