Redneck Opera - Brossura

Mooney, Margaret

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0986415006 ISBN 13: 9780986415005

Casa editrice: Kiddrose Pub, 2015

Riassunto

Redneck Opera is about a crazy, ballsy, wealthy, big haired, take no prisoners place (East Texas) and the inhabitants who dance in the sinister holiness of the discovery of black gold. It chronicles a mostly true tale about the early days of oil discovery when dirt-poor cotton farmers became overnight millionaires as they drilled for water and hit oil. Outsiders swarmed in to prey upon the unsuspecting locals. Junior Peck was one such outsider and the story follows Junior from his less than ideal childhood in Enid, Oklahoma to his ill-gotten wealthy lifestyle in Texas.

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L'autore

Margaret Mooney grew up in East Texas, attended the University of Texas at Austin, then moved to Chicago to pursue a career in advertising. There she spent thirty-five years working for three different companies. Procter & Gamble taught her how to understand consumer behavior, which came in handy for character development. At Leo Burnett Advertising, she learned what makes people buy the brands they buy. Her longest tenure was at Ogilvy & Mather Advertising, where she managed such accounts as The Chicago Tribune and NutraSweet in the US, Canada, and the UK. During her career, she received numerous accolades and awards including two Cannes Lions, five Effies for effectiveness in ad campaigns, and two David Ogilvy awards recognizing creativity.In 2005, Margaret retired and moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she immersed herself in the nonprofit world, preparing newsletters and ad campaigns for The New Mexico Cancer Institute, Equestars Therapeutic Riding, and the Grand Prix de Santa Fe. Margaret lives with her husband Larry Davis in the Cerrillos Hills, south of Santa Fe.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina

“Margaret Mooney’s debut novel, Redneck Opera, is one flat-out hilarious romp. It’s clever and reckless and is written with brio and grace. So, dear reader, strap on your seat belt and hold on to your Stetsons—this is one wild and bumpy ride you’re going on, and there are turns up ahead that you won’t see coming. This is a story so big, a tale so tall, it took the great state of Texas to hold it all in place.” —John Dufresne Author of No Regrets, Coyote “A real history lesson about Texas characters told with belly laughs throughout.” —Joan Brooks Baker Award-winning writer, photographer, and videographer of The Black Madonna “Written like a Texan Dostoyevsky.” —Sharon Eliashar Writer and composer of Return of the Horse “A hilarious tale of the early days of oil discovery and the men who would stop at nothing to get rich. Mooney gives us an unforgettable cast of characters that could only be grown in Texas.” —M. G. Grana Winner 2000 Willa Cather Book Award

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• Editore: Kiddrose Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0986415006
• ISBN 13: 9780986415005
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 273