{"product_id":"a-smile-from-katie-hattan-and-other-natural-wonders-9780975272725","title":"A Smile from Katie Hattan: And Other Natural Wonders","description":"\u003cp\u003e Natural wonders were Leon Hale's lifetime subject matter. He looked for them wherever he went, and found them surprisingly often. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In the lives of plain people and eccentrics, in the brilliant smile of a tiny 100-year-old black lady, or the hi-jinks of his cousin C.T., in what happened on a dirt farm in 1930 or why he found value in chiseling brick, he revealed truths and wonders we might not have noticed on our own. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When published in 1982, \u003ci\u003eA Smile from Katie Hattan\u003c\/i\u003e was Leon Hale's first column collection after nearly thirty years of writing for \u003ci\u003eThe Houston Post\u003c\/i\u003e. It was widely celebrated for presenting the delightful daily work of this writer, at last, to a wider audience. What is remarkable, now, forty years later, is how fresh and interesting the 155 columns remain, as we roam with the author through a Texas that remains as vivid and enjoyable as the day he wrote about it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11575805\"\u003eLeon Hale\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Winedale Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780975272725\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0975272721\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036010\"\u003eUnited States | State \u0026amp; Local | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e LEON HALE was the author of twelve books, including two novels and three memoirs. He received the Lon Tinkle Lifetime Achievement Award from the Texas Institute of Letters, in addition to numerous other accolades. For more than sixty years he wrote a column about the people and places of Texas for, first, \u003ci\u003eThe Houston Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and later, the \u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e. He retired in 2014 and died in 2021, two months short of his 100th birthday. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winedale Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44498737758445,"sku":"9780975272725","price":23.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_8a33f080-835a-4ca3-bc09-47e28a0723de.jpg?v=1700966064","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/a-smile-from-katie-hattan-and-other-natural-wonders-9780975272725","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}