Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students – serie
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Czech Voices: Stories from Texas in the ""Amerikan Narodni Kalendar
Av Clinton Machann, James W. Mendl Jr
Häftad, 1998
210 kr
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Texas Boundaries
Evolution of the State's Counties
Av Luke Gournay
Häftad, 2002
210 kr
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The history of Texas is mapped out in this atlas of Texas' geographical and political evolution. Texas Boundaries provides a concise reference to the boundary changes that have been part of the state's experience since the earliest days. From the early boundaries of New Spain to the 254 …
Empty Schoolhouse
Memories of One-room Texas Schools
Häftad, 2002
225 kr
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One- and two-room schools represent a paradoxical time in Texas history when school played second fiddle to family duties but still served as the focus of community life. Luther Bryan Clegg's The Empty Schoolhouse provides a direct link to the past through interviews with students who attended …
Roots of Texas Music
Av Lawrence S. Clayton, Joe W. Specht
Häftad, 2005
254 kr
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The music of Texas and the American Southwest is as diverse and distinctive as the many different groups who have lived in the region over the past several centuries, writes Gary Hartman in his introduction to this refreshingly different look at various genres of Texas music. ""The Roots of Texas …
First Waco Horror
The Lynching of Jesse Washington and the Rise of the NAACP
Häftad, 2006
246 kr
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In 1916, seventeen-year-old Jesse Washington, a retarded black boy, was publicly tortured, lynched, and burned on the town square of Waco, Texas. Drawing on extensive research in the national files of the NAACP, local newspapers and archives, and interviews with the descendants of participants in …
You Meet Such Interesting People
Häftad, 2008
217 kr
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At the age of twenty-five, Bess Whitehead Scott became the first woman reporter for the city desk of the ""Houston Post"". The year was 1915.Born near Blanket, Texas, in 1890, Scott grew up on a small farm held together by her widowed mother and eight brothers and sisters. She graduated from Baylor …
Recovering Five Generations Hence
The Life and Writing of Lillian Jones Horace
Av Karen Kossie-Chernyshev, Karen Kossie-Chernyshev
Inbunden, 2013
573 kr
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Born in the 1880s in Jefferson, Texas, Lillian B. Jones Horace grew up in Fort Worth and dreamed of being a college-educated teacher, a goal she achieved. But life was hard for her and other blacks living and working in the Jim Crow South. Her struggles convinced her that education, particularly …
Recovering Five Generations Hence
The Life and Writing of Lillian Jones Horace
Av Karen Kossie-Chernyshev, Karen Kossie-Chernyshev
Häftad, 2013
341 kr
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Born in the 1880s in Jefferson, Texas, Lillian B. Jones Horace grew up in Fort Worth and dreamed of being a college-educated teacher, a goal she achieved. But life was hard for her and other blacks living and working in the Jim Crow South. Her struggles convinced her that education, particularly …
After the Good War, Volume 135
A Vietnam Memoir
Inbunden, 2026
387 kr
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The fall of Saigon in 1975 marked the end of the Vietnam War—more than fifty years later, its memory is already fading, although its cultural impact remains. Beginning in the mid-1950s with the Republic of South Vietnam in a civil war with North Vietnam over communism, the United States's military …
Handbook of Texas Aggie Traditions Volume 136
Av Sue Owen
Häftad, 2027
280 kr
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"Texas Aggies, famously, are pretty fanatical about our traditions. Which is odd for a place that has changed so much," writes Sue Owen '94 in this first-of-its-kind book. The Handbook of Texas Aggie Traditions is an illustrated directory that will educate, intrigue, and delight readers. Each …
Intercity Bus Lines of the Southwest
A Photographic History
Av Jack Rhodes
Inbunden, 1988
352 kr
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Justice Lies in the District
The U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1902-1960
Inbunden, 1993
520 kr
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Long Ride in Texas
The Explorations of John Leonard Riddell
Av John Leonard Riddell, James O. Breedon
Inbunden, 1994
352 kr
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Tracks to the Sea
Galveston and Western Railroad Development, 1866-1900
Inbunden, 1999
352 kr
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Wichita Indians
Traders of Texas and the Southern Plains, 1540-1845
Inbunden, 2000
381 kr
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A history of the Wichita Indians from their first contact with Europeans in 1540 until 1845, when the United States annexed Texas. Offering descriptions of their battles, negotiations, trading practices and survival strategies, it traces their struggles to defend themselves from white settlers.
