Texas
Author: Federal Writers' Project
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Published: 1990
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ISBN-13: 9780403086467
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Federal Writers' Project
Publisher:
Published: 1990
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780403086467
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Texas
Publisher:
Published: 1969
Total Pages: 842
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Kristin Schuetz
Publisher: Bellwether Media
Published: 2010-01-01
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 1612118399
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Texas is one big state. Known for its wide-open ranchlands, Texas is also home to forests, bayous, deserts, and mountains. From the Alamo to the oil industry, students will explore the Lonestar State's rich heritage. This book also features traditional foods, festivals, and recreational activities of Texans.
Author: Best Books on
Publisher: Best Books on
Published: 1940
Total Pages: 835
ISBN-13: 1623760429
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Federal Writers' Project
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Published: 2013-10-31
Total Pages: 718
ISBN-13: 1595342419
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each state’s unique flavor. Equaling the massive size of the state, the WPA Guide to Texas is just as expansive at 716 pages. From the Panhandle to the Rio Grande Valley, The Lone Star State’s landscape is as varied as its political and cultural past. Having been under the control of six different nations’ flags, the history section is particularly rich. The guide also includes a helpful list of books about the state.
Author: Federal Writers' Project
Publisher: Scholarly Press
Published: 1990-06
Total Pages: 717
ISBN-13: 9780403021925
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Tom Kayser
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Published: 2005-04-19
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 1595340130
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Texas League chronicles the nine minor league teams in Arkansas, Texas, and Oklahoma that have brought America's favorite sport to local fans for more than 100 summers. In quick, lively chapters, authors Tom Kayser and David King examine colorful Texas League favorites like the San Antonio Missions and the Midland Rock Hounds, painting an epic picture of down-home America through the lens of semi-pro baseball. The story begins with a look at how the discovery of oil in East Texas provided the funds to secure the league in its core locales. The league is then brought to life with several key profiles, including those of founder John McCloskey, managers Jake Atz and Paul LaGrave, who built the Fort Worth Cats into the league's most dominant team, and players Gene "Half-Pint" Rye, who hit two home runs in an inning for Waco, and Dave Hoskins, who integrated the league five years after Jackie Robinson integrated the majors. Also featured are dozens of archival photos dating back to the league's beginnings and an appendix of statistics.
Author: Lawrence Wright
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2019-03-05
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 0525435905
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower—and a Texas native—takes us on a journey through the most controversial state in America. • “Beautifully written…. Essential reading [for] anyone who wants to understand how one state changed the trajectory of the country.” —NPR Texas is a red state, but the cities are blue and among the most diverse in the nation. Oil is still king, but Texas now leads California in technology exports. Low taxes and minimal regulation have produced extraordinary growth, but also striking income disparities. Texas looks a lot like the America that Donald Trump wants to create. Bringing together the historical and the contemporary, the political and the personal, Texas native Lawrence Wright gives us a colorful, wide-ranging portrait of a state that not only reflects our country as it is, but as it may become—and shows how the battle for Texas’s soul encompasses us all.