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Author : Jennifer Solak,Kyle Solak
Publisher : Ampersand, Incorporated
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-03
Category : Houston (Tex.)
ISBN : 1450706231
Goodnight to the many points of interest in Houston.
Author : Eric Walters
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781459828759
Key Selling Points A young teen earns a scholarship to go to space camp. The first in the Teen Astronauts series featuring Houston at space camp. Examines themes of perseverance, leadership and growth mindset. This is an adventure story with an exciting setting: astronaut training camp. Eric Walters is very well known to librarians and booksellers.
Author : James L. Haley
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780806152141
In the decades preceding the Civil War, few figures in the United States were as influential or as controversial as Sam Houston. In Sam Houston, James L. Haley explores Houston’s momentous career and the complex man behind it. Haley’s fifteen years of research and writing have produced possibly the most complete, most personal, and most readable Sam Houston biography ever written. Drawn from personal papers never before available as well as the papers of others in Houston’s circle, this biography will delight anyone intrigued by Sam Houston, Texas history, Civil War history, or America’s tradition of rugged individualism.
Author : John Hoyt Williams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1994-03-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780671880712
Against the tumultuous backdrop of early Texas history, Williams sketches a vivid portrait of a truly American legend. Map.
Author : Kate Sayen Kirkland
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292748460
Progressive former governor James Stephen Hogg moved his business headquarters to Houston in 1905. For seven decades, his children Will, Ima, and Mike Hogg used their political ties, social position, and family fortune to improve the lives of fellow Houstonians. As civic activists, they espoused contested causes like city planning and mental health care. As volunteers, they inspired others to support social service, educational, and cultural programs. As philanthropic entrepreneurs, they built institutions that have long outlived them: the Houston Symphony, the Museum of Fine Arts, Memorial Park, and the Hogg Foundation. The Hoggs had a vision of Houston as a great city—a place that supports access to parklands, music, and art; nurtures knowledge of the "American heritage which unites us"; and provides social service and mental health care assistance. This vision links them to generations of American idealists who advanced a moral response to change. Based on extensive archival sources, The Hogg Family and Houston explains the impact of Hogg family philanthropy for the first time. This study explores how individual ideals and actions influence community development and nurture humanitarian values. It examines how philanthropists and volunteers mold Houston's traditions and mobilize allies to meet civic goals. It argues that Houston's generous citizens have long believed that innovative cultural achievement must balance aggressive economic expansion.
Author : Steven R. Strom
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781477310960
Houston completely transformed itself during the twentieth century, burgeoning from a regional hub into a world-class international powerhouse. This remarkable metamorphosis is captured in the Bob Bailey Studios Photographic Archive, an unparalleled visual record of Houston life from the 1930s to the early 1990s. Founded by the commercial photographer Bob Bailey in 1929, the Bailey Studios produced more than 500,000 photographs and fifty-two 16 mm films, making its archive the largest and most comprehensive collection of images ever taken in and around Houston. The Bob Bailey Studios Archive is now owned by the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin. Houston on the Move presents over two hundred of the Bailey archive’s most memorable and important photographs with extended captions that detail the photos’ subjects and the reasons for their significance. These images, most never before published, document everything from key events in Houston’s modern history—World War II; the Texas City Disaster; the building of the Astrodome; and the development of the Ship Channel, Medical Center, and Johnson Space Center—to nostalgic scenes of daily life. Bob Bailey’s expertly composed photographs reveal a great city in the making: a downtown striving to be the best, biggest, and tallest; birthday parties, snow days, celebrations, and rodeos; opulent department stores; Hollywood stars and political leaders; rapid industrial and commercial growth; and the inexorable march of the suburbs. An irresistible “remember that?” book for long-time Houstonians, Houston on the Move will also be an essential reference for historians, photographers, designers, and city planners.
Author : Charles Dain Becker,Joan Blaffer Johnson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-07
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439658451
River Oaks is a name that has rung out in Houston, Texas, since its founding in 1923. The neighborhood’s uncertain geographical boundaries may be a point of controversy, but the impact River Oaks has had on the city is indisputable. River Oaks has been home to astronauts who have contributed to American space exploration; lawyers who are involved in the interworking of the United States’ legal system; oil tycoons who have helped Houston grow; and doctors who are responsible for inventing lifesaving medical procedures. The neighborhood is also home to one of the country’s most exclusive country clubs, and River Oaks has been served by some of the same schools, churches, stores, and restaurants since its founding. This book explores how River Oaks not only celebrates, grieves, and lives life day-to-day, but also how it changes the world.
