THE GRAVEYARD ELEGY MEMORIES OF ABILENE

About the Book

THE GRAVEYARD ELEGY MEMORIES OF ABILENE was inspired by cemetery visits and the poem “Elegy in a Country Courtyard” by Thomas Gray. It is largely a photographic journey of Abilene in four parts: Part I. The Protestant Cemetery, Early Abilene History, Personal Memories Part II. The Catholic Cemetery and Growing Up Memories Part III. Select Abilene Businesses and Victorians, Memories Part IV. Farming. Memories and Changes The author borrows at times from his book “The Farm,” Trafford Publishing, 2010. Although this book includes small vignettes of Abilene History, persons, places and events, its essence is Curran’s recollection of growing up in the 1940s and 1950s.

About the Author

Mark J. Curran is Professor Emeritus from Arizona State University where he worked from 1968 to 2011. He has written fifty-two books, eight in academic circles before retirement, forty-four with author’s publishing since retirement. Color cover images and summaries of the books appear on his website: www.currancordelconnection.com. His e-mail address is profmark@ asu.edu. The books run the gamut from travel, teaching and research in Spain and Portugal and Latin America in Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia and especially Brazil. Also there are accounts as cultural speaker on LEX - National Geographic trips, autobiographic books from the farm and Jesuit education, and the fictionalization of all the above.