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- History
- ISBN
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
TCU Press
ISBN-10
0875651909
ISBN-13
9780875651903
eBay Product ID (ePID)
272332
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
344 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Galveston : a History of the Island
Publication Year
1998
Subject
United States / State & Local / General, United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx)
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
History
Series
Chisholm Trail Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
19.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
98-003289
Dewey Edition
20
Series Volume Number
18
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
976.4/139
Synopsis
This history of Galveston provides on overview of the city's past and provides readers, researchers, and tourists with information about today's historical points of interest., Galveston--a small, flat island off the Texas Gulf coast--has seen some of the state's most amazing history and fascinating people. First settled by the Karankawa Indians, long suspected of cannibalism, it was where the stranded Cabeza de Vaca came ashore in the 16th century. Pirate Jean Lafitte used it as a hideout in the early 1800s and both General Sam Houston and General James Long (with his wife, Jane, the "Mother of Texas") stayed on its shores. More modern notable names on the island include Robert Kleberg and the Moody, Sealy and Kempner families who dominated commerce and society well into the twentieth century. Captured by both sides during the Civil War and the scene of a devastating sea battle, the city flourished during Reconstruction and became a leading port, an exporter of grain and cotton, a terminal for two major railroads, and site of fabulous Victorian buildings--homes, hotels, the Grand Opera House, the Galveston Pavilion (first building in Texas to have electric lights). It was, writes Cartwright, "the largest, bawdiest, and most important city between New Orleans and San Francisco." This country's worst natural disaster--the Galveston hurricane of 1900--left the city in shambles, with one sixth of its population dead. But Galveston recovered. During Prohibition rum-running and bootlegging flourished; after the repeal, a variety of shady activities earned the city the nickname "The Free State of Galveston." In recent years Galveston has focused on civic reform and restoration of its valuable architectural and cultural heritage. Over 500 buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and an annual "Dickens on the Strand" festival brings thousands of tourists to the island city each December. Yet Galveston still witnesses colorful incidents and tells stories of descendants of the ruling families, as Cartwright demonstrates with wry humor in a new epilogue written specially for this edition of Galveston . First published in 1991 by Atheneum.
LC Classification Number
F394.G2C38 1998
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