Author : Keith Houston
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393244809
“Everybody who has ever read a book will benefit from the way Keith Houston explores the most powerful object of our time. And everybody who has read it will agree that reports of the book’s death have been greatly exaggerated.”—Erik Spiekermann, typographer We may love books, but do we know what lies behind them? In The Book, Keith Houston reveals that the paper, ink, thread, glue, and board from which a book is made tell as rich a story as the words on its pages—of civilizations, empires, human ingenuity, and madness. In an invitingly tactile history of this 2,000-year-old medium, Houston follows the development of writing, printing, the art of illustrations, and binding to show how we have moved from cuneiform tablets and papyrus scrolls to the hardcovers and paperbacks of today. Sure to delight book lovers of all stripes with its lush, full-color illustrations, The Book gives us the momentous and surprising history behind humanity’s most important—and universal—information technology.
Author : Ray Viator
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-13
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781623497729
On July 20, 1969, humanity paused with attention locked to television and radio broadcasts as the astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission dramatically touched down on the dusty face of the moon. The first word from the lunar surface: Houston. Houston, Space City USA is a visual celebration of the city’s historic ties to the US human space program. When President Kennedy declared, “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard,” he did so from the campus of Rice University. More than half a century later, Houston continues to serve as the nerve center of the American human space program. Author and photographer Ray Viator, a longtime Houstonian, has lovingly captured the spirit of a city’s devotion to space exploration from then to now. Using striking photographs of the full moon as a visual motif of Houston’s connection to spaceflight, Viator also weaves together historic images to show how former cow pastures transformed into mission control. Some connections are obvious—the Houston Astros or the Houston Rockets. Others are hidden in plain sight, like the arm patches on the uniform of every Houston police officer that read, “Space City U.S.A.” Viator’s lens captures this and more. Houston, Space City USA not only marks the important milestone of the first lunar landing, but it also helps readers discover and rediscover a city’s constellation of connections to one of humankind’s greatest achievements. The author's proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit Houston Public Media.
Author : June Arnold
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Houston (Tex.)
ISBN : UCSC:32106008331610
This is the story of "Baby," a troubled, vital widow and socialite who strives to bring up two spirited and strong-willed daughters by herself. She lives on money doled out by her brother Oscar, custodian of the family fortune. Baby tries to make sense of her life as she struggles to attain security, romance, and identity--not necessarily in that order.
Author : Mac Woodward
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2002-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 082395739X
Traces the life of Sam Houston, who fought for the independence of Texas from Mexico, and later served as president of Texas.
Author : Eric Walters
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781459825581
Key Selling Points In The King of Jam Sandwiches , ayoung teen is afraid to let anyone know what is going on at home. This book examines the effects of mental illness, poverty and parental neglect. This is a very personal story for Eric Walters, informed by his own experience. Eric Walters has written over 100 books and is an avid presenter visiting thousands of students each year.
Author : David A. Adler,Michael S. Adler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Governors
ISBN : 0823423697
Provides a brief overview of the life and accomplishments of Texas politician Sam Houston.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780292785939
No matter where you see birds in the city—in parks or woodlands, on power lines or in parking lots—they are the natural soul of the urban landscape. They enhance the city and the lives of those who watch them. Nature writer B. C. Robison and wildlife photographer John Tveten have teamed up to produce this field guide for birders who want to identify the birds most commonly seen in Houston. Fifty-five species are included, ranging from such well-known favorites as the mockingbird and cardinal to the more exotic yellow-crowned night heron. A full-color photograph for each bird appears alongside warm and often witty description. For quick reference, a summary of the primary field marks of the adult bird is also provided. This summary includes not only identifying features of the bird but also its habitats, the time of year it can be found, and its distinctive behavioral traits. Aimed at the beginning birder, the guide also gives tips on buying binoculars and on attracting birds to your yard.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2016 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Ship registers
ISBN : OSU:32435027129634