Texas Obscurities

Author : E.R. Bills
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-29
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781625847652

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Texas Obscurities by E.R. Bills Pdf

Some of these quirky true stories might surprise even the most proud Texan. Austin sat the first all-woman state supreme court in the nation in 1925. A utopian colony thrived in Kristenstad during the Great Depression. Bats taken from the Bracken and Ney Caves and Devil's Sinkhole were developed as a secret weapon that vied with the Manhattan Project to shorten World War II. In Slaton in 1922, German priest Joseph M. Keller was kidnapped, tarred and feathered amid anti-German fervor following World War I. Author E.R. Bills offers this collection of trials, tribulations and intrigue that is sure to enrich one's understanding of the biggest state in the Lower Forty-eight.

Author : Milkyway Media
Publisher : Milkyway Media
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Summary of E.R. Bills's Texas Obscurities by Milkyway Media Pdf

Get the Summary of E.R. Bills's Texas Obscurities in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "E.R. Bills' 'Texas Obscurities' recounts a series of lesser-known historical events that have shaped Texas' past. The book delves into a 1924 Supreme Court case involving the Woodmen of the World, which led to the appointment of the first all-female Supreme Court in America due to a conflict of interest among the male justices. It also explores the bizarre 'bat-bomb' project during World War II, where bats were considered as carriers for incendiary devices against Japan...

Author : E. R. Bills
Publisher : History Press Library Editions
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-29
Category : History
ISBN : 1540209350

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Texas Obscurities by E. R. Bills Pdf

Some of these quirky true stories might surprise even the most proud Texan. Austin sat the first all-woman state supreme court in the nation in 1925. A utopian colony thrived in Kristenstad during the Great Depression. Bats taken from the Bracken and Ney Caves and Devil's Sinkhole were developed as a secret weapon that vied with the Manhattan Project to shorten World War II. In Slaton in 1922, German priest Joseph M. Keller was kidnapped, tarred and feathered amid anti-German fervor following World War I. Author E.R. Bills offers this collection of trials, tribulations and intrigue that is sure to enrich one's understanding of the biggest state in the Lower Forty-eight.

Author : E.R. Bills
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439663059

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Texas Far & Wide by E.R. Bills Pdf

"Fascinating information…little-known facts about remarkable Texans and events across the state.”—North Dallas Gazette Texas is renowned for its legendary and colorful history—but even the state’s famous storytellers don’t know it all. Ever hear about the escaped ape in the Big Thicket? Or the "Interplanetary Capital of the Universe" that sat on the Gulf Coast? Does the cowboy hat that warmed U.S.-China relations ring a bell? From the Staked Plain Quakers to the Kaiser Burnout, E.R. Bills delves into some of the most fascinating chapters of overlooked Texas lore. Includes photos

Author : E. R. Bills
Publisher : Reedy Press LLC
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-10
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781681061832

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100 Things to Do in Texas Before You Die by E. R. Bills Pdf

Many Texas travel guides are all hat and no cattle, put together by temporary or transplanted Texans who aren’t well familiar with the state in its entirety, much less the experiences and marvels that express bona fide Lone Star spirit. Award-winning author E. R. Bills’s 100 Things to Do in Texas Before You Die is a definitive, quick-reference travel guide put together by a native-born, lifelong Texan who has traveled the state all his life and spent the last several years writing about its distinct treasures, attractions and history. From the Big Bend to the Big Thicket, the Panhandle to the Padre Island National Seashore and all points in between, join Bills in this Lone Star bucket list that emphasizes authentic Texas in in all of its amazing diversity, stark beauty and unparalleled presence in the lower forty-eight.

Author : E.R. Bills
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439678596

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Tell-Tale Texas by E.R. Bills Pdf

Uncover the suppressed testimony of the Lone Star State's uncomfortable past. Tinseltown almost always gets Texas wrong. The "Searchers" never did that much searching, the "Giants" were hardly ever big in terms of character and The Last Picture Show was just the beginning of a disturbing reveal. As acclaimed writer Stephen Harrigan suggests, the Lone Star State was not exactly a Big, Wonderful Thing, and for too many Texans, nothing was ever "Awright, Awright, Awright." A Black civil rights champion was assassinated in 1976, and the incident was buried. A "Cowtown Catcher in the Rye" was published in 1940, and the country club set made it disappear. And the war machines of Hitler and Mussolini were perfected with Texas oil during the Spanish Civil War. Author E.R. Bills challenges his proud neighbors, earnestly asking them to take a hard look at their past and examine their own historical amnesia, cultural fragility and fierce denial.

