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The Moodys of Galveston and their mansion / Henry Wiencek ; with a foreword by Robert L. Moody, Sr. and an epilogue by E. Douglas McLeod.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wiencek.
- Series:
- Sara and John Lindsey series in the arts and humanities ; no. 13.
- Sara and John Lindsey series in the arts and humanities ; no. 13
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Moody, William Lewis, 1828-1920.
- Moody, William Lewis.
- Moody, W. L. (William Lewis), 1865-1954.
- Moody, W. L.
- Northen, Mary Moody, 1892-1986.
- Northen, Mary Moody.
- Moody family--Homes and haunts--Texas--Galveston.
- Moody family.
- Moody Mansion (Galveston, Tex.).
- Businesspeople--Texas--Galveston--Biography.
- Businesspeople.
- Philanthropists--Texas--Galveston--Biography.
- Philanthropists.
- Architecture, Domestic--Texas--Galveston.
- Architecture, Domestic.
- Galveston (Tex.)--Biography.
- Galveston (Tex.).
- Galveston (Tex.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (132 p.)
- Edition:
- 1版.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 1900, just a few months after the deadly hurricane of September, W. L. Moody Jr. and his family moved into the four-story mansion at the corner of Broadway and Twenty-sixth Street in Galveston. For the next eight decades, the Moody family occupied the 28,000-square-foot home: raising a family, creating memories, building business empires, and contributing their considerable wealth and influence for the betterment of their beloved city. In 1983, Hurricane Alicia damaged the mansion, and Mary Moody Northen, eldest child of W. L. Moody Jr., moved out so a major restoration could begin. When the mansion opened to the public as a museum, education center, and location for community gatherings in 1991, it had been restored to its original grandeur. The Mary Moody Northen Endowment then commissioned award-winning author Henry Wiencek to write a history of the Moodys of Galveston and their celebrated home. Robert L. Moody Sr., grandson of W. L. Moody Jr. and nephew of Mary Moody Northen, contributes a foreword, giving a brief introduction and personal tone to the book, which also features fifteen color photographs of the Moodys and their home. An epilogue by E. Douglas McLeod summarizes the family's accomplishments and developments associated with the mansion since Northen's death in 1986. " The Moodys of Galveston and Their Mansion" is a must-read for Galvestonians, for the thousands of visitors who tour the mansion each year, and for anyone interested in the captivating tale of this influential and generous family and their magnificent house.
- Contents:
- The Moody family
- The Moody Mansion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [101]-102) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-60344-353-3
- OCLC:
- 680622527
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