| Author: | Susan Wiley Hardwick |
| Published: | 2002, Johns Hopkins University Press, US (First Edition) |
| Binding: | Hard Cover |
| Content: | Nonfiction |
| Description: | Examination of Galveston's rapid rise and the myth created by immigrants and boosters to promote the vision of an abundant island with a highly temperate, even tropical, climate, ideal for settlement. The historical analysis focuses on immigrant settlement patterns and the important contributions to Galveston's evolving sense of place made by diverse ethnic and racial groups. |
| ISBN: | 0801868874 |
| ISBN-13: | 978-0801868870 |
| