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A Paradise Called Texas

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Author : Janice Jordan Shefelman
Publisher : Eakin Press
ISBN 13 : 9781940130651
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book A Paradise Called Texas written by Janice Jordan Shefelman and published by Eakin Press. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bluebonnet Award Nominee. - Searching for a better life, Mina, Papa, and Mama left their German fatherland aboard the brig Margaretha, bound for Texas. They had been told it was the paradise of North America, but when Mina steps onto the desolate beach at Indian Point on a cold December day in 1845, she wants to go back to Germany and Opa's cozy house in the village of Wehrestedt. But go on they must. In spite of mama's tragic death, Mina and Papa push inland with the Kaufmann family to the Texas hill country. There Mina encounters an Indian chief and his young daughter, Amaya, whose help she needs when Papa falls ill. Based on her ancestors' immigration to Texas, Janice Shefelman tells of a journey into the wilderness that is filled with hardship, tragedy and adventure . . . young readers will glimpse a fascinating view of what life in early Texas was like for German settlers.Texas

Paradise in Texas

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Author : William Benjamin Lewis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Paradise in Texas written by William Benjamin Lewis and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A German Paradise in Texas

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Author : Stephen A. Engelking
Publisher : Texianer Verlag
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book A German Paradise in Texas written by Stephen A. Engelking and published by Texianer Verlag. This book was released on 2019-12-06 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping historical novel about the Germans who left their home country more than 150 years ago. False promises of a better life and incompetent organisers attracted thousands who had little to lose back home to look for a new life in Texas with the hope of creating a New Germany free from tyranny and poverty. These courageous people created much of the culture of Texas today. This emotive rendering of Scheffel’s monumental ‘lost’ heart-rending classic makes this story available for English language readers for the first time. Notes are provided for additional background information.

Evening in Paradise

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Author : Lucia Berlin
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0374718318
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Evening in Paradise written by Lucia Berlin and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Berlin probably deserved a Pulitzer Prize." —Dwight Garner, The New York Times New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. Named one of the Best Books of 2018 by The Boston Globe, Kirkus, and Lit Hub. Named a Fall Read by Buzzfeed, ELLE, TIME, Nylon, The Boston Globe, Vulture, Newsday, HuffPost, Bustle,The A.V. Club, The Millions, BUST, Reinfery29, Fast Company and MyDomaine. A collection of previously uncompiled stories from the short-story master and literary sensation Lucia Berlin In 2015, Farrar, Straus and Giroux published A Manual for Cleaning Women, a posthumous story collection by a relatively unknown writer, to wild, widespread acclaim. It was a New York Times bestseller; the paper’s Book Review named it one of the Ten Best Books of 2015; and NPR, Time, Entertainment Weekly, The Guardian, The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and other outlets gave the book rave reviews. The book’s author, Lucia Berlin, earned comparisons to Raymond Carver, Grace Paley, Alice Munro, and Anton Chekhov. Evening in Paradise is a careful selection from Berlin’s remaining stories—twenty-two gems that showcase the gritty glamour that made readers fall in love with her. From Texas to Chile, Mexico to New York City, Berlin finds beauty in the darkest places and darkness in the seemingly pristine. Evening in Paradise is an essential piece of Berlin’s oeuvre, a jewel-box follow-up for new and old fans.

Paradise

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Author : Jill S. Alexander
Publisher : Feiwel & Friends
ISBN 13 : 1429995475
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Paradise written by Jill S. Alexander and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2011-07-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paisley Tillery is the drummer for a country rock band. If they can make it to the stage at the Texapalooza music fest, then Paisley will be closer to her dream of a career in music and a ticket out of her small Texas town. Drumming and music are what Paisley has always wanted. Until the band gets a new lead singer, the boy from Paradise, Texas. With Paradise in her life, what Paisley wants, and what she needs, complicate her dreams coming true.

