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Fires, Floods, Explosions, and Bloodshed

Author : Andrew Braunberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781649670168
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Fires, Floods, Explosions, and Bloodshed written by Andrew Braunberg and published by . This book was released on 2023-05-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Americans settled Texas in the 1830s, they brought their booze with them and found some made by the locals when they got here! Before long, the Lone Star State had a thriving distillery business, more than a century ahead of modern craft distillers that are changing the face of the spirits industry today. This is a fascinating history filled all too frequently with floods, fires, explosions, and lots of bad luck. Had the development of Texas happened a little differently, the state might have well become a major whiskey producer intertwined with barbed wire, refrigeration, cattle, railways, oil, and cooperage all coming into play. Texas distilling is older than both the American and Texan Republics, but the history of transforming grains into whiskey in Texas goes back to at least the early 1840s. No spirit is more associated with the state's frontier history than American whiskey. But even during its wildest days, there was a vocal prohibitionist element in Texas that was working to outlaw distilleries, and more importantly, close the saloons. Texas distillers also made liquor for the Confederate war effort, and operations in Tyler and near present day Denison played an often-overlooked role in supporting the troops in the field with medicinal whiskey. After the war, home-grown Texas whiskey found a market and seemed destined to takes its place among the great American spirits of its day.

The Texas City Disaster, 1947

Author : Hugh W. Stephens
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 9780292777231
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (772 download)

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Download or read book The Texas City Disaster, 1947 written by Hugh W. Stephens and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On April 16, 1947, a small fire broke out among bags of ammonium nitrate fertilizer in the hold of the ship Grandcamp as it lay docked at Texas City, Texas. Despite immediate attempts to extinguish the fire, it rapidly intensified until the Grandcamp exploded in a blast that caused massive loss of life and property. In the ensuing chaos, no one gave much thought to the ship in the next slip, the High Flyer. It exploded sixteen hours later. The story of the Texas City explosions—America's worst industrial disaster in terms of casualties—has never been fully told until now. In this book, Hugh W. Stephens draws on official reports, newspaper and magazine articles, personal letters, and interviews with several dozen survivors to provide the first full account of the disaster at Texas City. Stephens describes the two explosions and the heroic efforts of Southeast Texans to rescue survivors and cope with extensive property damage. At the same time, he explores why the disaster occurred, showing how a chain of indifference and negligence made a serious industrial accident almost inevitable, while a lack of emergency planning allowed it to escalate into a major catastrophe. This gripping, cautionary tale holds important lessons for a wide reading public.

The Associated Press Library of Disasters: Fires and explosions

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Associated Press Library of Disasters: Fires and explosions written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Associated Press Library of Disasters

Author : Associated Press
Publisher : Grolier Academic Reference
ISBN 13 : 9780717291731
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (917 download)

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Download or read book The Associated Press Library of Disasters written by Associated Press and published by Grolier Academic Reference. This book was released on 1997-09-01 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disasters caused by fires and explosions. Included are the dock fire in Hoboken, New Jersey, the Iroquois Theater Fire, the Rhoads Opera House explosion, the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, forest fires in Minnesota and Wisconsin, the Missouri dance hall explosion, Cleveland Clinic explosion, the Ohio State Penitentiary fire, fire in Hakodate, Japan, New London school explosion, the dance hall fire in Natchez, Mississippi, Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire, Knights of Columbus Hostel fire, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus fire, dynamite truck explosions, L'Innovation department store fire, Club Cinq Sept fire, Taeyonkak Hotel fire, Beverly Hills Supper Club fire, Salang Tunnel explosion, forest fires in China, sewer explosions in Mexico, fuel-flood fire in Egypt, and the Tent-City fire in Saudi Arabia.

