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Oleander City

Author : Matt Bondurant
Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Oleander City written by Matt Bondurant and published by Blackstone Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06-14 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of the 1900 Galveston hurricane, three lives converge despite persecution from the Ku Klux Klan, a bare-knuckle boxing match gone wrong, and the recovery efforts of the American Red Cross. Based on a true story The hurricane of 1900, America’s worst natural disaster, left the island city of Galveston in ruins. Thousands perished, including all ninety-three children at the Sisters of the Incarnate Word orphanage—except six-year-old Hester, who miraculously survived. Oleander City is the tale of this little girl and the volatile collision between the American Red Cross, the Ku Klux Klan, and one of the most famous boxing matches in American history. The bout, organized to raise money for the recovery effort, featured the enigmatic veteran “Chrysanthemum Joe” Choynski, the most successful Jewish boxer in America, and Jack Johnson, a young hometown hero known as “the Galveston Giant.” The storied battle forged a bond between the two legendary fighters and put Johnson on the path to become the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time. Meanwhile, Clara Barton and the Red Cross minister to the sick and hungry as mounted vigilantes use the chaotic situation to settle old scores. After witnessing a terrible crime, Hester finds sanctuary with the ladies of the Red Cross, in a heartrending convergence of these historic figures.

The Handbook on Oleanders

Author : Richard M. Eggenberger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Handbook on Oleanders written by Richard M. Eggenberger and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Vick's Monthly Magazine ...

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Vick's Monthly Magazine ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Resilient City in World War II

Author : Simo Laakkonen
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030174395
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Resilient City in World War II written by Simo Laakkonen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-05-27 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fate of towns and cities stands at the center of the environmental history of World War II. Broad swaths of cityscapes were destroyed by the bombing of targets such as transport hubs, electrical grids, and industrial districts, and across Europe, Asia, and the Americas, urban environments were transformed by the massive mobilization of human and natural resources to support the conflict. But at the same time, the war saw remarkable resilience among the human and non-human residents of cities. Foregrounding the concept of urban resilience, this collection uncovers the creative survival strategies that city-dwellers of all kinds turned to in the midst of environmental devastation. As the first major study at the intersection of environmental, urban, and military history, The Resilient City in World War II lays the groundwork for an improved understanding of rapid change in urban environments, and how societies may adapt.

Galveston

Author : David G. McComb
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292793219
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Galveston written by David G. McComb and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A colorful history of the island city on Texas’s Gulf Coast and its survival through times of piracy, plague, civil war, and devastating natural disaster. On the Gulf edge of Texas between land and sea stands Galveston Island. Shaped continually by wind and water, it is one of earth’s ongoing creations, where time is forever new. Here, on the shoreline, embraced by the waves, a person can still feel the heartbeat of nature. And yet, for all the idyllic possibilities, Galveston’s history has been anything but tranquil. Across Galveston’s sands have walked Indians, pirates, revolutionaries, the richest men of nineteenth-century Texas, soldiers, sailors, bootleggers, gamblers, prostitutes, physicians, entertainers, engineers, and preservationists. Major events in the island’s past include hurricanes, yellow fever, smuggling, vice, the Civil War, the building of a medical school and port, raids by the Texas Rangers, and, always, the struggle to live in a precarious location. Galveston: A History is an engrossing account that also explores the role of technology and the often contradictory relationship between technology and the city, providing a guide to both Galveston history and the dynamics of urban development.

Disposal of Portions of March Air Force Base (AFB)

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 638 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Disposal of Portions of March Air Force Base (AFB) written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Final Environmental Impact Statement: Main vol. without special title

Author : United States. Department of the Air Force
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Final Environmental Impact Statement: Main vol. without special title written by United States. Department of the Air Force and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Texas, a Guide to the Lone Star State

Author : Best Books on
Publisher : Best Books on
ISBN 13 : 1623760429
Total Pages : 835 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (237 download)

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Download or read book Texas, a Guide to the Lone Star State written by Best Books on and published by Best Books on. This book was released on 1940 with total page 835 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Women, Culture, and Community

