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Jane's window : my spirited life in West Texas and Austin /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sibley, Jane Dunn, 1924-
Other Authors: Comer, Jim, 1944-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2013]
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Clayton Wheat Williams Texas life series ; no. 14.
Subjects:
Sibley, Jane Dunn, > 1924-
Women music patrons > Texas > Austin > Biography.
Music patrons > Texas > Austin > Biography.
Women philanthropists > Texas > Austin > Biography.
Philanthropists > Texas > Austin > Biography.
Austin (Tex.) > Biography.
Fort Stockton (Tex.) > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Mahala Milligan
  • Gifts from the past
  • Growing up in Fort Stockton
  • The university in wartime
  • D.J. Sibley
  • On my own
  • An unconventional romance
  • An 'old maid' no more
  • Motherhood
  • Preserving history and moving a church
  • Our world explodes while I'm washing sheets
  • Laguna Gloria
  • The castle
  • The symphony
  • Symphony Square
  • People I have been privileged to meet and to know
  • Buzzard feathers and movie stars
  • Rock art: not all masterpieces are in museums
  • Lifetime friendships
  • Around the world
  • The Long Center
  • Jake: 1950-1991
  • Mahala: 1952-2003
  • Hiram: 1957-
  • D.J.: the great survivor
  • The joys of unsolicited advice
  • Appendix: Chronology: Jane Horton Dunn Sibley.