A Texas Tale Of The Depression
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A Texas Tale Of The Depression
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Author : Wanda Harris Arnold
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2015-11-06
A Texas Tale Of The Depression written by Wanda Harris Arnold and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This story covers the time tunnel of the Great Depression in an area of Texas that had not changed for several decades and would continue to progress only slowly until the 1960sthe Panhandle. It is a child's view of the brutal realism of the time, the smells, the blood, the cold, the lack of sanitation, and the rigidity of the adults surrounding her. It is the story of the author's first year in a school where parents are entertained with a prejudicial skit about African Americans, where a teacher whips a boy with a razor strap until he bleeds, where the girls pick dandruff from the head of the teacher while she is instructing, and where the violent weather plays a role as both protagonist and antagonist. Seven-year-old Wanda Gene observes her environment, which is oftentimes unthinkable and repugnant to a modern reader, with clarity, humor, and the mature wisdom of a child who finds joy in petting the baby lambs on her farm and reviving rain-drenched chicks in the stove. With a child's innocence and naivet, she looks candidly at the customs of the era and questions their purpose, capturing as she does so the social milieu that was 1939.
Me N Tad
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Author : Bruce Coy Coffer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Me N Tad written by Bruce Coy Coffer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Depressions categories.
The Depression In Texas
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Author : Donald W. Whisenhunt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982-01-01
The Depression In Texas written by Donald W. Whisenhunt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982-01-01 with Depressions categories.
Doing Time In The Depression
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Author : Ethan Blue
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2012-02
Doing Time In The Depression written by Ethan Blue and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02 with Business & Economics categories.
As banks crashed, belts tightened, and cupboards emptied across the country, American prisons grew fat. Doing Time in the Depression tells the story of the 1930s as seen from the cell blocks and cotton fields of Texas and California prisons, state institutions that held growing numbers of working people from around the country and the world—overwhelmingly poor, disproportionately non-white, and displaced by economic crisis. Ethan Blue paints a vivid portrait of everyday life inside Texas and California’s penal systems. Each element of prison life—from numbing boredom to hard labor, from meager pleasure in popular culture to crushing pain from illness or violence—demonstrated a contest between keepers and the kept. From the moment they arrived to the day they would leave, inmates struggled over the meanings of race and manhood, power and poverty, and of the state itself. In this richly layered account, Blue compellingly argues that punishment in California and Texas played a critical role in producing a distinctive set of class, race, and gender identities in the 1930s, some of which reinforced the social hierarchies and ideologies of New Deal America, and others of which undercut and troubled the established social order. He reveals the underside of the modern state in two very different prison systems, and the making of grim institutions whose power would only grow across the century.
Famous Gamblers Poker History And Texas Stories
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Author : Johnny Hughes
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2012-08
Famous Gamblers Poker History And Texas Stories written by Johnny Hughes and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
You have a great writing style, very credible, and entertaining. Those were dangerous times. Almost all of the guys are gone. A great book!... -Doyle Brunson, Poker Hall of Fame, author. He's as good a writer as he is a player. When it comes to poker tales...Johnny Hughes is your man.... -Anthony Holden, London, President of the International Federation of Poker, author ... a captivating raconteur and avid historian...brings them to life with a unique flair and panache...(He) paints word pictures with witty, lush brush strokes reminiscent of Tom Wolfe... -Paul "Dr. Pauly" McGuire, author ..the William Manchester of poker historians...a Hughes narrative is like lighting a lantern into the darkest recess of poker's subculture...provides the very best portrait of these unique real-life characters of anyone on record... -Nolan Dalla, Media Director. World Series of Poker, author. ...the true story...of the beginnings of the phenomenon that poker has become... -Crandell Addington, Poker Hall of Fame. Reading...is only paralleled by listening to him tell those stories in real time...like putting yourself in the same room as it all unfolded...when the mob ruled Las Vegas...the real stories... -Ryan Sayer, OnTilt Radio, C.O.O., and Host. www.JohnnyHughes.com
Nature Cure
