Uniquely Texas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Uniquely Texas write by Mary Dodson Wade. This book was released on 2008-01-01. Uniquely Texas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book presents the flags, folklore, culture, architecture, government, industry, and natural wonders unique to Texas.
Hometown Texas
Hometown Texas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hometown Texas write by . This book was released on 2017-11-07. Hometown Texas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Brown and Holley are interested in place and what makes people who they are. With particular interest in how people take the hand they’ve been dealt—fate, family, circumstance, luck—and craft a life for themselves, the authors celebrate the grit and gumption of these Texas originals. Introducing quirky characters and tenacious spirits, Holley’s stories seek out the personality of the small town while Brown’s photographs capture the essence of a changing landscape. Hometown Texas aims not to be nostalgic or sentimental but rather to show readers an unknown Texas—one that, while not vanishing, is certainly on the wane. Organized into five topographical, geographic, and cultural sections—East, West, North, South, and Central—three dozen stories and more than eighty complementary images work to create a parallel narrative to reveal what Brown has described as the “collective, various, remarkably complex soul that makes Texas unique.” Hometown Texas is an exploration across miles and cultures, of well-traveled roads and forgotten byways, deep into the heart of Texas.
God Save Texas
God Save Texas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook God Save Texas write by Lawrence Wright. This book was released on 2018-04-17. God Save Texas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower—and a Texas native—takes us on a journey through the most controversial state in America. • “Beautifully written…. Essential reading [for] anyone who wants to understand how one state changed the trajectory of the country.” —NPR Texas is a red state, but the cities are blue and among the most diverse in the nation. Oil is still king, but Texas now leads California in technology exports. Low taxes and minimal regulation have produced extraordinary growth, but also striking income disparities. Texas looks a lot like the America that Donald Trump wants to create. Bringing together the historical and the contemporary, the political and the personal, Texas native Lawrence Wright gives us a colorful, wide-ranging portrait of a state that not only reflects our country as it is, but as it may become—and shows how the battle for Texas’s soul encompasses us all.
The Texas Calaboose and Other Forgotten Jails
The Texas Calaboose and Other Forgotten Jails - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Texas Calaboose and Other Forgotten Jails write by William E. Moore. This book was released on 2018-12-20. The Texas Calaboose and Other Forgotten Jails available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A calaboose is, quite simply, a tiny jail. Designed to house prisoners only for a short time, a calaboose could be anything from an iron cage to a poured concrete blockhouse. Easily constructed and more affordable for small communities than a full-sized building, calabooses once dotted the rural landscape. Though a relic of a bygone era in law enforcement and no longer in use, many calabooses remain in communities throughout Texas, often hidden in plain sight. In The Texas Calaboose and Other Forgotten Jails, William E. Moore has compiled the first guidebook to extant calabooses in Texas. He explores the history of the calaboose, including its construction, use, and eventual decline, but the heart of the book is in the alphabetically arranged photo tour of calabooses across the state. Each entry is accompanied by a vignette describing the unique features of the calaboose at hand, any infamous or otherwise memorable occupants, and the state of the calaboose at present. Most have been long abandoned, but because many remain on city or town property, some have been repurposed into storage buildings or even government offices. In certain ways, these small jails encapsulate the history of outlying communities during a time of transition from the “Wild West” to the twentieth century. Some of the structures have been preserved and cared-for, but despite the stories they can tell, many more are endangered or have already been lost. This definitive guide to tiny Texas jails serves as a record of a unique and disappearing feature of our heritage.
Official Guide to Texas State Parks and Historic Sites
Official Guide to Texas State Parks and Historic Sites - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Official Guide to Texas State Parks and Historic Sites write by Laurence Parent. This book was released on 2009-02-17. Official Guide to Texas State Parks and Historic Sites available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Since it was first published in 1996, Official Guide to Texas State Parks and Historic Sites has become Texans' one-stop source for information on great places to view scenic landscapes, tour historical sites, camp, fish, hike, backpack, swim, ride horseback, go rock climbing, and enjoy almost any other outdoor recreation. This revised edition includes five new state parks and historical sites, completely updated information for every park, and many beautiful new photographs. The book is organized by geographical regions to help you plan your trips around the state. For every park, Laurence Parent provides all of the essential information: The natural or historical attractions of the park Types of recreation offered Camping and lodging facilities Addresses and phone numbers A locator map Magnificent color photographs So if you want to watch the sun set over Enchanted Rock, fish in the surf on the beach at Galveston, or listen for a ghostly bugle among the ruins of Fort Lancaster, let this book be your complete guide. Don't take a trip in Texas without it.
