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Author |
: Lucinda Freeman |
Publisher |
: iUniverse |
Total Pages |
: 390 |
Release |
: 2011-04-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781450275101 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1450275109 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis Historic Houston: How to See It by : Lucinda Freeman
In HISTORIC HOUSTON: HOW TO SEE IT, Lucinda Freeman brings Houstons history to life by coupling entertaining stories that highlight influential personalities and key historical events with day-trip itineraries, providing a comprehensive and useful guidebook for heritage tourists interested in the history of Houston and surrounding region. Freeman is a native Houstonian, a fifth-generation Texan, and the daughter of two parents who also wrote books on Houstons history. She relies on careful research and personal experience to offer unforgettable adventures into early Houston and Texas. She brings to light colorful historical characters like Sam Houston, Deaf Smith, and legendary cattle rustler and oilman Shanghai Pierce. Freeman also recounts stories of immigrants and highlights events from key time periods like the Texas Revolution, Antebellum Texas, and the Civil War, offering guided day-trip plans for seeing it all, including historical markers, museums, plantations, battle sites, and renovated historical buildings. HISTORIC HOUSTON: HOW TO SEE IT com bines historical facts and easy to- follow itineraries with captivating anecdotes about the famous, the infamous, the heroic, and the eccentric in order to provide a fascinating, in-depth glimpse into a forward-thinking city and region with great personality and character. For more information about the book and related projects and events, visit www.historichoustontourism.com
Author |
: Marks Hinton |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2010-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1933979887 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781933979885 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis Historic Houston Streets by : Marks Hinton
"Includes streets in Brazoria, Galveston, Montgomery, Ft. Bend, Waller, Harris and Liberty Counties."
Author |
: Betty Chapman |
Publisher |
: Turner |
Total Pages |
: 220 |
Release |
: 2006-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1683369270 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781683369271 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis Historic Photos of Houston by : Betty Chapman
From NASA to the Theatre District, rodeos to drilling oil, Historic Photos of Houston is a photographic history collected from the areas top archives. With around 200 photographs, many of which have never been published, this beautiful coffee table book shows the historical growth from the mid 1800's to the late 1900's of ?the Space City? in stunning black and white photography. The book follows life, government, events and people important to Houston and the building of this unique city. Spanning over two centuries and two hundred photographs, this is a must have for any long-time resident or history lover of Houston!
Author |
: Erik Slotboom |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 426 |
Release |
: 2003 |
ISBN-10 |
: NWU:35556034574269 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis Houston Freeways by : Erik Slotboom
Author |
: Thomas H. Kreneck |
Publisher |
: Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages |
: 181 |
Release |
: 2012-02-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781603446921 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1603446923 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Synopsis Del Pueblo by : Thomas H. Kreneck
Though relatively small in number until the latter decades of the nineteenth century, Houston'sHispanic population possesses a rich and varied history that has previously not been readily associated in the popular imagination with Houston. However, in 1989, the first edition of Thomas H. Kreneck’s Del Pueblo vividly captured the depth and breadth of Houston’s Hispanic people, illustrating both the obstacles and the triumphs that characterized this vital community’s rise to prominence during the twentieth century. This new, revised edition of Del Pueblo: A History of Houston’s Hispanic Community updates that vibrant history, incorporating research on trends and changes through the beginning of the new millennium. Especially important in this new edition are Kreneck’s historical contextualization of the 1980s as the “Decade of the Hispanic” and his documentation of other significant developments taking place since the publication of the original edition. Illustrated with seventy-five photographs of significant people, places, and events, this new edition of Del Pueblo: A History of Houston’s Hispanic Community updates the unfolding story of one of the nation’s most influential and dynamic ethnic groups. Students and scholars of Mexican American and Hispanic issues and culture, as well as general readers interested in this important aspect of Houston and regional history, will not want to be without this important book.
Author |
: Mitchel P. Roth |
Publisher |
: University of North Texas Press |
Total Pages |
: 497 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781574414721 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1574414720 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Synopsis Houston Blue by : Mitchel P. Roth
"Back in 2005, the board of the directors of the Houston Police Officers' Union commissioned Mitchel Roth, Ph.D., and Tom Kennedy to research and write a book that chronicled the history of the Houston Police Department and the Houston Police Officers' Union."--Foreword.