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Author : Richard Mabey
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-11-30
Nature Cure written by Richard Mabey and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'Britain's greatest living nature writer' The Times Rediscover the extraodinary power of nature and the British wilderness, from award-winning naturalist and author Richard Mabey In the last year of the old millennium, Richard Mabey, Britain's foremost nature writer, fell into a severe depression. The natural world – which since childhood had been a source of joy and inspiration for him – became meaningless. Then, cared for by friends, he moved to East Anglia and he started to write again. Having left the cosseting woods of the Chiltern hills for the open flatlands of Norfolk, Richard Mabey found exhilaration in discovering a whole new landscape and gained fresh insights into our place in nature. Structured as intricately as a novel, a joy to read, truthful, exquisite and questing, Nature Cure is a book of hope, not just for individuals, but for our species. 'A brilliant, candid and heartfelt memoir...how he broke free of depression, reshaped his life and reconnected with the wild becomes nothing short of a manifesto for living...Mabey's particular vision, informed by a lifetime's reading and observation, is ultimately optimistic' Sunday Times
Texas Thirties Stories Of The Great Depression And Other Events Of The Early Thirties In Texas
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Author : Wilhelmina Beane
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
Texas Thirties Stories Of The Great Depression And Other Events Of The Early Thirties In Texas written by Wilhelmina Beane and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with categories.
Texas Depression Era Desperadoes
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Author : Bartee Haile
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2014-01-21
Texas Depression Era Desperadoes written by Bartee Haile and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-21 with History categories.
The lives of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow started in Texas, but their stories have become legend across the country. They, along with a band of other ne'er-do-wells from other Texas towns, grew to national infamy during the Great Depression. West Dallas's Ralph Fults smuggled hacksaw blades into jail to break out Raymond Hamilton. In Galveston, the Downtown Gang, Beach Gang, Maceo brothers and others hustled and smuggled liquor for their speakeasy casinos. In 1940, bank robber and Texas Public Enemy Number One Red Goleman led authorities on a wild chase through Texas's Big Thicket. But behind the headlines lived real people and a Texas legacy. Author Bartee Haile weaves the stories of the well-known Barrow Gang, along with other notorious criminals of the day, together with their Texas roots..
The Path To A Modern South
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Author : Walter L. Buenger
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2010-06-28
The Path To A Modern South written by Walter L. Buenger and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-28 with History categories.
The forces that turned Northeast Texas from a poverty-stricken region into a more economically prosperous area. Winner, Texas State Historical Association Coral H. Tullis Memorial Award for best book on Texas history, 2001 Federal New Deal programs of the 1930s and World War II are often credited for transforming the South, including Texas, from a poverty-stricken region mired in Confederate mythology into a more modern and economically prosperous part of the United States. By contrast, this history of Northeast Texas, one of the most culturally southern areas of the state, offers persuasive evidence that political, economic, and social modernization began long before the 1930s and prepared Texans to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the New Deal and World War II. Walter L. Buenger draws on extensive primary research to tell the story of change in Northeast Texas from 1887 to 1930. Moving beyond previous, more narrowly focused studies of the South, he traces and interconnects the significant changes that occurred in politics, race relations, business and the economy, and women's roles. He also reveals how altered memories of the past and the emergence of a stronger identification with Texas history affected all facets of life in Northeast Texas.
Born And Bred In The Great Depression
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Author : Jonah Winter
language : en
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Release Date : 2011-10-11
Born And Bred In The Great Depression written by Jonah Winter and has been published by Schwartz & Wade this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-11 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
East Texas, the 1930s—the Great Depression. Award-winning author Jonah Winter's father grew up with seven siblings in a tiny house on the edge of town. In this picture book, Winter shares his family history in a lyrical text that is clear, honest, and utterly accessible to young readers, accompanied by Kimberly Bulcken Root's rich, gorgeous illustrations. Here is a celebration of family and of making do with what you have—a wonderful classroom book that's also perfect for children and parents to share.