From Abercrombie to the Violet Crown - Burneson

Mike Cox at the Lone Star Book blog has perked up and informs us of a new volume on neighborhood history in Austin. "From Abercrombie to the Violet Crown, A History-in-Progress: Brentwood and Crestview, Austin, Texas" by Susan Burneson. (Available from the author at nimbus@austin.rr.com, $20.) Mike titles his article and begins: " Book on Crestview brings back a lot of memories "My home life didn't quite stack up to "Leave It To Beaver" level in 1958, but all these decades later, it's easy to understand why so many of us who were there tend to look back at the 1950s as an idyllic time. You know. Safe streets. No TAKS tests or whatever they're called now. Homemade Halloween candy. Life in the suburbs, at least in Austin, Texas, USA was generally good. A year after Russia shocked the world by launching the first man-made satellite, I lived in the Crestview neighborhood in Austin. Just a block from our duplex was the Crestview Shopping Center that in one small area provided for most of our day-to-day needs. We could shop at a small grocery store (still in business all these years later), a drug store (yep, still here), a dry cleaners, and a hardware-variety store."  Read more of Mike's essay: http://lonestarbooks.blogspot.com/2010/02/book-on-crestview-brings-back-lot-of.html   This is Mike, still ranging after all these years!