Award-winning author Robert Flynn delivers a witty and thought-provoking novel about a dying Texas town. When the new highway bypasses it, Wanderer Springs is left to wither in the dust. Will Callaghan, back home for a funeral, remembers the town's sometimes funny, sometimes painful past, including the time he cost his high school the football championship. Will's remembrances show that the present, however chaotic, is always linked to the past.
Spur Award winner Robert Flynn captures the authentic texture of Texas in this compelling novel about family ties and life's toughest lessons. Chance Carter doesn't like his grandmother, so when he learns her health is failing, he thinks only of his status as the sole heir to her million-dollar ranch. Yet when he pays her a visit, he learns surprising truths about his past that force him to reconsider everything he knows.
Author Robert Flynn has won numerous accolades for his writing, including a Spur Award, a Western Heritage Award and a Distinguished Achievement Award from the Texas Institute of Letters. In the House of the Lord follows one day in the life of a Protestant minister as he balances faith with selfdoubt while answering the demands of his church.
Recognized by the Texas Institute of Letters, critically acclaimed author Robert Flynn is a treasure of the Lone Star State. The Sounds of Rescue, the Signs of Hope is his masterpiece. World War II pilot Greg Wallace is shot down over the Pacific. Luckily, he bails out and makes his way to land to await rescue. But with each day that passes, it grows less likely that a rescuer will ever come.
Lampassas gave up cowpunching to be a husband and shopkeeper. But when his wife dies of influenza, the aging cowboy puts on his spurs again. With his 17-year-old son at his side, Lampassas sets off on his own cattle drive. His adventures and misadventures are the stuff classic Westerns are made of, yet the unforgettable characters and gentle wisdom set this novel far apart from the herd. North to Yesterday won the 1968 Award for Fiction from the Texas Institute of Letters. Narrator Norman Dietz's performance highlights each colorful step of the longhorn trail.
