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James Stephen Hogg

Author : Robert C. Cotner
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292763700
Total Pages : 898 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book James Stephen Hogg written by Robert C. Cotner and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-05-23 with total page 898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No other governor has become so completely identified with Texas and its citizens as Jim Hogg, the first native Texan to hold the state's highest office. His fame was not, however, easily earned. Orphaned at twelve, he worked as farmhand, typesetter, and country editor to finance his study of law, an endeavor that eventually led him into public life. Even before his admission to the bar in 1875 he served as justice of the peace in Wood County. Later, in two terms as district attorney (1881–1885), he proved himself a fearless prosecutor. His growing reputation, with his magnetic personality, brought him the attorney generalship in 1887, and in that office he fulfilled his campaign promises to enforce all laws. During Hogg's tenure, suits brought by his department resulted in the restoration of more than a million acres of state lands held by the railroads. In 1890 Hogg was elected governor. Early the next year he began urging his reform program, the keystone of which was establishment of the Railroad Commission. He also brought about the passage of laws preventing the watering of railroad securities, the indiscriminate issuance of municipal securities, and the establishment of landholding companies. Land ownership by aliens was likewise restricted. Throughout Hogg's public life, from iustice of the peace to governor, he was motivated by his concern for the welfare of the people. Invariably his criterion for evaluation of an issue was the effect of a decision upon the common welfare. In this democratic progressivism he was the Texas version of Thomas Jefferson or Theodore Roosevelt. Molded by his varied experiences, Jim Hogg was a man of many professions—printer, lawyer, politician, statesman, oil magnate. In these relationships he was still a warmly human person, a loving son, brother, husband, father, friend. His ambition to provide abundantly for his family was expansive enough to include all Texans; so his love for "the people" was reiterated in his public benefactions, through which Texans are even today still sharing his wealth. Jim Hogg's varied public life and his heart-warming personal life are dramatically presented in this absorbing biography. In it, the far-sweeping panorama of Texas development in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries is shown in relation to his dreams and achievements.

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

Author : James Hogg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner written by James Hogg and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published anonymously in 1824, this gothic mystery novel was written by Scottish author James Hogg. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner was published as if it were the presentation of a century-old document. The unnamed editor offers the reader a long introduction before presenting the document written by the sinner himself.

SPEECHES AND STATE PAPERS OF JAMES STEPHEN HOGG, EX-GOVERNOR OF TEXAS

Author : JAMES STEPHEN. HOGG
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781033911389
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (113 download)

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Download or read book SPEECHES AND STATE PAPERS OF JAMES STEPHEN HOGG, EX-GOVERNOR OF TEXAS written by JAMES STEPHEN. HOGG and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

James Stephen Hogg

Author : Robert Crawford Cotner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 615 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (731 download)

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Download or read book James Stephen Hogg written by Robert Crawford Cotner and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ima Hogg

Author : Virginia Bernhard
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1625110111
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (251 download)

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Download or read book Ima Hogg written by Virginia Bernhard and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Texas legend has it that James Stephen Hogg, Governor of Texas from 1890 to 1894, named his daughters Ima and Ura, but that is only half-true: there never was a Ura. Ima had three brothers, Will, Mike, and Tom. Ima Hogg, who was born in 1882 and died in 1975 at age 93, became a legend in her own right, and this book is her story. It is also the story of the extraordinary bond between a father and a daughter. James Stephen Hogg, who worked his way from a hardscrabble life in the piney woods of East Texas to the Governor's Mansion in Austin, was a giant in Texas politics, both literally (standing six feet three inches tall and weighing close to 300 pounds) and figuratively, as the champion of the "little people" against big business in the 1890s. He adored his daughter, and after his wife, Sallie Stinson Hogg, died of tuberculosis in 1895, Ima and her father drew even closer. Jim Hogg, a widower in his 40's with four children--Will, 20; Ima, 13, Mike, 10, and Tom, 8--left politics to practice law in Austin, and Ima became the "sunshine" of her father's household. While Ima attended the University of Texas and then studied music in New York City, ex-Governor Hogg pursued business interests, and was one of the early investors in the Texas oil boom after the Spindletop gusher in 1901. He was not a rich man when he died in 1906, but the old plantation he bought in Brazos County near West Columbia would eventually produce oil that would make Ima and her brothers wealthy. The Hogg children lived well, but they also devoted part of their time and money to the enrichment of the educational and cultural life of Texas. Will gave generously to the University of Texas, his alma mater, and to many other institutions, such as the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Houston YMCA. “Miss Ima,” as she was known (she never married), founded the Houston Symphony, served on the Houston School Board, established the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, and restored several historic Texas buildings, including the house at the Varner-Hogg Historic Site, which had been her father's beloved country home. In 1966 she gave her own house, filled with the priceless Early American art and furniture she had collected, as the Bayou Bend Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Thousands of people visit Bayou Bend every year, and this book describes its history, as well as that of an extraordinary Texas woman. Ima Hogg: The Goverrnor's Daughter is number 20 in the Fred Rider Cotten Popular History Series.

