Author : Gary Cartwright
Publisher :
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 26,87 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Galveston (Tex.)
ISBN :
Queen of the Gulf
Gary Cartwright
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Hotel Galvez, Queen of the Gulf
Gary Cartwright
Author : Gary Cartwright
Publisher :
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 30,93 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Galveston (Tex.)
ISBN : 9780578058580
History of the Hotel Galvez, A
Kathleen Maca
Author : Kathleen Maca
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,59 MB
Release : 2021-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1625858442
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.
Ghosts of Galveston
Kathleen Shanahan Maca
Author : Kathleen Shanahan Maca
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 23,60 MB
Release : 2016-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1625857403
Discover the haunting history of this town on the Texas coast—includes photos. One of the oldest cities in Texas, Galveston has witnessed more than its share of tragedies. Devastating hurricanes, yellow fever epidemics, fires, a major Civil War battle, and more cast a dark shroud on the city’s legacy. Ghostly tales creep throughout the history of famous tourist attractions and historical homes. The altruistic spirit of a schoolteacher who heroically pulled victims from the floodwaters during the great hurricane of 1900 roams the Strand. The ghosts of Civil War soldiers march up and down the stairs at night and pace in front of the antebellum Rogers Building. The spirit of an unlucky man decapitated by an oncoming train haunts the railroad museum, moving objects and crying in the night. In this fascinating book, Kathleen Shanahan Maca explores these and other haunted tales from the Oleander City.
Lost Galveston
Brian M. Davis
Author : Brian M. Davis
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 40,4 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738566849
For nearly 200 years, a permanent settlement at the mouth of Galveston Bay has welcomed pirates, sailors, immigrants, and visitors from around the world. As Galveston grew, its buildings were visible signs of the city's prosperity and the talent of its craftsmen. For many, this city was a gateway to America and an inspiration of what other communities in Texas and the Southwest would become. Although Galveston has thousands of historic buildings remaining, many have been lost to the elements and development over the years. Buildings such as the ones found within these pages define the character of our city and its culture.
Blood Will Tell
Gary Cartwright
Author : Gary Cartwright
Publisher : Gallery Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,53 MB
Release : 2018-03-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982101206
A riveting true story of money and murder and the trial of the Texas millionaire T. Cullen Davis—accused of attempting to kill his estranged wife and later plotting to hire a hit man to finish the job. This fascinating and bizarre true crime story of the murder trials of Texas oil tycoon T. Cullen Davis—the richest man ever indicted for murder—is "bloody wonderfully good" (George Plimpton).
The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea
Jack E. Davis
Author : Jack E. Davis
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 18,32 MB
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0871408678
Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for History Winner of the 2017 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction A National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction Finalist A New York Times Notable Book of 2017 One of the Washington Post's Best Books of the Year In this “cri de coeur about the Gulf’s environmental ruin” (New York Times), “Davis has written a beautiful homage to a neglected sea” (front page, New York Times Book Review). Hailed as a “nonfiction epic . . . in the tradition of Jared Diamond’s best-seller Collapse, and Simon Winchester’s Atlantic” (Dallas Morning News), Jack E. Davis’s The Gulf is “by turns informative, lyrical, inspiring and chilling for anyone who cares about the future of ‘America’s Sea’ ” (Wall Street Journal). Illuminating America’s political and economic relationship with the environment from the age of the conquistadors to the present, Davis demonstrates how the Gulf’s fruitful ecosystems and exceptional beauty empowered a growing nation. Filled with vivid, untold stories from the sportfish that launched Gulfside vacationing to Hollywood’s role in the country’s first offshore oil wells, this “vast and welltold story shows how we made the Gulf . . . [into] a ‘national sacrifice zone’ ” (Bill McKibben). The first and only study of its kind, The Gulf offers “a unique and illuminating history of the American Southern coast and sea as it should be written” (Edward O. Wilson).
I've Been Out There
Grady Gaines
Author : Grady Gaines
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 14,54 MB
Release : 2015-03-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 162349270X
In the 1950s, as the leader of the Upsetters, the original backing band for rock pioneer Little Richard, Grady Gaines first exposed the music world to his unique brand of “honkin’,” bombastic, attitude-drenched saxophone playing. In the years that followed, the Upsetters became the backing band for Sam Cooke and crisscrossed the country as the go-to-band for revue-style tours featuring James Brown, Gladys Knight and the Pips, the Supremes, Jackie Wilson, Little Willie John, and Etta James. In I’ve Been Out There, the Houston blues and R&B legend Grady Gaines speaks candidly about his sixty-year music career and life on the road supporting some of the biggest names in blues, soul, and R&B. This annotated autobiographical account details Gaines's professional triumphs and personal sacrifices. The book contains anecdotes about life on the road and in the studio during a period when the entertainment industry was vastly different, affording readers a glimpse into the creative makeup of a man whose distinctive sax playing powered some of the most popular songs of the era, helped define the genre, and mesmerized countless audiences.
Strange True Stories of Louisiana
George W. Cable
Author : George W. Cable
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 43,45 MB
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3734019370
Reproduction of the original: Strange True Stories of Louisiana by George W. Cable
The Diary of Heinrich Witt (10 vols.)
Ulrich Muecke
Author : Ulrich Muecke
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 7913 pages
File Size : 10,78 MB
Release : 2016-02-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9004307249
The diary of Heinrich Witt (1799-1892) is the most extensive private diary written in Latin America known to us today. Written in English by a German migrant who lived in Lima, it is a unique source for the history of Peru, and for international trade and migration.