Blades in the Sky: Windmilling through the Eyes of B. H. "Tex" Burdick
No water ever tasted better than when it came up clear and cool from deep in the ground, its flow pulsing to the steady rhythm of the wind-driven pump. . . . Windmill men such as Tex Burdick and others described in Baker’s narrative deserve much credit for making life possible in semi-desert rural areas of Texas, New Mexico, and other parts of the West. —Elmer Kelton, from the forewordDuring the Great Depression the windmillers of the Burdick & Burdick Company of El Paso, one of the...
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\ BooknewsPapers presented at the 1984 and 1986 Citadel symposia on southern politics. A collection of photos made from 1923 to 1942 of Burdick & Burdick Co. (of El Paso)--mills, drills, and construction. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