James Robertson Justice

Author : Robert Sellers
Publisher : Tomahawk Press (GA)
ISBN 13 : 9780953192670
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (926 download)

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Download or read book James Robertson Justice written by Robert Sellers and published by Tomahawk Press (GA). This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography of James Roberston Justice celebrates the secret life and glittering career of one of British cinema's finest and most recognisable screen personalities. James Robertson Justice made a treasure chest of classic British movies. He is best remembered as the bombastic Sir Lancelot Spratt in Doctor in the House (1954), but also starred in many wonderful films, both comedies and drama, often portrayed as a domineering (if frequently soft-centred) ogre. This book unravels for the first time, through detailed research and original interviews with those close to him, the myriad complexities of one of Britain's finest actors. The book is fully illustrated with many rare photos. A must buy for fans of classic British films. The book features a foreword by Prince Philip.

Edinburgh Companion to James Hogg

Author : Ian Duncan
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748655166
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Edinburgh Companion to James Hogg written by Ian Duncan and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-11 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide devoted to its subject, the book draws on recent breakthroughs in research on Hogg to illuminate the urgent debates and fruitful contexts that helped to shape his writings. Essays written by an international team of scholars provide an indispensab

More Than Just A Good Life

Author : James Hogg
Publisher : Constable
ISBN 13 : 9781472129222
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (292 download)

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Download or read book More Than Just A Good Life written by James Hogg and published by Constable. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term 'national treasure' has seldom been more appropriate. Richard Briers was not only the nation's favourite next-door neighbour thanks to his work in the iconic BBC sitcom The Good Life, he was an actor you felt like you really knew, despite having only seen him on stage or screen. While his role as Tom Good might be considered the pinnacle of Richard's sixty-year career, it sits atop a mountain of roles that combined represent one of the most productive and varied careers in British entertainment history. Indeed, Richard's television work alone makes up a not insignificant portion of our country's best endeavours on the small screen, from Jackanory and the anarchic Roobarb and Custard through to Dr Who, Inspector Morse, Ever Decreasing Circles, Extras, and the long-running comedy drama, Monarch of the Glen. On the big screen Richard appeared alongside Raquel Welch, Robert De Niro, Denzel Washington, Kathy Bates and Michael Keaton, and he even taught Keanu Reeves how to act like Sir Henry Irving. But it was on the stage where Richard felt most at home as, in addition to testing him as an actor, it would often satisfy his passion for taking risks. Appearances in the West End were often interspersed with pantomime seasons or a world tour playing King Lear alongside Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson. He was, as he always described himself, 'just a jobbing actor'. Anecdote-rich, this revealing but celebratory book will also lift the lid on the stories behind the shows, films and plays that made up this extraordinarily prolific career, not to mention Richard's working and personal relationships with many of his best-known collaborators and co-stars.

James Hogg and the Literary Marketplace

Author : Sharon-Ruth Alker
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9780754665694
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (656 download)

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Download or read book James Hogg and the Literary Marketplace written by Sharon-Ruth Alker and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Responding to the resurgence of interest in the Scottish working-class writer James Hogg, Alker and Nelson offer the first edited collection devoted to a critical examination of his writings. The essays explore the varied and experimental works of Hogg to establish that they deserve a central place in Romantic studies and to demonstrate that they anticipate and address many recent concerns voiced in contemporary discussions of literature.

Ima & the Great Texas Ostrich Race

Author : Margaret Olivia McManis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781571686053
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Ima & the Great Texas Ostrich Race written by Margaret Olivia McManis and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1892 on a Texas ranch, ten-year-old Ima Hogg rides her pet ostrich in a race against her brothers who are on horsback. Includes facts about the real Ima, daughter of Texas Governor James Stephen Hogg.

Electric Shepherd

Author : Karl Miller
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 9780571218172
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (181 download)

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Download or read book Electric Shepherd written by Karl Miller and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2005 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dazzling portrait of the life and times of James Hogg. Electric Shepherd is a likeness of James Hogg, Scottish Borderer and international literary star, who shared an epoch and an environment with Walter Scott. His novel, the Confessions of a Justified Sinner, is one of the great works of European Romanticism. 'Miller's writing seems to breathe the air of the period so steadily and so deeply that the reader might occasionally experience a part of himself venturing forth to mingle with the multitude of personalities on display.' Andrew O'Hagan, Telegraph

Assessing Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

Author : James Hogg
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1405150289
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Assessing Adults with Intellectual Disabilities written by James Hogg and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook helps professionals working with adults withintellectual disabilities to establish the needs of individualsthrough systematic assessment and to monitor and evaluate theeffectiveness of the service they provide. A comprehensive handbook for professionals working with adultswith intellectual disabilities. Enables these professionals to establish the needs ofindividuals Helps them to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of theservice they provide. Expert contributions include conceptual chapters anddescriptions of selected assessment instruments. Covers the full spectrum of need, including adults with mentalhealth difficulties, behavioural problems, forensic needs andassessment of people with profound intellectual and multipledisabilities, and those suspected of developing dementia.