A Paradise Called Texas

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Author : Janice Jordan Shefelman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (498 download)

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Anywhere But Paradise

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Author : Anne Bustard
Publisher : Carolrhoda Books
ISBN 13 : 1541514815
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book Anywhere But Paradise written by Anne Bustard and published by Carolrhoda Books. This book was released on 2018-03 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1960 twelve-year-old Peggy Sue and her family move to the island of Oahu, and she is finding it anything but paradise, because from the first day at school she is bullied and made fun of by the Hawaiian children, and she is worried sick about her beloved cat who is in manditory quarantine--and then the tsunami hits Hilo where her parents have gone on business.

Afro-Paradise

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Author : Christen A Smith
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252098099
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Afro-Paradise written by Christen A Smith and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tourists exult in Bahia, Brazil, as a tropical paradise infused with the black population's one-of-a-kind vitality. But the alluring images of smiling black faces and dancing black bodies masks an ugly reality of anti-black authoritarian violence. Christen A. Smith argues that the dialectic of glorified representations of black bodies and subsequent state repression reinforces Brazil's racially hierarchal society. Interpreting the violence as both institutional and performative, Smith follows a grassroots movement and social protest theater troupe in their campaigns against racial violence. As Smith reveals, economies of black pain and suffering form the backdrop for the staged, scripted, and choreographed afro-paradise that dazzles visitors. The work of grassroots organizers exposes this relationship, exploding illusions and asking unwelcome questions about the impact of state violence performed against the still-marginalized mass of Afro-Brazilians. Based on years of field work, Afro-Paradise is a passionate account of a long-overlooked struggle for life and dignity in contemporary Brazil.

A Paradise Called Texas

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Author : Janice Jordan Shefelman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780153021985
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (219 download)

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Download or read book A Paradise Called Texas written by Janice Jordan Shefelman and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Searching for a better life, Mina and her parents leave their German fatherland in 1845 and sail to Texas where they find hardship, tragedy, and adventure.

Native Texan

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Author : Joe Holley
Publisher : Trinity University Press
ISBN 13 : 1595343091
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Native Texan written by Joe Holley and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2024-07-30 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Native Texan: Stories from Deep in the Heart is a lively and personal tour of small town and big city Texas in search of what makes the state unique. Nationally acclaimed columnist Joe Holley is widely loved for his popular “Native Texan” column, which appears in the Houston Chronicle. In thirty stories curated from column archives, Holley introduces readers to his favorite people and places across the state. From interviews on the “weird” streets of Austin and his search for ghosts in Bigfoot to a decades-long love affair with everything about Marathon and hikes on the back trails of the Big Bend, Holley is a masterful storyteller. His instincts are backed by a seasoned journalist’s passion to measure legends and tall tales against investigations into what really happened. He reveals small-town Texas, and some small towns within the largest cities, with a style that has proven popular with readers and a keen eye for a unique spin on an old story. The result is an entertaining and certainly surprising view of the Lone Star state.

A Hill Country Paradise?

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Author : Elaine Perkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781475924602
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (246 download)

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Download or read book A Hill Country Paradise? written by Elaine Perkins and published by . This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mid-1800s, land speculators said that Western Travis County in Texas would be a paradise, a perfect place to grow crops, raise livestock, and build a life. Settlers were seduced by such stories, and many of them including a large segment of German immigrants made their way to this promised land. What they found was, for the most part, an arid area of cedar trees, poor soil, rocks, and snakes. Still, these hardy people carved out a good life for themselves, making the best of what they had, and their descendents continue to live in the area today. Historian and Travis County resident Elaine Perkins relates the tales of these settlers in A Hill Country Paradise, a moving testament to the pioneer spirit that made this place prosperous. From the earliest settlers through two world wars, Perkins reveals the tragedies and triumphs of those who made the county their home. This historical record brings this Texas county's past to life, recalling residents fighting for the Confederacy in the Civil War, breaking ground for a new homestead, rustling cattle, taking advantage of burgeoning business opportunities, squabbling, and heralding the arrival of electricity. Vivid details, solid research, and an intriguing narrative make A Hill Country Paradise not only educational, but also entertaining, securing the memory of this county's past for future generations.