Wreck of the ""Belle"", the Ruin of La Salle
Inbunden, 2001
352 kr
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Robert Cavelier de La Salle was a daring explorer. This work examines the wreck of the Belle, the last of four vessels that he brought to America. The artefacts salvaged from the ship shed light on the efforts of La Salle to establish the first European settlement between Florida and Mexico.
Land!
Irish Pioneers in Mexican and Revolutionary Texas
Av Graham Davis
Inbunden, 2002
352 kr
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This is an account of the Irish settlers who founded Refugio and San Patricio and went on to take active roles in the economic and political development of Texas. It tells this Irish-Texan story of the search for land by looking at the experiences of the original impresarios John McMullen, James …
Foundations of Texan Philanthropy
Inbunden, 2004
342 kr
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The Lone Star State has produced not only revolutionary heroes and cowboy legends, but also larger-than-life promoters of philanthropic activity. The Foundations of Texan Philanthropy, the first systematic study of the origins of foundation philanthropy in early twentieth-century Texas, chronicles …
First Waco Horror
The Lynching of Jesse Washington and the Rise of the NAACP
Inbunden, 2005
352 kr
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In 1916, a crowd of ten to fifteen thousand cheering spectators watched as seventeen-year-old Jesse Washington, a retarded black boy, was publicly tortured, lynched, and burned on the town square of Waco, Texas. He had been accused and convicted in a kangaroo court for the rape and murder of a …
Fair Ways
How Six Black Golfers Won Civil Rights in Beaumont, Texas
Inbunden, 2005
352 kr
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In the summer of 1955, six African American golfers in Beaumont, Texas, began attacking the Jim Crow caste system when they filed a federal lawsuit for the right to play the municipal golf course. The golfers and their African American lawyers went to federal court and asked a conservative white …
Camino Del Norte
How a Series of Watering Holes, Fords, and Dirt Trails Evolved Into Interstate 35 in Texas
Inbunden, 2006
352 kr
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Some five hundred miles of superhighway run between the Rio Grande and the Red River - present-day Interstate 35. This towering achievement of modern transportation engineering links 7.7 million people, yet it all evolved from a series of humble little trails. The I-35 Corridor that runs …
Jewish Stars in Texas
Rabbis and Their Work
Häftad, 2006
216 kr
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Only a fraction of Texans are Jewish, yet Texas rabbis are among the most influential, colorful, and celebrated figures in the state's history and culture. In ""Jewish Stars in Texas"", Hollace Ava Weiner examines eleven rabbis whose wisdom and leadership extended throughout their communities. In …
Lynching to Belong
Claiming Whiteness Through Racial Violence
Inbunden, 2007
294 kr
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Thousands of black men died violently at the hands of mobs in the post - Civil War South. But in Brazos County, Texas, argues Cynthia Nevels, five such deaths in particular point to an emerging social phenomenon of the time: the desire of newly arrived European immigrants to assert their place in …
Twilight of the Texas Democrats
The 1978 Governor's Race
Inbunden, 2008
467 kr
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In 1978, Republican William P. Clements won the race for governor of the Lone Star State, marking the start of an interlude of two-party competition in the state. Eventually, Republican ascendancy would once again make Texas a ""safe"" place for a single party - but not the party that had dominated …
Aggies, Moms, and Apple Pie
Häftad, 2008
259 kr
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The college experience revolves around many things, not the least important of which is food. From dorm room cuisine to tailgate parties to care packages, higher education can present some distinctive new demands on a person's cooking skills, time, and recipe file. This special cookbook will help …
