A Texas Year

Author : Tania McCartney
Publisher : EK Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1925335062

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A Texas Year by Tania McCartney Pdf

Meet Luis, Alexis, Christopher, Ethan and Mia - Texan kids representing a multicultural blend that typifies our amazing state. They'll take you through a year in the life of Texan kids, from celebrations, traditions and events, to our everyday way of life and the little things that make childhood so memorable. A Texas Year is a picture book bursting with state pride. It's a snapshot of who we are as Texans, blending our modern-day culture and lifestyle with past traditions and multicultural heritage. Its pages feature meandering text, dates and gorgeous illustrations showcasing five Texan children at play, at school, at home, and enjoying the sights and sites of our great state. From the plains and canyons of the Panhandle to the beaches and wetlands of the Gulf Coast, vibrant cities and friendly country towns, this is our Texan childhood.

Author : Texas. Railroad Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Railroads
ISBN : UIUC:30112109559051

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... Annual Report of the Railroad Commission of the State of Texas by Texas. Railroad Commission Pdf

Author : Char Miller
Publisher : Trinity University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781595340870

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Fifty Years of the Texas Observer by Char Miller Pdf

For the past five decades the Texas Observer has been an essential voice in Texas culture and politics, championing honest government, civil rights, labor, and the environment, while providing a platform for many of the state’s most passionate and progressive voices. Included are ninety-one selections from Roy Bedichek, Lou Dubose, Ronnie Dugger, Dagoberto Gilb, Jim Hightower, Molly Ivins, Larry McMurtry, Maury Maverick Jr., Willie Morris, Debbie Nathan, and others. To mark the Observer’s fiftieth anniversary, Char Miller has selected a cross section of the best work to appear in its pages. Not only does the collection pay homage to an important alternative voice in Texas journalism, it also serves as a progressive chronicle of a half-century of life in the Lone Star State—a state that has spawned three presidents in the last forty years. If Texas is, as some say, a crucible for national politics, then Fifty Years of the Texas Observer can be read as a casebook for issues that concern citizens in all fifty states. Molly Ivins's foreword gives historical background for the Observer and sets the stage for the book.

Author : Heather Green Wooten
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1603441654

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The Polio Years in Texas by Heather Green Wooten Pdf

From the 1930s to the 1950s, in response to the rising epidemic of paralytic poliomyelitis (polio), Texas researchers led a wave of discoveries in virology, rehabilitative therapies, and the modern intensive care unit that transformed the field nationally. The disease threatened the lives of children and adults in the United States, especially in the South, arousing the same kind of fear more recently associated with AIDS and other dread diseases. Houston and Harris County, Texas, had the second-highest rate of infection in the nation, and the rest of the Texas Gulf Coast was particularly hard-hit by this debilitating illness. At the time, little was known, but eventually the medical responses to polio changed the medical landscape forever. Polio also had a sweeping cultural and societal effect. It engendered fearful responses from parents trying to keep children safe from its ravages and an all-out public information blitz aimed at helping a frightened population protect itself. The disease exacted a very real toll on the families, friends, healthcare resources, and social fabric of those who contracted the disease and endured its acute, convalescent, and rehabilitation phases. In The Polio Years in Texas, Heather Green Wooten draws on extensive archival research as well as interviews conducted over a five-year period with Texas polio survivors and their families. This is a detailed and intensely human account of not only the epidemics that swept Texas during the polio years, but also of the continuing aftermath of the disease for those who are still living with its effects. Public health and medical professionals, historians, and interested general readers will derive deep and lasting benefits from reading The Polio Years in Texas.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Hydrology
ISBN : MINN:31951P00784151D

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Water-resources Investigations in Texas, Fiscal Year ... by Anonim Pdf

Author : Charles A. Siringo
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-20
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547098553

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A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life by Charles A. Siringo Pdf

A Texas Cowboy is a lot of the spirit of adventure and free-roaming prevalent in 19th-century American values. You will love reading about this western adventure about the rural life of a cowboy. Charles Siringo learns to be a cattle hand in the city of Dodge and witnesses many lovely sights.

