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The bone pickers by al dewlen mcgrawhill, new york, 1958. Al dewlen, 89, died at his home on august 17, 2011. The session the night of the tiger the bone pickers subjects. Phillips petroleum company has always taken the lions share of the blame for the destruction of the town of phillips. When al dewlen wrote the bone pickers in 1958 about his hometown of amarillo, it caused a stir among the locals there because the characters seemed just. Double mountain bks the bone pickers by al dewlen 2002.
Al dewlen evokes with humor and fascinating detail the daily life of a rich but stingy, powerful family in bignch amarillo, texas. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. Search for library items search for lists search for. The fifty best texas books august 1981 texas monthly. The bone pickers by al dewlen, w mccoy introduction by. Against the flamboyant background of the golden spread, the oilr. But, in truth, it was a very thinly veiled satire on the proud and mighty whittenburg family. Aug 28, 2014 the guys are pumped when danielle leads them to les and loretta, a couple who have managed to fill up 10,000 square feet of storage space. A novel of texas author dewlen, al formatbinding hardcover book condition used jacket condition dust jacket included edition first edition, 4th printing binding hardcover publisher mcgrawhill book company place of publication new york date published 1958 keywords amarillo,texas, texana. Pale horse, pale rider by katherine anne porter harcourt, brace, new york, 1939.