Author |
: Paul Galvani |
Publisher |
: Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 205 |
Release |
: 2014-05-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781439664612 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1439664617 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lost Restaurants of Houston by : Paul Galvani
“Stories of immigration, culture-clash . . . and old-fashioned hard work are told through the history of Houston’s long-gone, but still-beloved restaurants.” —Yesterday’s America With more than fourteen thousand eating establishments covering seventy different ethnic cuisines, Houston is a foodie town. But even in a place where eating out is a way of life and restaurants come and go, there were some iconic spots that earned a special place in the hearts and stomachs of locals. Maxim’s taught overnight millionaires how to handle meals that came with three forks. The Trader Vic’s at the Shamrock offered dedicated homebodies a chance for the exotic, and Sonny Look’s Sirloin Inn maintained the reputation of a city of steakhouses. From Alfred’s Delicatessen to Youngblood’s Fried Chicken, Paul and Christiane Galvani celebrate the stories and recipes of Houston’s fondly remembered tastemakers. “In the book, the Galvanis share Houston’s history and love of food. They take the reader on the banks of the bayou when the city received its first inhabitants before time hopping from the Original Mexican Restaurant to The Original Kelley’s Steakhouse. Other stops include Alfred’s Delicatessen and the San Jacinto Inn.” —Houston Business Journal
Author |
: Keith Houston |
Publisher |
: W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages |
: 353 |
Release |
: 2013-09-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780393064421 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0393064425 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Synopsis Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks by : Keith Houston
Revealing the secret history of punctuation, this tour of two thousand years of the written word, from ancient Greece to the Internet, explores the parallel histories of language and typography throughout the world and across time.
Author |
: Lance Scott Walker |
Publisher |
: University of Texas Press |
Total Pages |
: 368 |
Release |
: 2019-01-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781477317938 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1477317937 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis Houston Rap Tapes by : Lance Scott Walker
The neighborhoods of Fifth Ward, Fourth Ward, Third Ward, and the Southside of Houston, Texas, gave birth to Houston rap, a vibrant music scene that has produced globally recognized artists such as Geto Boys, DJ Screw, Pimp C and Bun B of UGK, Fat Pat, Big Moe, Z-Ro, Lil’ Troy, and Paul Wall. Lance Scott Walker and photographer Peter Beste spent a decade documenting Houston’s scene, interviewing and photographing the people—rappers, DJs, producers, promoters, record label owners—and places that give rap music from the Bayou City its distinctive character. Their collaboration produced the books Houston Rap and Houston Rap Tapes. This second edition of Houston Rap Tapes amplifies the city’s hip-hop history through new interviews with Scarface, Slim Thug, Lez Moné, B L A C K I E, Lil’ Keke, and Sire Jukebox of the original Ghetto Boys. Walker groups the interviews into sections that track the different eras and movements in Houston rap, with new photographs and album art that reveal the evolution of the scene from the 1970s to today’s hip-hop generation. The interviews range from the specifics of making music to the passions, regrets, memories, and hopes that give it life. While offering a view from some of Houston’s most marginalized areas, these intimate conversations lay out universal struggles and feelings. As Willie D of Geto Boys writes in the foreword, “Houston Rap Tapes flows more like a bunch of fellows who haven’t seen each other for ages, hanging out on the block reminiscing, rather than a calculated literary guide to Houston’s history.”
Author |
: Suzanne Turner |
Publisher |
: Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages |
: 305 |
Release |
: 2010-03-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781603441636 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1603441638 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis Houston's Silent Garden by : Suzanne Turner
Glenwood Cemetery has long offered a serene and pastoral final resting place for many of Houston's civic leaders and historic figures. In Houston's Silent Garden, Suzanne Turner and Joanne Seale Wilson reveal the story of this beautifully wooded and landscaped preserve's development—a story that is also very much entwined with the history of Houston. In 1871, recovering from Reconstruction, a group of progressive citizens noticed that Houston needed a new cemetery at the edge of the central city. Embracing the picturesque aesthetic that had swept through the Eastern Seaboard, the founders of Glenwood selected land along Buffalo Bayou and developed Glenwood. Since then, the cemetery's monuments have memorialized the lives of many of the city's most interesting residents (Allen, Baker, Brown, Clayton, Cooley, Cullinan, Farish, Hermann, Hobby, House, Hughes, Jones, Law, Rice, Staub, Sterling, Weiss, and Wortham, among many others). The monuments also showcase the artistry and craftsmanship of some of the region's finest sculptors and artisans. Accompanied by the breathtaking photography of Paul Hester, this book chronicles the cemetery's origins from its inception in 1871 to the present day. Through the story of Glenwood, readers will appreciate some of the natural features that shaped Houston's evolution and will also begin to understand the forces of urbanization that positioned Houston to become the vital community it is today. Houston's Silent Garden is a must-read for those interested in Houston civic and regional history, architecture, and urban planning.