A Way of Knowing

by Nolan Porterfield

Book Overview

Set in West Texas after World War II, A Way of Knowing is a drama of the conflict between ignorance and enlightenment, a masterful rendering of a time and place. "Displays a fine ear for regional... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061265500
• ISBN13: 9780061265501
• Release Date: January 1971
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Back in print at last!

Nolan Porterfield's book _A Way of Knowing_ is brilliantly evocative of both West Texas and the lives of the people there. I grew up in Lubbock, and his descriptions and dialogue are spookily accurate, although they describe a West Texas that's almost disappeared since the post-WWII era when the book is set. Porterfield is perceptive, unblinking, and yet generous in portraying the hearts of the men trying to make lives for themselves in this hardscrabble landscape.If you like books by Larry McMurtry, be sure to read _A Way of Knowing_ -- it's a darn sight better than even McMurtry's best. This book won awards when it came out, and it deserves to be rediscovered now that it's back in print.