From Texas To The World And Back
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From Texas To The World And Back
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Author : Mark Busby
language : en
Publisher: TCU Press
Release Date : 2001
From Texas To The World And Back written by Mark Busby and has been published by TCU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Katherine Anne Porter's uneasy relationship with her home state has become increasingly important to discussions of her life and work. Born in the now-gone community of Indian Creek and raised in Kyle, Porter is tied to Texas by three major events that occurred during her career. In 1939 she expected to receive the Texas Institute of Letters Award for "Best Texas Book" only to be insulted when the award went to folklorist J. Frank Dobie. In the 1950s she accepted an invitation to lecture at the University of Texas at Austin. During her visit to present that lecture, Porter began to believe that UT would build a library and name it after her, Texas' most famous literary daughter. But somehow she and UT President Harry Ransom miscommunicated, and Porter left her materials to the McKeldin Library at the University of Maryland. Finally, in 1976 she returned to Texas to receive recognition from Howard Payne University in Brownwood. On that trip she visited her mother's grave in the little cemetery at Indian Creek and decided that her remains on her death belonged beside her mother. So Porter finally returned to the state she had fled early in her life. The essays in this collection are based primarily upon a symposium held in May 1998 at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos. The collection includes essays by both scholars of Porter's work and of Texas literature. Some concern specific aspects of her life, such as her love for her birthday or her marital record. Others focus on the main elements of her relationship with Texas, while still others deal with specific works, often relating them to her Texas heritage. This important addition to Porter studies provides new insight into the ways in which Porter's Texas heritage shaped her life and her fiction.
From South Texas To The Nation
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Author : John Weber
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2015-08-25
From South Texas To The Nation written by John Weber and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-25 with History categories.
In the early years of the twentieth century, newcomer farmers and migrant Mexicans forged a new world in South Texas. In just a decade, this vast region, previously considered too isolated and desolate for large-scale agriculture, became one of the United States' most lucrative farming regions and one of its worst places to work. By encouraging mass migration from Mexico, paying low wages, selectively enforcing immigration restrictions, toppling older political arrangements, and periodically immobilizing the workforce, growers created a system of labor controls unique in its levels of exploitation. Ethnic Mexican residents of South Texas fought back by organizing and by leaving, migrating to destinations around the United States where employers eagerly hired them--and continued to exploit them. In From South Texas to the Nation, John Weber reinterprets the United States' record on human and labor rights. This important book illuminates the way in which South Texas pioneered the low-wage, insecure, migration-dependent labor system on which so many industries continue to depend.
Public Papers Of The Presidents Of The United States
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Author : United States. President
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Public Papers Of The Presidents Of The United States written by United States. President and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Presidents categories.
"Containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President", 1956-1992.
A Cowboy S Wish Upon A Star Mills Boon Cherish Texas Rescue Book 5
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Author : Caro Carson
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2016-12-01
A Cowboy S Wish Upon A Star Mills Boon Cherish Texas Rescue Book 5 written by Caro Carson and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-01 with Fiction categories.
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Miles And Miles Of Texas
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Author : Carol Dawson
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 2016-09-23
Miles And Miles Of Texas written by Carol Dawson and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-23 with History categories.
On the eve of its centennial, Carol Dawson and Roger Allen Polson present almost 100 years of history and never-before-seen photographs that track the development of the Texas Highway Department. An agency originally created “to get the farmer out of the mud,” it has gone on to build the vast network of roads that now connects every corner of the state. When the Texas Highway Department (now called the Texas Department of Transportation or TxDOT) was created in 1917, there were only about 200,000 cars in Texas traveling on fewer than a thousand miles of paved roads. Today, after 100 years of the Texas Highway Department, the state boasts over 80,000 miles of paved, state-maintained roads that accommodate more than 25 million vehicles. Sure to interest history enthusiasts and casual readers alike, decades of progress and turmoil, development and disaster, and politics and corruption come together once more in these pages, which tell the remarkable story of an infrastructure 100 years in the making.
Koradine Letters
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Author : Alice Bunker Stockham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1893
Koradine Letters written by Alice Bunker Stockham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1893 with Girls categories.
Make Your Bed
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Author : Admiral William H. McRaven
language : en
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Release Date : 2017-04-04
Make Your Bed written by Admiral William H. McRaven and has been published by Grand Central Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-04 with Self-Help categories.
Based on a Navy SEAL's inspiring graduation speech, this #1 New York Times bestseller of powerful life lessons "should be read by every leader in America" (Wall Street Journal). If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed. On May 17, 2014, Admiral William H. McRaven addressed the graduating class of the University of Texas at Austin on their Commencement day. Taking inspiration from the university's slogan, "What starts here changes the world," he shared the ten principles he learned during Navy Seal training that helped him overcome challenges not only in his training and long Naval career, but also throughout his life; and he explained how anyone can use these basic lessons to change themselves-and the world-for the better. Admiral McRaven's original speech went viral with over 10 million views. Building on the core tenets laid out in his speech, McRaven now recounts tales from his own life and from those of people he encountered during his military service who dealt with hardship and made tough decisions with determination, compassion, honor, and courage. Told with great humility and optimism, this timeless book provides simple wisdom, practical advice, and words of encouragement that will inspire readers to achieve more, even in life's darkest moments. "Powerful." --USA Today "Full of captivating personal anecdotes from inside the national security vault." --Washington Post "Superb, smart, and succinct." --Forbes
What S Great About Texas
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Author : Amanda Lanser
language : en
Publisher: Lerner Digital ™
Release Date : 2017-08-01
What S Great About Texas written by Amanda Lanser and has been published by Lerner Digital ™ this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! What's so great about Texas? Find out the top ten sites to see or things to do in the Lone Star State! Explore Texas's rodeos, wild places, oil fields, and rich history. The Texas by Map feature shows where you'll find all the places covered in the book. A special section provides quick state facts such as the state motto, capital, population, animals, foods, and more. Take a fun-filled tour of all there is to discover in Texas.
The 1917 White Sox
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Author : Warren N. Wilbert
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2003-11-24
The 1917 White Sox written by Warren N. Wilbert and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-11-24 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The 1917 Chicago White Sox were rooted in frustration over eleventh hour pennant losses as far back as 1907 and 1908. Charles Comiskey, one of the founding fathers of the American League and a man who did not gladly suffer mediocrity and losing, had fumed for a decade until he finally put together a team that would take him back to the World Series and win it all. This work chronicles the team that did it, re-establishing the White Sox as one of the game's elite. It covers Comiskey's recruitment of quality players beginning in 1914 and continuing through the 1917 season; the players themselves, including Red Faber, Hap Felsch, Eddie Cicotte, Joe Jackson and Eddie Collins; the events of the extraordinary season on and off the field, including the three series that the White Sox had with the Boston Red Sox and the United States' involvement in World War I; and the team's victory over John McGraw's Giants in the World Series.
Texas Curiosities
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Author : John Kelso
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2011-05-03
Texas Curiosities written by John Kelso and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-03 with History categories.
The definitive collection of Texas's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, for Texas residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist.
