By Evan Anders

Four males performed top roles within the political drama that spread out in South Texas throughout the first a long time of this century:

• James B. Wells, who governed as boss of Cameron County and served as top conservative spokesman of the Democratic social gathering in Texas;
• Archer (Archie) Parr, whose ruthless strategies and misuse of public money in Duval County confirmed him as essentially the most notoriously corrupt politicians in Texas history;
• Manuel Guerra, Mexican American rancher and service provider whose domination of Starr County reflected the guideline of his Anglo opposite numbers within the border region;
• John Nance Garner, who served the pursuits of those bosses of South Texas as he set forth at the street that will lead him to the U.S. vice-presidency.

Evan Anders' Boss Rule in South Texas tells the tale of those males and the county earrings they formed in South Texas in the course of the innovative Era.

Power was once the byword of the bosses of the reduce Rio Grande Valley, and Anders explores the assets of that energy. those politicos didn't shirk from utilizing corrupt or even violent potential to achieve their targets, yet Anders demonstrates that their willing sensitivity to the desires in their different constituency was once key to their long term luck. Patronage and different political prone have been their lifeblood, and the allies received by means of those ranged from builders and businessmen to ranchers and Mexican american citizens, filthy rich and poor.

Besides reading the workings of the Democratic machines of 4 South Texas counties, Anders explores the position of the Hispanic population in shaping the politics of the border zone, the industrial improvement of the decrease Rio Grande Valley and its political repercussions, the emergence and nature of revolutionary routine at either neighborhood and nation degrees, and the half performed through the Texas Rangers in assisting bossism in South Texas.

By Paul C. Nagel

ISBN-10: 0195053850

ISBN-13: 9780195053852

ISBN-10: 0195074785

ISBN-13: 9780195074789

Within the Lees of Virginia, Paul Nagel chronicles seven generations of Lees, from the family members founder Richard to basic Robert E. Lee, overlaying over 2 hundred years of yankee historical past. We meet Thomas Lee, who dreamed of the USA as a continental empire. His daughter used to be Hannah Lee Corbin, a non-conformist in way of life and faith, whereas his son, Richard Henry Lee, used to be a tempestuous determine who wore black silk over a disfigured hand while he made the movement in Congress for Independence. one other of Thomas' sons, Arthur Lee, created a political typhoon by means of his accusations opposed to Benjamin Franklin. Arthur's cousin was once Light-Horse Harry Lee, a arguable cavalry officer within the innovative battle, whose wild genuine property hypothesis resulted in imprisonment for debt and at last self-exile within the Caribbean. one in every of Harry's sons, Henry Lee, additional disgraced the relatives by means of seducing his sister-in-law and frittering away Stratford, the Lees' ancestral domestic. one other son, even though, turned the family's redeeming figure--Robert E. Lee, a super tactician who's nonetheless respected for his lofty personality and army luck. In those and diverse different images, Nagel discloses how, from 1640 to 1870, a relations spirit united the Lees, making them a strength in Virginian and American affairs. Paul Nagel is a number one chronicler of households fashionable in our heritage. His Descent from Glory, a masterful narrative account of 4 generations of Adamses, was once hailed by way of the recent Yorker as "intelligent, tactful, and spiritually generous," and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian W.A. Swanberg, within the Chicago Sun-Times, known as it "a amazing embarrassment of biographical riches." Now, within the Lees of Virginia, Nagel brings his talents to undergo on one other significant American kin, taking readers contained in the nice estates of the previous Dominion and the turbulent lives of the Lee women and men.

