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Galveston : A History and a Guide / by David G. McComb.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McComb, David G.
- Series:
- Fred Rider Cotten Popular History Series
- Fred Rider Cotten Popular History Series ; v.15
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Galveston (Tex.)--Guidebooks.
- Galveston (Tex.).
- Galveston (Tex.)--History.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (68 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : Texas State Historical Association, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Indians! Pirates! Rebels! Blockade Runners! Smugglers! Murder! Beaches! Beauty Contests! Hurricanes!These are all a part of the colorful history of an island city that once called itself "The Free State of Galveston." Located at a natural harbor on the northeastern part of a thirty-mile-long sand barrier island, the city dates its beginning from the end of the Texas Revolution. Before then, the harbor had attracted Jean Lafitte, a pirate from Louisiana, and the revolutionary Texan government fleeing in front of the attack of Santa Anna's Mexican Army.After independence in
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. THE PORT CITY
- 2. THE SIN CITY
- 3. THE TOURIST CITY
- NOTES
- INDEX
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-56) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780876112830
- 0876112831
- OCLC:
- 869736098
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