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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Sibley, Jane Dunn, 1924-
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2013]
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Clayton Wheat Williams Texas life series ; no. 14 Clayton Wheat Williams Texas life series ; no. 14.
Subject:	Sibley, Jane Dunn, -- 1924- Sibley, Jane Dunn, -- 1924- Women music patrons -- Texas -- Austin -- Biography. Music patrons -- Texas -- Austin -- Biography. Women philanthropists -- Texas -- Austin -- Biography. Philanthropists -- Texas -- Austin -- Biography. Music patrons Philanthropists Women music patrons Women philanthropists Austin (Tex.) -- Biography. Fort Stockton (Tex.) -- Biography. Texas -- Austin Texas -- Fort Stockton Electronic books. Biographies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11182452

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Other authors / contributors:	Comer, Jim, 1944-
ISBN:	1603449795 9781603449793 9781603448024 1603448020
Notes:	Includes index. Print version record.
Summary:	On the southern portion of what was known as the Sibley's Pezuna del Caballo (Horse's Hoof) Ranch in West Texas' Culberson County are two mountains that nearly meet, forming a gap that frames a salt flat where Indigenous peoples and, later, pioneers came to gather salt to preserve foodstuffs. According to the US Geological Survey, the gap that provides this breathtaking and historic view is named "Jane's Window." In this book, Jane Dunn Sibley, the inimitable namesake of that mountain gap, gives readers a similarly enchanting view: she tells the story of a small-town West Texas girl coming into her own in Texas' capital city, where her commitment to philanthropy and the arts and her flair for fashion - epitomized by her signature buzzard feather - made her name a society staple.
Other form:	Print version: 9781603448024 1603448020

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.