John Davidson
Stories
Judges take his money. Juries buy his bull. And when clients like Pennzoil need a tiger in their tank, they hire Joe Jamail.
In the late seventies, celebrated pianist Val Cliburn inexplicably disappeared from public life. No tortured artist in hiding, Cliburn is having the time of his life sitting around his Fort Worth mansion in his bathrobe.
Anne Bass married one of the richest men in America. With his money and her ambition she became an important cultural force in Fort Worth and New York. Life was perfect. Then her husband left her.
Like any disease, alcoholism has specific symptoms. Like many religions, drying-out programs require abstinence, blind faith, and confession.
Hondo Crouch went from being a champion athlete to being the sad clown of Texas’ fun-and-games capital.
Tom Lea, the grand old man of Texas painting, grew up among giants. No wonder he always used a big canvas.
The long afternoons of the best friend the rich women of Houston have ever had.
Hugh Roy Cullen found the oil and made one of Houston’s great fortunes; now his grandson is spending his inheritance like there is no tomorrow, and suing for more.
Hugh Roy Cullen found the oil and made one of Houston’s great fortunes; now his grandson is spending his inheritance like there is no tomorrow, and suing for more.
Archbishop Patrick Flores acts like a country priest, but he has a tough job: he is the most powerful Catholic clergyman in Texas, and perhaps the most powerful Mexican American as well.
Two wetbacks from Mexico inherit the legacy of all immigrants—grueling labor, low pay, and a bleak existence on the edge of the American dream.
Four wetbacks are trying to get to San Antonio. The Border Patrol is trying to stop them.
Four wetbacks are trying to get to San Antonio. The Border Patrol is trying to stop them.
Across the river and into the brush; an eyewitness account of the journey of two wetbacks.