Hello, Darlings!

Author : James Hogg
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448168317
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Hello, Darlings! written by James Hogg and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spontaneous, hilarious, irrepressible and, of course, trailblazing - Kenny Everett was revolutionary in television and radio comedy. Chris Evans, Chris Moyles, Rob Brydon and Steve Wright have all cited Kenny as a huge influence on their work - even the great Spike Milligan called him a genius. It was Kenny who developed the radio show format with which we are so familiar today: a mix of music, jingles, funny voices and sound effects. When he seamlessly made the move to television in the seventies, he created unforgettable characters such as Sid Snot, Cupid Stunt and Marcel Wave. Rarely seen without a smile on his face in public, in reality, Kenny was a deeply insecure man who suffered severe bouts of depression. He also struggled with his sexuality, only coming out to the public in 1985. Diagnosed with HIV in 1987, Kenny died in 1995. This in-depth and affectionate biography has been fully authorised by Kenny's family and contains original interviews with Kenny's sister, Kate and with his former wife, Lee, as well as entertainment figures such as Barry Cryer, Cliff Richard, Chris Tarrant and Paul Gambaccini. Packed with fabulous stories about the highs and lows of Kenny's life, his great friendships with The Beatles and Freddie Mercury, this is a book that any fan of comedy and entertainment must read.

The Smell of War

Author : Virginia Bernhard
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1623495997
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book The Smell of War written by Virginia Bernhard and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historian Virginia Bernhard has deftly woven together the memoirs and letters of three American soldiers—Henry Sheahan, Mike Hogg, and George Wythe—to capture a vivid, poignant portrayal of what it was like to be “over there.” These firsthand recollections focus the lens of history onto one small corner of the war, into one small battlefield, and in doing so they reveal new perspectives on the horrors of trench warfare, life in training camps, transportation and the impact of technology, and the post-armistice American army of occupation. Henry Sheahan’s memoir, A Volunteer Poilu, was first published in 1916. He was a Boston-born, Harvard-educated ambulance driver for the French army who later became a well-known New England nature writer, taking a family name “Beston” as his surname. George Wythe, from Weatherford, Texas, was a descendant of the George Wythe who signed the Declaration of Independence. Mike Hogg, born in Tyler, Texas, was the son of former Texas governor James Stephen Hogg. The Smell of War, by collecting and annotating the words of these three individuals, paints a new and revealing literary portrait of the Great War and those who served in it.

Speeches and State Papers of James Stephen Hogg, Ex-governor of Texas

Author : James Stephen Hogg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Speeches and State Papers of James Stephen Hogg, Ex-governor of Texas written by James Stephen Hogg and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Contributions to Scottish Periodicals

Author : James Hogg
Publisher : Stirling / South Carolina Rese
ISBN 13 : 9781474435840
Total Pages : 630 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book Contributions to Scottish Periodicals written by James Hogg and published by Stirling / South Carolina Rese. This book was released on 2021-10-31 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Hogg's contributions to Scottish periodicals from 1810 onwards as they appeared in their original form.

Our Fighting Governor

Author : Janet Schmelzer
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1623492106
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book Our Fighting Governor written by Janet Schmelzer and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2014-09-24 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the apex of progressive reform in Texas from 1907 to 1911, Thomas M. Campbell served as the state’s chief executive. Closely associated with former Texas Governor James Stephen Hogg, Campbell played a central role in reviving the Hogg reform movement and building a strong record of progressive laws in areas such as social welfare, public education, and tax reform. In the broader context of southern progressivism, Campbell was a leading progressive governor much like Hoke Smith of Georgia, Benjamin Comer of Alabama, Charles B. Aycock of North Carolina, and Andrew Jackson Montague of Virginia. This full biography of Campbell’s life and political career shines a light on his contributions and successes as well as his failures and shortcomings. In Our Fighting Governor, Janet Schmelzer explores Campbell’s life, political career, and legacy. At the same time, she provides new insight into the inner workings of the Texas Democratic Party at the turn of the twentieth century. She uncovers Campbell’s political philosophy and the importance of his leadership that guided the agenda for progressive reform, resulted in the passage of reform legislation, and marked him as a southern progressive governor.