Olympus, Texas
Title | Olympus, Texas PDF eBook |
Author | Stacey Swann |
Publisher | Anchor |
Pages | 337 |
Release | 2022-05-17 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1984897403 |
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick! • A bighearted novel with technicolor characters, plenty of Texas swagger, and a powder keg of a plot in which marriages struggle, rivalries flare, and secrets explode, all with a clever wink toward classical mythology. For fans of Madeline Miller's Circe: "The Iliad meets Friday Night Lights in this muscular, captivating debut" (Oprah Daily). The Briscoe family is once again the talk of their small town when March returns to East Texas two years after he was caught having an affair with his brother's wife. His mother, June, hardly welcomes him back with open arms. Her husband's own past affairs have made her tired of being the long-suffering spouse. Is it, perhaps, time for a change? Within days of March's arrival, someone is dead, marriages are upended, and even the strongest of alliances are shattered. In the end, the ties that hold them together might be exactly what drag them all down. An expansive tour de force, Olympus, Texas cleverly weaves elements of classical mythology into a thoroughly modern family saga, rich in drama and psychological complexity. After all, at some point, don't we all wonder: What good is this destructive force we call love?
Greeks in Houston
Title | Greeks in Houston PDF eBook |
Author | Irene Cassis |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 128 |
Release | 2013-08-12 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1439643784 |
This history of the Greeks in Houston is really the story of individuals who worked diligently to forge new lives for themselves even as they maintained their Greek identity and their Orthodox faith. The efforts of many of the founders are immortalized in the buildings that constitute the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral complex. Their names remind us of their hard work and commitment to establishing their koinonia (communion) in Houston. There are many other names that have gone unremarked over the decades but to whom we owe just as much for their tenacity and dedication. And there are the new generations who inherited this legacy and keep it vibrant through the stewardship of their faith and culture.
The Greek Texans
Title | The Greek Texans PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | Greek Americans |
ISBN | 9780867010077 |
Traces the Greeks who came to the state and helped shape the history of the state of Texas.
Greeks - Texas
Title | Greeks - Texas PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Greek Americans |
ISBN |
The Greek Texans
Title | The Greek Texans PDF eBook |
Author | James Patrick McGuire |
Publisher | |
Pages | 33 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | Greek |
ISBN |
The Texas History Teachers' Bulletin
Title | The Texas History Teachers' Bulletin PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 366 |
Release | 1912 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Ethnic Identification
Title | Ethnic Identification PDF eBook |
Author | Donna Misner Collins |
Publisher | |
Pages | 480 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN |
Navigating between the shoals of assimilation and acculturation, Dr Collins finds in the Greek community of Houston a group that has been less affected by the host community than sociologists insist happens, and in turn only marginally impressing its ways on the Americans around it. This strong sense of community derives not so much from continued contacts with Greece, but from shared cultural features within the ethnic group itself - language, religion, marriage structures, festivals, etc. These findings support the view of a pluralistic society in America rather than the long prevalent assimilationist view which holds that immigrants automatically mix and lose much of their ethnic identity: the melting-pot theory. This study proposes that Greek-Americans in the society examined are not so much trying to be more American but less Greek in certain respects: e.g., community provincialism and narrowmindedness. The study is supported by illustrations, notes, appendices (including a Greek glossary), bibliography and index.