Pictorial History of Waco
Author | : Roger Conger |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1969-06-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780872440265 |
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Author | : Roger Conger |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1969-06-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780872440265 |
Author | : Roger Norman Conger |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Business |
ISBN | : 9780072440263 |
Great history and pictures of Waco, Texas. A great learning experience ...
Author | : Roger Norman Conger |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Waco (Tex.) |
ISBN | : 9780872441248 |
Author | : Patricia Bernstein |
Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1603445471 |
Annotation. In 1916, seventeen-year-old Jesse Washington, a retarded black boy, was publicly tortured, lynched, and burned on the town square of Waco, Texas, Drawing on extensive research in the national files of the NAACP, local newspapers and archives, and interviews with the descendants of participants in the events of that day, Patricia Bernstein has reconstructed the details of not only the crime but also how it influenced the NAACP's antilynching campaign.
Author | : Robert E. Davis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2000-09 |
Genre | : Waco (Tex.) |
ISBN | : 9780872441248 |
Author | : Mavis Parrott Kelsey |
Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 508 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781585442706 |
A collection of illustrated black-and-white engravings depicting the history of Texas from 1554 to 1900 presented chronologically and featuring a brief introduction to the historical background of each era.
Author | : Eric S. Ames |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2020-08-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1439670455 |
Since its establishment in 1849, Waco has grown from a frontier town on the Brazos River to a thriving city of more than 125,000 residents. And in those 171 years, Waco's citizens have seen triumph, tragedy, humor, heartbreak and infamy. Some of those stories garnered widespread attention or became established local lore, but many more have fallen through the cracks. Catch up on the backstory of notorious figures like W.C. Brann, firebrand publisher of the Iconoclast. Discover how one of the longest novels published in the English language was written by a wealthy recluse in a downtown mansion. From the artesian wells of "Geyser City" to the tombs of Telephus Telemachus Louis Augustus Albartus "Tel" Johnson, author Eric Ames offers a chance for a deeper appreciation of Waco's unique history.
Author | : John Edward Weems |
Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2017-06-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1623496152 |
The Tornado gives account of one of the world’s most terrifying natural disasters. Twisters have left their wake of freakish consequences throughout the United States and the world, and The Tornado vividly describes some of the most bizarre from around the country—houseboats sailing through the air; cars flown to a landing half a cornfield away; an entire house lifted and demolished, leaving only a divan holding the uninjured family. The most detailed description of a tornado and the violence it can bring comes from the author’s focus on the tragedy of one American town in 1953. John Edward Weems was an eyewitness reporter of a funnel that hit Waco, Texas, on May 11 of that year. In gripping narrative, he portrays the events of that day: a man clinging to a guard rail while a mailbox, plate glass, bricks, and assorted debris whizzed past his head; automobiles rolling end on end down the street; buildings falling like blocks knocked down by an angry child; a movie theater crumbling on the terrified patrons. When the storm had passed, 114 people were dead and hundreds injured; property damage ran in the tens of millions of dollars. Research in news reports, government weather documents, and books flesh out this account, which Pulitzer-prize winner Annie Dillard called “wonderfully exciting. It is full of people, and the thousands of details that make up their lives—and deaths. [It is] a story of enormous power.” John Banta, writing in the Waco Tribune-Herald, described it as “a gripping story of human drama and tragedy.” Kirkus Reviews said, “. . . the events still chill face to face with a power that defies reason.” Royalties from the sale of The Tornado will benefit the book fund of the Waco-McLennan County Public Library.