After the Dinosaurs

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Author : James W. Westgate
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 9781885696328
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (963 download)

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Download or read book After the Dinosaurs written by James W. Westgate and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Eocene Epoch some 42 million years ago--about 20 million years after the demise of the dinosaurs--the area that today is the Lake Casa Blanca International State Park near Laredo was a tropical forest/coastal mangrove environment. Excavations at the site by Dr. James Westgate and his Lamar University students have uncovered fossils of 29 extinct mammal species and about as many species of crocodiles, turtles, sharks, rays, and giant water snakes. In this book, he reconstructs a clear picture of prehistoric life at Lake Casa Blanca, illustrated with drawings and paintings by Abby Salazar, a recent earth science graduate now pursuing a second degree in art.

Saving Paradise

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Author : Rita Nakashima Brock
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807067505
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (675 download)

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Download or read book Saving Paradise written by Rita Nakashima Brock and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Saving Paradise" offers a fascinating new lens on the history of Christianity, asking how its early vision of beauty evolved into a vision of torture, and what changes in society and theology marked that evolution.

The Living Waters of Texas

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Author : Ken Kramer
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1603443126
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book The Living Waters of Texas written by Ken Kramer and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In ten impassioned essays, veteran Texas environmental advocates and conservation professionals step outside their roles as lawyers, lobbyists, administrators, consultants, and researchers to write about water. Their personal stories of what the springs, rivers, bottomlands, bayous, marshes, estuaries, bays, lakes, and reservoirs mean to them and to our state come alive in the landscape photography of Charles Kruvand. Allied with the Texas Living Waters Project (a joint education and policy initiative of the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Environmental Defense Fund, among others), editor Ken Kramer joins his fellow activists in a call to keep rivers flowing, to protect wildlife habitat, and to save tax dollars by using water efficiently and sustainability. INSIDE THIS BOOK:Introduction: the Living Waters of Texas—Ken KramerWhere the First Raindrop Falls—David K. LangfordSpringing to Life: Keeping the Waters Flowing—Dianne WassenichHooked on Rivers—Myron J. HessFalling in Love with Bottomlands: Waters and Forests of East Texas—Janice BezansonOn the Banks of the Bayous: Preserving Nature in an Urban Environment—Mary Ellen WhitworthA Taste of the Marsh—Susan Raleigh KaderkaBays and Estuaries of Texas: An Ephemeral Treasure?—Ben F. Vaughan IIIRio Grande: Fragile Lifeline in the Desert—Mary E. KellyLeaving a Water Legacy for Texas—Ann Thomas HamiltonTexas Water Politics: Forty Years of Going with the Flow—Ken Kramer

Paradise in Texas

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Author : Cullinan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780153023781
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (237 download)

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Author : Larry McMurtry
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451608608
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Paradise written by Larry McMurtry and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long considered to be the brilliant dark horse of literary nonfiction, Pulitzer Prize–winning Larry McMurtry delivers a searing and reflective exploration of what paradise is, whether it exists, and how different it is from life in his Texas hometown. In 1999, Larry McMurtry, whose wanderlust had been previously restricted to the roads of America, set off for a trip to the paradise of Tahiti and the South Sea Islands in an old-fashioned tub of a cruise boat, at a time when his mother was slipping toward a paradise of her own. Opening up to her son in her final days, his mother makes a stunning revelation of a previous marriage and sends McMurtry on a journey of an entirely different kind. Vividly, movingly, and with infinite care, McMurtry paints a portrait of his parents' marriage against the harsh, violent landscape of West Texas. It is their roots—laced with overtones of hard work, bitter disappointment, and the Puritan ethic—that McMurtry challenges by traveling to Tahiti, a land of lush sensuality and easy living. With fascinating detail, shrewd observations, humorous pathos, and unforgettable characters, he begins to answer some of the questions of what paradise is, whether it exists, and how different it is from life in his hometown of Archer City, Texas.

A Paradise Called Texas

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Author : Janice Jordan Shefelman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (498 download)

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