Author : E.R. Bills
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467147378

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Texas Oblivion: Mysterious Disappearances, Escapes and Cover-Ups by E.R. Bills Pdf

On February 2, 1963, a tanker with thirty-nine men aboard departed Beaumont and never returned. In the mid-spring of 1882, Billy the Kid's friend, foe, and equal escaped Huntsville Penitentiary and vanished. On December 9, 1961, a young boy in Wichita Falls disappeared without a trace. On November 18, 1936, a father and son were swallowed by a "Walled Kingdom." On December 23, 1974, three girls went to a Fort Worth mall and were never seen or heard from again. This collection explores twenty baffling disappearances that investigators have studied for decades, to no avail. Homicide, patricide, filicide, genocide, devil worship, the Devil's Triangle, the Devil's River, the assassination of JFK, UFO abductions, legal limbo-- oblivion. Award-winning author E.R. Bills drags the facts of these mystifying cases back from the void. --page [4] of cover.

Author : E.R. Bills
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781625848444

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The 1910 Slocum Massacre: An Act of Genocide in East Texas by E.R. Bills Pdf

In late July 1910, a shocking number of African Americans in Texas were slaughtered by white mobs in the Slocum area of Anderson County and the Percilla-Augusta region of neighboring Houston County. The number of dead surpassed the casualties of the Rosewood Massacre in Florida and rivaled those of the Tulsa Riots in Oklahoma, but the incident--one of the largest mass murders of blacks in American history--is now largely forgotten. Investigate the facts behind this harrowing act of genocide in E.R. Bills's compelling inquiry into the Slocum Massacre.

Author : Bill Winsor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015027744534

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Texas in the Confederacy by Bill Winsor Pdf

Military Installations, Economy and People.

Author : James A. Michener
Publisher : Dial Press
Page : 1474 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780804151412

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Texas by James A. Michener Pdf

Spanning four and a half centuries, James A. Michener’s monumental saga chronicles the epic history of Texas, from its Spanish roots in the age of the conquistadors to its current reputation as one of America’s most affluent, diverse, and provocative states. Among his finely drawn cast of characters, emotional and political alliances are made and broken, as the loyalties established over the course of each turbulent age inevitably collapse under the weight of wealth and industry. With Michener as our guide, Texas is a tale of patriotism and statesmanship, growth and development, violence and betrayal—a stunning achievement by a literary master. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from James A. Michener's Hawaii. Praise for Texas “Fascinating.”—Time “A book about oil and water, rangers and outlaws, frontier and settlement, money and power . . . [James A. Michener] manages to make history vivid.”—The Boston Globe “A sweeping panorama . . . [Michener] grapples earnestly with the Texas character in a way that Texas’s own writers often don’t.”—The Washington Post Book World “Vast, sprawling, and eclectic in population and geography, the state has just the sort of larger-than-life history that lends itself to Mr. Michener’s taste for multigenerational epics.”—The New York Times

Author : Texas State Historical Association
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Southwest, New
ISBN : UVA:X004520985

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The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association by Texas State Historical Association Pdf

Author : Ferdinand Eugene Daniel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 828 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Medicine
ISBN : UOM:39015070218139

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Daniel's Texas Medical Journal by Ferdinand Eugene Daniel Pdf

Author : Texas. Attorney-General's Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Attorneys general
ISBN : MINN:31951D026298250

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Report of the Attorney-General of the State of Texas by Texas. Attorney-General's Office Pdf

Author : Am Paredes
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0292765649

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Folklore and Culture on the Texas-Mexican Border by Am Paredes Pdf

In an illustrious career spanning over forty years, Américo Paredes has often set the standard for scholarship and writing in folklore and Chicano studies. In folklore, he has been in the vanguard of important theoretical and methodological movements. In Chicano studies, he stands as one of the premier exponents. Paredes's books are widely known and easily available, but his scholarly articles are not so familiar or accessible. To bring them to a wider readership, Richard Bauman has selected eleven essays that eloquently represent the range and excellence of Paredes's work. The hardcover edition of Folklore and Culture was published in 1993. This paperback edition will make the book more accessible to the general public and more practical for classroom use.

Author : Alan Lessoff
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781477312247

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Where Texas Meets the Sea by Alan Lessoff Pdf

Demonstrating how the growth of a midsized city can illuminate urban development issues across an entire region, this exemplary history of Corpus Christi explores how competing regional and cosmopolitan influences have shaped this thriving port and leisur