Author : R. K. Sawyer
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781603447737

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A Hundred Years of Texas Waterfowl Hunting by R. K. Sawyer Pdf

The days are gone when seemingly limitless numbers of canvasbacks, mallards, and Canada geese filled the skies above the Texas coast. Gone too are the days when, in a single morning, hunters often harvested ducks, shorebirds, and other waterfowl by the hundreds. The hundred-year period from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries brought momentous changes in attitudes and game laws: changes initially prompted by sportsmen who witnessed the disappearance of both the birds and their spectacular habitat. These changes forever affected the state’s storied hunting culture. Yet, as R. K. Sawyer discovered, the rich lore and reminiscences of the era’s hunters and guides who plied the marshy haunts from Beaumont to Brownsville, though fading, remain a colorful and essential part of the Texas outdoor heritage. Gleaned from interviews with sportsmen and guides of decades past as well as meticulous research in news archives, Sawyer’s vivid documentation of Texas’ deep-rooted waterfowl hunting tradition is accompanied by a superb collection of historical and modern photographs. He showcases the hunting clubs, the decoys, the duck and goose calls, the equipment, and the unique hunting practices of the period. By preserving this account of a way of life and a coastal environment that have both mostly vanished, A Hundred Years of Texas Waterfowl Hunting also pays tribute to the efforts of all those who fought to ensure that Texas’ waterfowl legacy would endure. This book will aid their efforts, along with those of coastal residents, birders, wildlife biologists, conservationists, and all who are interested in the state’s natural history and in championing the preservation of waterfowl and wetland resources for the benefit of future generations.

Author : Rusty Burson,R. Bowen Loftin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09
Category : Football
ISBN : 1623492416

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The 100-Year Decision by Rusty Burson,R. Bowen Loftin Pdf

The compelling, first-person account of the events that led to A&M's historic, high-stakes exit from the Big 12 conference and its entry into the SEC.

Author : Don Graham
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118039809

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Kings of Texas by Don Graham Pdf

Praise for KINGS OF TEXAS "Kings of Texas is a fresh and very welcome history of the great King Ranch. It's concise but thorough, crisply written, meticulous, and very readable. It should find a wide audience." -Larry McMurtry, author of Sin Killer and the Pulitzer Prize--winning Lonesome Dove "This book is about the King Ranch, but it is about much more than that. A compelling chronicle of war, peace, love, betrayal, birth, and death in the region where the Texas-Mexico border blurs in the haze of the Wild Horse Desert, it is also an intriguing detective story with links to the present-and a first-rate read." -H.W. Brands, author of The Age of Gold and the bestselling Pulitzer Prize finalist The First American

Author : Kenneth L. Untiedt
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9781574412772

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Celebrating 100 Years of the Texas Folklore Society, 1909-2009 by Kenneth L. Untiedt Pdf

The Texas Folklore Society is one of the oldest and most prestigious organizations in the state. Its secret for longevity lies in those things that make it unique, such as its annual meeting that seems more like a social event or family reunion than a formal academic gathering. This book examines the Society's members and their substantial contributions to the field of folklore over the last century. Some articles focus on the research that was done in the past, while others offer studies that continue today. This book does more than present a history of the Texas Folklore Society: it explains why the TFS has lasted so long, and why it will continue.

Author : Geological Survey (U.S.). Water Resources Division. Texas District
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Hydrology
ISBN : CORNELL:31924058264262

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Program of the Water Resources Division, Texas District for the Fiscal Year and Summary of District Activities During Fiscal Year by Geological Survey (U.S.). Water Resources Division. Texas District Pdf

Author : James B. Gillett
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547729327

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Six Years With the Texas Rangers by James B. Gillett Pdf

Six years with the Texas Rangers is a memoir of James B. Gillett, a lawman of the Old West, mostly well known due to his service as a Texas Ranger, and as a member of the Texas Rangers Hall of Fame. The author brings many authentic, exciting stories from his career including famous capture of the Baca brothers and battles with Apaches.

Author : James B. Gillett
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-24
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547731900

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My Six Years with the Texas Rangers by James B. Gillett Pdf

Six years with the Texas Rangers is a memoir of James B. Gillett, a lawman of the Old West, mostly well known due to his service as a Texas Ranger, and as a member of the Texas Rangers Hall of Fame. The author brings many authentic, exciting stories from his career including famous capture of the Baca brothers and battles with Apaches.

Author : W. John L. Sullivan
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2001-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803292872

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Twelve Years in the Saddle with the Texas Rangers by W. John L. Sullivan Pdf

Sullivan recalls his time spent as sergeant of the legendary Texas Rangers during the years from 1889 to 1901, and his most intriguing memories that include hanging murderers, wrestling buffalo, and rounding up cattle poachers.

Author : Mark Thomas Adams
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781603446303

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Chasing Birds Across Texas by Mark Thomas Adams Pdf

The author tells of his trek across thousands of miles of Texas territory to explore nearly five hundred different species of birds and their habitats.