Texas Whiskey

Author : Nico Martini
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1646431197
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (464 download)

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Download or read book Texas Whiskey written by Nico Martini and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First Written Mention of Scotch was in 1495. The first record of Irish whiskey was 90 years prior. Japan's first commercial production of their version was in 1924, but whisky production began there around 1870. In the United States, rye whiskey was first made in the 1790s in Pennsylvania, with bourbon quickly following in Kentucky. Texas' first whiskey hit the market in 2008. For the first time ever, the remarkable story of the Lone Star State's favorite spirit is told in Texas Whiskey. Join Nico Martini as he tastes his way through an amazing community of boundary-pushing innovators trying every technique imaginable to define what Texas whiskey can be. Inside You'll Find, Profiles of Over 35 Grain-to-Glass Distilleries Organized by Region, Lively Tasting Notes for Over 100 Expressions, Insights from Industry Insiders, from Master Distillers to Farmers and Bartenders, Tips for Making the Most of a Texas Whiskey Road Trip, Discover Why Texas Whiskeys are Considered Some of the Best in the World. Book jacket.

Congressional Record

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1158 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 1158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

World's Worst Fires

Author : Janey Levy
Publisher : Rosen Classroom
ISBN 13 : 9781404245396
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (453 download)

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Download or read book World's Worst Fires written by Janey Levy and published by Rosen Classroom. This book was released on 2008-07-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fire is one of the most common forces of destruction. Some fires, though, have made history because of their immense damage. This book describes some of the worst fires in history.

Hiroshima

Author : John Hersey
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0593082362
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Hiroshima written by John Hersey and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hiroshima is the story of six people—a clerk, a widowed seamstress, a physician, a Methodist minister, a young surgeon, and a German Catholic priest—who lived through the greatest single manmade disaster in history. In vivid and indelible prose, Pulitzer Prize–winner John Hersey traces the stories of these half-dozen individuals from 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, when Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city, through the hours and days that followed. Almost four decades after the original publication of this celebrated book, Hersey went back to Hiroshima in search of the people whose stories he had told, and his account of what he discovered is now the eloquent and moving final chapter of Hiroshima.

Blue and Gray on the Border

Author : Christopher L. Miller
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1623496845
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book Blue and Gray on the Border written by Christopher L. Miller and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-23 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Runner-up, 2019 Texas Old Missions and Forts Restoration Book Award, sponsored by the Texas Old Missions and Forts Restoration Association (TOMFRA) Most general histories of the Civil War pay scant attention to the many important military events that took place in the Lower Rio Grande Valley along the Texas-Mexico border. It was here, for example, that many of the South’s cotton exports, all-important to its funding for the war effort, were shuttled across the Rio Grande into Mexico for shipment to markets across the Atlantic. It was here that the Union blockade was felt perhaps most keenly. And it was here where longstanding cross-border rivalries and shifting political fortunes on both sides of the river made for a constant undercurrent of intrigue. And yet, most accounts of this long and bloody conflict give short shrift to the complexities of the ethnic tensions, political maneuvering, and international diplomacy that vividly colored the Civil War in this region. Now, Christopher L. Miller, Russell K. Skowronek, and Roseann Bacha-Garza have woven together the history and archaeology of the Lower Rio Grande Valley into a densely illustrated travel guide featuring important historical and military sites of the Civil War period. Blue and Gray on the Border integrates the sites, colorful personalities, cross-border conflicts, and intriguing historical vignettes that outline the story of the Civil War along the Texas-Mexico border. This resource-packed book will aid heritage travelers, students, and history buffs in their discovery of the rich history of the Civil War in the Rio Grande Valley.

La Belle, the Ship That Changed History

Author : Bullock Texas State History Museum
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1623490847
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book La Belle, the Ship That Changed History written by Bullock Texas State History Museum and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After two decades of searching for La Salle’s lost ship La Belle, Texas Historical Commission (THC) divers in 1995 located a shipwreck containing historic artifacts of European origin in the silty bottom of Matagorda Bay, off the coast of Texas. The first cannon lifted from the waters bore late seventeenth-century French insignias. The ill-fated La Belle had been found. Under the direction of then-THC Archeology Division Director James Bruseth, the THC conducted a full excavation of the water-logged La Belle. The conservation was subsequently completed at Texas A&M University’s Conservation Research Laboratory, resulting in preservation of more than one million artifacts from the wreck. An official naval vessel granted to La Salle by the king of France in 1684, La Belle is still considered a sovereign naval vessel belonging to the French government under international maritime law. A formal agreement negotiated by the French Republic, the Musée national de la Marine, the US Department of State, and the THC allows the ship and artifacts to remain in Texas permanently and to be housed in an exhibit at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin, opening October 2014. This richly illustrated catalog will accompany the exhibit.

