History ahead : stories beyond the Texas roadside markers /

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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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Utley, Dan K.
Other Authors: Beeman, Cynthia J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [College Station] : Texas A & M University Press, ©2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:TAM travel guides.
Subjects:
Historical markers > Texas.
Geographical perception > Texas.
Plaques commémoratives > Texas.
Perception géographique > Texas.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Geographical perception
Historical markers
Travel
Texas > History.
Texas > History > Anecdotes.
Texas > Description and travel.
Texas > Biography.
Texas > Descriptions et voyages.
Texas > Biographies.
Texas
Anecdotes
Biographies
History
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 marks on the history of Texas. They visit cotton gins, abandoned airfields, forgotten cemeteries, and former world War II alien detention camps to dig up the little-known and unsuspected narratives that have slipped from the knowledge of the general public.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 317 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-303) and index.
ISBN:9781603443449
1603443444

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