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History ahead : stories beyond the Texas roadside markers /

In History Ahead, Utley and Beeman introduce readers to the famous (Charles Lindbergh, Will Rogers, The Big Bopper and jazz great Charlie Christian) and the not-so-famous (Elmer "Lumpy" Kleb, Don Pedro Jaramillo and Carl Morene, the "music man" of Schulenburg) who have left their...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Utley, Dan K.
Otros Autores: Beeman, Cynthia J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [College Station] : Texas A & M University Press, ©2010.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:TAM travel guides.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • A Texas sense of place
  • Saving Elmer's woods
  • Roberts Cemetery
  • "While you are hesitating others are buying--act to-day!"
  • George H. Paul, South Texas land promoter
  • A crop of suckers
  • A plan for the coming season
  • George Sessions Perry
  • Robert S. Munger
  • The healer of Los Olmos
  • Dobie's Los Olmos
  • Too many barrels of oil
  • Santa Rita smiled
  • "We shall come rejoicing"
  • Waugh campground
  • Zephyr Gospel Tabernacle
  • The music man of Schulenburg
  • "Shorthorns forever"
  • Passing through Texas
  • Lindbergh landed here
  • Lindbergh historical markers
  • Pyramids on the road to Monte Ne
  • The Nat
  • A gathering in the woods
  • Texas Forestry Association
  • Ghosts at Mitchell Flat
  • Fort D.A. Russell
  • Chasing the next frontier
  • Wiley Hardeman Post
  • Alien city in a strange land
  • Kenedy Alien Detention Camp Cemetery
  • Texans on the national stage
  • Fighting every step of the way
  • Minnie Fish
  • Companion courthouses
  • Crossing the great divide
  • Charlie's unmarked friends
  • Harvest of the devoted heart
  • Wyatt C. Hedrick
  • Queen of the air
  • The flying Stinsons
  • "Hellooo, baby!"
  • Jefferson Theatre
  • City of Lubbock Cemetery
  • The theater of tomorrow today
  • Stoneleigh Hotel
  • Sherman Little Theater.