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Author | : Jan Johnson |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2022-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1467146552 |
Jan Johnson provides a definitive account of Galveston's fight against outbreaks of Yellow Fever, which transformed an island paradise into the City of Dreadful Death. In the summer of Galveston's founding year, a mysterious malady accompanied by black vomit descended upon the inhabitants. Names for the devastating plague came quick and fast as the body count rose. Saffron Scourge. Bronze John. Yellow Jack. Yellow Fever. The disease's cause and cure remained elusive, as did the medical institutions Galveston would need treat the illness. Four thousand souls perished in nine epidemics between 1839 and 1867. By the time of Galveston's final Yellow Fever outbreak in 1903, however, residents were better informed and equipped. Discover the key figures and pivotal events of the island city's experience with the mosquito-borne disease.
Author | : Kathleen Shanahan Maca |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 2016-09-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1625857403 |
Discover the haunting history of this town on the Texas coast—includes photos. One of the oldest cities in Texas, Galveston has witnessed more than its share of tragedies. Devastating hurricanes, yellow fever epidemics, fires, a major Civil War battle, and more cast a dark shroud on the city’s legacy. Ghostly tales creep throughout the history of famous tourist attractions and historical homes. The altruistic spirit of a schoolteacher who heroically pulled victims from the floodwaters during the great hurricane of 1900 roams the Strand. The ghosts of Civil War soldiers march up and down the stairs at night and pace in front of the antebellum Rogers Building. The spirit of an unlucky man decapitated by an oncoming train haunts the railroad museum, moving objects and crying in the night. In this fascinating book, Kathleen Shanahan Maca explores these and other haunted tales from the Oleander City.
Author | : S.L. Kotar |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 2017-02-20 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 0786479191 |
The terror of yellow fever conjures images of mass infection of soldiers during the Spanish-American War and horrific death tolls among workers on the Panama Canal. Medical science has never found a cure and the disease continues to present a threat to the modern world, both as a mosquito-borne epidemic and as a potential biological weapon. Drawing on firsthand accounts and contemporary sources, this book traces the history of the viral infection that has claimed countless victims across the United States, Central America and Africa, and of the global effort to combat this challenging and deadly disease.
Author | : Ashbel Smith |
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Release | : 1951-01-01 |
Genre | : Galveston (Tex.) |
ISBN | : 9780292796003 |
Author | : David G. McComb |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0292793219 |
A colorful history of the island city on Texas’s Gulf Coast and its survival through times of piracy, plague, civil war, and devastating natural disaster. On the Gulf edge of Texas between land and sea stands Galveston Island. Shaped continually by wind and water, it is one of earth’s ongoing creations, where time is forever new. Here, on the shoreline, embraced by the waves, a person can still feel the heartbeat of nature. And yet, for all the idyllic possibilities, Galveston’s history has been anything but tranquil. Across Galveston’s sands have walked Indians, pirates, revolutionaries, the richest men of nineteenth-century Texas, soldiers, sailors, bootleggers, gamblers, prostitutes, physicians, entertainers, engineers, and preservationists. Major events in the island’s past include hurricanes, yellow fever, smuggling, vice, the Civil War, the building of a medical school and port, raids by the Texas Rangers, and, always, the struggle to live in a precarious location. Galveston: A History is an engrossing account that also explores the role of technology and the often contradictory relationship between technology and the city, providing a guide to both Galveston history and the dynamics of urban development.
Author | : John McLead Keating |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 470 |
Release | : 1879 |
Genre | : Yellow fever |
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Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 1911 |
Genre | : Yellow fever |
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Total Pages | : 548 |
Release | : 1897 |
Genre | : Medicine |
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Author | : Nic Pizzolatto |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2011-06-14 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1439166668 |
After being diagnosed with lung cancer, Roy Cady kills the men hired by his loan shark boss to kill him, and flees to Galveston, Texas, with a prostitute and her young sister, where they face more problems.
Author | : J ..... J ..... Woodward |
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Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 1868 |
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