By David McCullough

ISBN-10: 0743217373

ISBN-13: 9780743217378

Amazon.com assessment within the nineteenth century, the Brooklyn Bridge was once seen because the maximum engineering feat of mankind. The Roeblings--father and son--toiled for many years, battling rivals, corrupt politicians, and the legislation of nature to manufacture a bridge which, after a hundred years, nonetheless offers one of many significant avenues of entry to 1 of the world's busiest cities--as in comparison to many bridges equipped even as which collapsed inside of many years or perhaps years. it really is fresh to learn this sort of remarkable tale of genuine structure and engineering in an period the place those phrases check with tiny bits and bytes that encourage awe basically of their summary effects, and never of their tangible actual beauty. From Publishers Weekly This amazing audio model brings to lifestyles the Herculean struggles in the back of the production of 1 of this country's so much recognizable and enduring landmarks. Herrmann's wealthy, expressive voice completely enhances McCullough's stately language, and the mix in their talents—coupled with the impressiveness of the engineering wonder that's the Brooklyn Bridge—makes this a compulsive hear. refined alterations in Herrmann's tone truly trigger quotations with no interrupting the movement, and although this audiobook is abridged, the deleted segments are in brief summarized via an unobtrusive moment narrator in order that listeners by no means believe as though they're lacking a part of the tale. whereas there are a few descriptions of the 13-year development approach that will have benefited from illustrations, the creation as an entire is great. Listeners can't support being moved through the grandeur of the constitution and via the brilliant dangers taken by means of the boys who labored on it, really leader engineer Washington Roebling, who remained the driver in the back of the bridge regardless of being crippled via the bends and bedridden for a few years. Drama of each type are available the following: political scandals, extreme rivalries, severe loyalty, an enthralling love tale, heroism, stunning near-disasters, loss of life, disease and struggle. as soon as referred to as the 8th ask yourself of the realm, the Brooklyn Bridge nonetheless evokes artists and photographers, travelers and natives alike, and it's the in basic terms stone-towered, steel-cabled bridge on the planet. during this very good construction, listeners can be encouraged anew. Copyright © Reed company details, a department of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

By Claude T. Barnes

ISBN-10: 0874804744

ISBN-13: 9780874804744

Eightvo, , PP.385,

By Keith Ashley, Nancy Marie White

ISBN-10: 0813040140

ISBN-13: 9780813040141

By Neil Davis

ISBN-10: 058518626X

ISBN-13: 9780585186269

ISBN-10: 0912006382

ISBN-13: 9780912006383

Do iceworms devour ice?  are you able to pay attention the aurora?  How does mosquito repellent work?  Why are Alaskan volcanoes flippantly spaced alongside the coast?  Is it attainable for warm water to freeze speedier than chilly water?  the place are Alaska's greater than a hundred twenty five scorching springs?  Why are northern twilights so long?  Do glaciers slide or do they flow?  Why do snowflakes flutter as they fall? In Alaska technological know-how Nuggets, Neil Davis solutions those and lots of different exciting questions within the wonderful and informative variety that makes him one in every of Alaska's favourite technological know-how writers.  This compendium of approximately four hundred articles, together with articles by means of different participants to a technological know-how column carried by way of numerous Alaska newspapers, discusses phenomena as assorted because the northern lighting fixtures, permafrost, glaciers, meteorology, volcanoes, earthquakes, archaeology, Alaskan vegetation, mammoths, early people, and northern living. Tourists and long-time Alaskans alike have made this much-loved e-book a bestseller for years.  Alaska technological know-how Nuggets is a brilliant reference or present for a person attracted to the exceptional average historical past of the North.

By Craig A Doherty

ISBN-10: 0816054185

ISBN-13: 9780816054183

ISBN-10: 1438107331

ISBN-13: 9781438107332

To appreciate how the U.S. got here jointly as a country, scholars needs to first acquaint themselves with the unique thirteen colonies - and the way every one of those colonies its personal route to the ratification of the structure. every one publication during this set highlights the folk, areas, and occasions that have been vital to the advance of every colony.

By popsci.com

By Francis Russell

ISBN-10: 1612307825

ISBN-13: 9781612307824

James Michael Curley, the main robust Irish-American baby-kisser in Boston till John F. Kennedy was once elected to Congress, was once the stuff of legend ahead of his lifestyles turned fiction within the movie The final Hurrah. right here, during this short-form ebook from historian Francis Russell, is the tale of this two times jailed champion of the folks.

By Aubrey L. Haines

ISBN-10: 0870813919

ISBN-13: 9780870813917

First released in 1977, former park historian Aubrey Haines's two-volume set on Yellowstone nationwide Park has lengthy been said because the authoritative historical past of the United State's first nationwide park. Now up to date with new photos and revised textual content, The Yellowstone tale covers the park from prehistoric instances throughout the local american citizens and early explorers to the institution of the park and extending use. It concludes with a dialogue of the choice coverage offerings that park directors and the general public will confront within the close to destiny. complete in its scope and delightfully interesting in its element, either this and the spouse quantity are important examining for all viewers and historians drawn to Yellowstone nationwide Park.