Author : Elizabeth Hayes Turner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198028059
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Women, Culture, and Community written by Elizabeth Hayes Turner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997-12-11 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries did middle- and upper-class southern women-black and white-advance from the private worlds of home and family into public life, eventually transforming the cultural and political landscape of their community? Using Galveston as a case study, Elizabeth Hayes Turner asks who where the women who became activists and eventually led to progressive reforms and the women sufferage movement. Turner discovers that a majority of them came from particular congregations, but class status had as much to do with reofrm as did religious motivation. The Hurricane of 1900, disfranchisement of black voters, and the creation of city commission government gave white women the leverage they needed to fight for a women's agenda for the city. Meanwhile, African American women, who were excluded from open civic association with whites, created their own organizations, implemented their own goals, and turned their energies to resisting and alleviating the numbing effects of racism. Separately white and black women created their own activist communities. Together, however, they changed the face of this New South city. Based on an exhaustive database of membership in community organizations compiled by the author from local archives, Women, Culture, and Community will appeal to students of race relations in the post-Reconstruction South, women's history, and religious history.

Texas Bankers Record

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Texas Bankers Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Old South and the New

Author : Charles Morris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 682 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Old South and the New written by Charles Morris and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

History of the Hotel Galvez, A

Author : Kathleen Maca
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625858442
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book History of the Hotel Galvez, A written by Kathleen Maca and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come walk the timeless halls of the Hotel Galvez. No expense was spared in the creation of this beautiful statement of Galveston's resilience, which stands as the only historic beachfront hotel in the state of Texas. Perched on the city's famed seawall, the building has weathered a century of hurricanes and even "served" in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II. Presidents, beauty pageant contestants, gamblers, movie stars, military heroes, newsmen and countless other guests have gazed out at the Gulf through its gracefully arched windows. Kathleen Maca recounts the legends and shares the secrets of this extraordinary hotel.

Slightly Bruised and a Little Broken

Author : Petite Breaux
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1503586073
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Slightly Bruised and a Little Broken written by Petite Breaux and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-07-25 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book tells the story of a young girl and everything she encountered from childhood into adulthood. It speaks of domestic violence, molestation, rape, family, friends, motherhood, and failed relationships. This book tells stories that others may be afraid or embarrassed to tell. This story comes in the mind of Shattered Dreams Meets a Cry for Help (not as brutal).

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships

Author : United States. Naval History Division
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships written by United States. Naval History Division and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An alphabetical arrangement of the ships of the continental and United States Navies, with a historical sketch of each one.

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships written by and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Heirloom Gardening in the South

Author : William C. Welch
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1603442138
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Heirloom Gardening in the South written by William C. Welch and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New edition of a classic work on Southern heirloom gardening . . .Heirloom plants belong in Southern gardens. Tough and adapted, tried and true, pretty and useful, these living antiques--passed through countless generations--represent the foundation of traditional gardens as we know them today. Heirloom Gardening in the South is a comprehensive resource that also offers a captivating, personal encounter with two dedicated and passionate gardeners whose love of heritage gardening infuses the work from beginning to end. Anyone who wants to know how to find and grow time-honored and pass-along plants or wants to create and nurture a traditional garden is sure to find this a must-have addition to their home gardening library. Inside the book: New essays on naturalizing daffodils, slips and starts, and growing fruit; A completely updated and expanded heirloom plant encyclopedia;Revised plant lists (bulbs, cemetery plants, etc.) New material on the creation of two of the authors' personal gardens Building on the popularity of the original edition, this lively, entertaining, and informative new book from two proven experts will be enthusiastically welcomed by gardeners and horticulturists throughout Texas and the South.

Vanished Texas Coast, The: Lost Port Towns, Mysterious Shipwrecks and Other True Tales

Author : Mark Lardas
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467149853
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Vanished Texas Coast, The: Lost Port Towns, Mysterious Shipwrecks and Other True Tales written by Mark Lardas and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People may associate Texas with cattle drives and oil derricks, but the sea has shaped the state's history as dramatically as it has delineated its coastline. Some of that history has vanished into the Gulf, whether it is an abandoned port town or a gale-tossed treasure fleet. Revisit the shipwreck that put Texas on the map. Add La Salle's lost colony, the Texas Navy's forgotten steamship and Galveston's overlooked 1915 hurricane to the navigational charts. From the submarines of Seawolf Park to the concrete tanker beached off Pelican Island, author Mark Lardas scours the coast to salvage the secrets of its sunken heritage.