Stan Paregien

Oklahoma Almanac of Facts & Humor: Part 1 - Achille to Nowata (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Stan Paregien's Oklahoma Almanac of Facts & Humor: Part 1 - Achille to Nowata contains a boatload of historical information about the state of Oklahoma and its people. It contains so much information--facts, photos, prominent people and humorous stories--that it had to be divided into two parts. So this is Part 1, covering the towns of Achilee to Nowata. However, folks, this ain't your grandpa's dry, boring history book. No, siree. The author tells the unique stories of 148 Oklahoma cities and towns and villages. All of the towns which are county seats in Oklahoma's 77 counties are covered, plus 71 others. And he writes about each town with a conversational style which is warm, inviting and consumer friendly. He makes a concerted effort to identify pominent people associated with each town. The author also includes 183 photos and/or graphics (total for Parts 1 and 2; most in color), such as photos of George Nigh, Donna Nigh, Gene Autry, Blake Shelton, Virgil R. Trout, Reba McEntire, Anita Bryant, Ree Drummond, Henry Bellmon, Shirley Bellman, Jody Miller, Allen Wright, Tom Paxton, Kristin Chenoweth, Bob Burke, Carl B. Albert, Bertha Frank Teague, Bill Tilghman, Carrie Underwood, Debra Coppinger Hill, Black Kettle, Frank Lucas, Patti Page, Billy Vessels, Gregory E. Pyle, Stan Hoig, Susan Powell, Robert H. Rowland, J.C. Watts, Maria Tallchief, Marjorie Tallchief, Ben Johnson, Stan Paregien, Jana Jae, Byron Berline, Daniel Paregien, James K. Hitch, Dale Robertson, Tim Holt, Paul Waner, Jim Shoulders, Tommy Franks, T. Boone Pickens, Darrell K. Royal, Bill Grant, Sam Walton, Melvin B. Tolson, Jane Jayroe, M. Scott Momaday, Lauren Nelson, Roberta Paregien, Steve Owens, Clarence Tinker, Tom Coburn, James Garner, Sherri Coale, Father Stanley Rother, Peggy Paregien, Martha Russell, Darrell Russell, Woody Guthrie, Patience Latting, Edgar Cruz, Will Rogers, Wiley Post, Clara Luper, Will Sampson, William Gordon Lillie (aka "Pawnee Bill"), Dan Hodge, and Chief Standing Bear. Also included are photos of Bill Pickett, David Meyers, Les Gilliam, Martha Gilliam, Jim Thorpe, Overton James, John Hope Franklin, D.C. Minner, Sequoyah, Steve Davis, Barry Switzer, Charles Page, Marques Hayes, Gary England, Enoch Kelly Haney, Gordon Cooper Jr, Dan Boren, Kata Hay, William Grady Stigler, Mike Gundy, Gene Paregien, Stacy Paregien, Wilma Mankiller, Wes Studi, Bob Blackburn, Kings of Leon, Mary Copeland Fallin, LaDonna Tabbytite Harris, Miranda Lambert, John Wooley, Guy Logsdon, Fred R. Harris, Abe Lemons, Sam Bradford, Thomas Stafford, Leonard M. Harjo, Temple Houston, Roy Milton, J.W. Parker, Mary Jo Parker, and Garth Brooks. And there are even more. Obviously, it would be cost-prohibitive to include so many photos--particularly color photos--in a traditional printed book; but not so for an EBook. Next he finds ways to inject a humorous incident into each and every town listing. And, as an experienced radio personality and a performer of cowboy stories and poetry, he brings a wagon load of them for the reader to enjoy. You may want to download a copy for your desktop as a handy reference source, plus copies for your smart phone and/or your laptop so that when you go traveling across Oklahoma you'll have this information right at your fingertips. It would also make a delightful gift for visitors to Oklahoma, as well as for those who have had to move out-of-state and would appreciate a reminder of their favorite state. Or consider making it a gift to those you know who need a little humor and sunshine in their life. The author promises to cover virtually all of the towns in Oklahoma in a revised edition planned for three years or so from now. But for now, don't forget to also download Part 2 - Okarche to Zafra.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Stan Paregien, Sr
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781301400683
• Artikelnr.: 48239147

Autorenporträt

Stan Paregien Sr was born in Wapanucka (Johnston County), Oklahoma to Harold and Evelyn (Cauthen) Paregien. The family moved west the year after his birth and he grew up on ranches and farms where his father worked in southern California. One of those places where Harold Paregien worked was the Newhall Ranch, a corporate ranching and farming operation that stretched for miles either side of the highway from the towns of Newhall (now Santa Clarita) to Piru. Stan was already in love with anything cowboy, mostly by watching those great B-Westerns at the local movie theaters. And then on the Newhall Ranch (officially known as the Newhall Land & Farming Company) he and his sister Roberta acquired horses and rode happy trails all over the ranch. Paregien graduated from high school in 1959 at Fillmore, Calif. He married Peggy Ruth Allen from nearby Ventura, Calif., in 1962. They immediately moved to Nashville, Tennessee for Stan to study Speech Communication (and history and Bible) at Lipscomb University. He graduated in 1965. In 1968, he received his master's degree from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Then he completed all 60-hours of the classwork toward a Ph.D. in Speech Communication at the University of Oklahoma (but did not complete his other requirements). He has taken and is still taking continuing education courses in Life Skills through the University of Hard Knocks. He is a former full-time minister, a newspaper reporter and editor, a radio talk show host, a director of mental health facilities in both Texas and Oklahoma, and a salesman of various products. His hobby since 1990 has been writing and performing cowboy poetry and stories. He performed at the annual National Cowboy Symposium in Lubbock, Texas for a total of some 25 years. Through it all, he has been and is a freelance writer and author. He prefers just calling himself a "storyteller" in the tradition of Mark Twain, Louis L'Amour, Elmer Kelton, Garrison Keillor, Ansel Adams, Norman Rockwell, J. Frank Dobie, Agatha Christie and others. Sometimes he tells stories through narration, sometimes through poetry and often through photography. Stan and Peggy have two adult children, Stan Paregien Jr who lives with his family in the St. Louis area; and Stacy Magness who lives with her family near College Station, Texas. They also have four grandchildren (going on five, with an adoption in progress) and two great-grandchildren. T...