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Port Isabel

Author : Valerie D. Bates
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0738596876
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (385 download)

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Download or read book Port Isabel written by Valerie D. Bates and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-04 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1830s, a small community known as El Fronton de Santa Isabel set roots on the banks of the Laguna Madre Bay. Official claim for the land was granted to Don Rafael Garcia as part of the Potrero ("Pasture") de Santa Isabel in 1828. Less than two decades later, Point Isabel was home to Zachary Taylor's Fort Polk and found itself a home base during the Mexican-American War. In 1853, construction was completed on the Point Isabel lighthouse, a navigational beacon with a 16-mile view. Port Isabel was incorporated in 1928, and a deep-water port shipped its first commercial load in 1937. By the 1950s, Port Isabel was the "Shrimping Capital of the World," and the first Queen Isabella Causeway connected South Padre Island to the mainland. Port Isabel continues to deepen its roots on the banks of the Laguna Madre Bay. Heritage and cultural tourism, a relaxed quality of life, and an appreciation for all things coastal are synonymous with Port Isabel.

Between the Fences

Author : Tony Hefner
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13 : 1609801741
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Between the Fences written by Tony Hefner and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something at the Texas detention facility is terribly wrong, and Tony Hefner knows it. But the guards are repeatedly instructed not to speak of anything they witness. In the Rio Grande Valley, one of the most poverty-stricken areas in the United States, good jobs are scarce and the detention facility pays the best wages for a hundred miles. The guards follow orders and keep quiet. For six years, Tony Hefner was a security guard at the Port Isabel Service Processing Center, one of the largest immigration detention centers in America, and witnessed alarming corruption and violations of basic human rights. Officers preyed upon the very people whom they are sworn to protect. On behalf of the 1,100 men, women, and children residing there on an average day, and the 1,500 new undocumented immigrants who pass through its walls every month, this is the story of the systematic sexual, physical, financial, and drug-related abuses of detainees by guards.

Shrimp Tales: Port Isabel and Brownsville Shrimping History

Author : Rudy Garcia
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781943267736
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (677 download)

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Download or read book Shrimp Tales: Port Isabel and Brownsville Shrimping History written by Rudy Garcia and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-08 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the shrimping industry in the Rio Grande Valley on the Texas coast. Contains interviews with shrimpers from the heyday of the industry, 1940s - 1970s.

Atlantic Coast of the United States

Author : United States. Coast Guard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Atlantic Coast of the United States written by United States. Coast Guard and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Padre Island Story

Author : Loraine Daly
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The Padre Island Story written by Loraine Daly and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-11-11 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Padre Island Story" by Loraine Daly, Pat Reumert. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Utility Corporations

Author : United States. Federal Trade Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 856 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Utility Corporations written by United States. Federal Trade Commission and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Star Wars Workbook: 3rd Grade Math

Author : Workman Publishing
Publisher : Workman Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0761189351
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (611 download)

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Download or read book Star Wars Workbook: 3rd Grade Math written by Workman Publishing and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make learning an intergalactic adventure!

Port Series

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Port Series written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, on Civil Works Activities

Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1538 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, on Civil Works Activities written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 1538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Federal Register

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 792 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Federal Register written by and published by . This book was released on 1967-03 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dockside Reading

Author : Isabel Hofmeyr
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 1478022361
Total Pages : 75 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Dockside Reading written by Isabel Hofmeyr and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2021-11-08 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Dockside Reading Isabel Hofmeyr traces the relationships among print culture, colonialism, and the ocean through the institution of the British colonial Custom House. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, dockside customs officials would leaf through publications looking for obscenity, politically objectionable materials, or reprints of British copyrighted works, often dumping these condemned goods into the water. These practices, echoing other colonial imaginaries of the ocean as a space for erasing incriminating evidence of the violence of empire, informed later censorship regimes under apartheid in South Africa. By tracking printed matter from ship to shore, Hofmeyr shows how literary institutions like copyright and censorship were shaped by colonial control of coastal waters. Set in the environmental context of the colonial port city, Dockside Reading explores how imperialism colonizes water. Hofmeyr examines this theme through the concept of hydrocolonialism, which puts together land and sea, empire and environment.

Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers on Civil Works Activities

Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Civil Works Directorate
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1484 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers on Civil Works Activities written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Civil Works Directorate and published by . This book was released on with total page 1484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Public Works Appropriations for 1969 for Water and Power Resources Development and the Atomic Energy Commission

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1266 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Public Works Appropriations for 1969 for Water and Power Resources Development and the Atomic Energy Commission written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 1266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Interstate Commerce Commission Reports

Author : United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 876 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Interstate Commerce Commission Reports written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War for the Year ...

Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1516 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War for the Year ... written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 1516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Island Beneath the Sea

Author : Isabel Allende
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063049643
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Island Beneath the Sea written by Isabel Allende and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and A Long Petal of the Sea tells the story of one unforgettable woman—a slave and concubine determined to take control of her own destiny—in this sweeping historical novel that moves from the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish parlors of New Orleans at the turn of the 19th century “Allende is a master storyteller at the peak of her powers.”—Los Angeles Times The daughter of an African mother she never knew and a white sailor, Zarité—known as Tété—was born a slave on the island of Saint-Domingue. Growing up amid brutality and fear, Tété found solace in the traditional rhythms of African drums and the mysteries of voodoo. Her life changes when twenty-year-old Toulouse Valmorain arrives on the island in 1770 to run his father’s plantation, Saint Lazare. Overwhelmed by the challenges of his responsibilities and trapped in a painful marriage, Valmorain turns to his teenaged slave Tété, who becomes his most important confidant. The indelible bond they share will connect them across four tumultuous decades and ultimately define their lives.

Texas Place Names

Author : Edward Callary
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477320660
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)

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Download or read book Texas Place Names written by Edward Callary and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] linguist . . . takes readers on a tour across the state, using names and language to tell its history.” ―Alcalde Was Gasoline, Texas, named in honor of a gas station? Nope, but the name does honor the town’s original claim to fame: a gasoline-powered cotton gin. Is Paris, Texas, a reference to Paris, France? Yes: Thomas Poteet, who donated land for the town site, thought it would be an improvement over “Pin Hook,” the original name of the Lamar County seat. Ding Dong’s story has a nice ring to it; the name was derived from two store owners named Bell, who lived in Bell County, of course. Tracing the turning points, fascinating characters, and cultural crossroads that shaped Texas history, Texas Place Names provides the colorful stories behind these and more than three thousand other county, city, and community names. Drawing on in-depth research to present the facts behind the folklore, linguist Edward Callary also clarifies pronunciations (it’s NAY-chis for Neches, referring to a Caddoan people whose name was attached to the Neches River during a Spanish expedition). A great resource for road trippers and historians alike, Texas Place Names alphabetically charts centuries of humanity through the enduring words (and, occasionally, the fateful spelling gaffes) left behind by men and women from all walks of life. “[A] quite useful book.” ―Austin American-Statesman