Delving into the interior lives of an array of characters, this collection of short stories conveys the author's Texas roots with a New York twist, providing a look at Americana with humor and poignancy. These stories provide a rich collection of unforgettable characters—a New York bishop, artists, an aspiring novelist, the mother superior of a Catholic convent, a drug addict, a street drunk, and a pioneer blacksmith—the doomed and the blessed. Set mostly in New York City, this book provides acute portraits of contemporary culture.

Sometimes It's New York: Stories

Literature & Fiction

Stanush, Claude

Contemporary

Wings Press

<p>Scores of bank heists and train robberies which plagued the nation during the roaring twenties, including the biggest train robbery in America's history, were pulled off by the daring Newton brothers. When interviewed at length, the brothers told a tale which is both dramatic and poignant and which, here now in print, grips the reader with its colorful picture of a bygone era. Here are the unembellished but often witty and spellbinding descriptions of their robberies from Texas to Canada, their flamboyant lifestyles when successful and, when unsuccessful, trenchant descriptions of the lawmen who caught them, and the prisons which punished them.</p>

The Newton Boys: Portrait of an Outlaw Gang

Politics & Social Sciences

Middleton, David

Newton, Willis

Newton, Joe

Social Sciences

State House Pr

Portrays the misdeeds of the notorious early twentieth-century bank and train robbers. The Newtons' story was made into a movie starring Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke, and Julianna Margulies. "Bonnie and Clyde was just silly kids bound to get themselves killed. We wasn't at all like them. We wasn't thugs. All we wanted was the money, just like doctors, lawyers and other businessmen. Robbing banks and trains was our way of getting it. That was our business." Willis Newton (from the book)

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