The Evening Journal ... Almanac

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Evening Journal ... Almanac written by and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Truth

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 900 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Truth written by and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Racial Borders

Author : James N. Leiker
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781603441599
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book Racial Borders written by James N. Leiker and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Civil War ended, hundreds of African Americans enlisted in the U.S. Army to gain social mobility and regular pay. These black soldiers protected white communities, forced Native Americans onto government reservations, patrolled the Mexican border, and broke up labor disputes in mining areas. Despised by the white settlers they protected, many black soldiers were sent to posts along the Texas-Mexico border. The interactions there among blacks, whites, and Hispanics during the period leading up to World War I offer Leiker the opportunity to study the opportunity to study the complicated, even paradoxical nature of American race relations.

The Alamo

Author : Frank Thompson
Publisher : Voice
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Alamo written by Frank Thompson and published by Voice. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although The Alamo fell in the early morning of March 6, 1836, the death of the Alamo defenders has come to symbolize courage and sacrifice for the cause of liberty. The memories of James Bowie, Davy Crockett, and William B. Travis are as powerful today as when the Texan Army routed Santa Anna to the cry "Remember the Alamo!" This book is more than a tribute to those who fell defending the mission. It is a thoroughly researched, vividly illustrated, objective description of the circumstances building up to and leading from that stand. By using contemporary writings, this history describes the political and military organizations of both sides, the weapons and equipment available to them, and the enduringly famous personalities involved, creating a vivid picture of this dramatic battle and the period in which it was fought.

A Book of Golden Deeds

Author : Charlotte Mary Yonge
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Book of Golden Deeds written by Charlotte Mary Yonge and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 1927 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Now it Can Be Told

Author : Philip Gibbs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Now it Can Be Told written by Philip Gibbs and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Aftermath

Author : Nir Rosen
Publisher : Nation Books
ISBN 13 : 0786727586
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Aftermath written by Nir Rosen and published by Nation Books. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nir Rosen’s Aftermath, an extraordinary feat of reporting, follows the contagious spread of radicalism and sectarian violence that the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the ensuing civil war have unleashed in the Muslim world. Rosen—who the Weekly Standard once bitterly complained has “great access to the Baathists and jihadists who make up the Iraqi insurgency”— has spent nearly a decade among warriors and militants who have been challenging American power in the Muslim world. In Aftermath, he tells their story, showing the other side of the U.S. war on terror, traveling from the battle-scarred streets of Baghdad to the alleys, villages, refugee camps, mosques, and killing grounds of Jordan, Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, and finally Afghanistan, where Rosen has a terrifying encounter with the Taliban as their “guest,” and witnesses the new Obama surge fizzling in southern Afghanistan. Rosen was one of the few Westerners to venture inside the mosques of Baghdad to witness the first stirrings of sectarian hatred in the months after the U.S. invasion. He shows how weapons, tactics, and sectarian ideas from the civil war in Iraq penetrated neighboring countries and threatened their stability, especially Lebanon and Jordan, where new jihadist groups mushroomed. Moreover, he shows that the spread of violence at the street level is often the consequence of specific policies hatched in Washington, D.C. Rosen offers a seminal and provocative account of the surge, told from the perspective of U.S. troops on the ground, the Iraqi security forces, Shiite militias and Sunni insurgents that were both allies and adversaries. He also tells the story of what happened to these militias once they outlived their usefulness to the Americans. Aftermath is both a unique personal history and an unsparing account of what America has wrought in Iraq and the region. The result is a hair- raising, 360-degree view of the modern battlefield its consequent humanitarian catastrophe, and the reality of counterinsurgency.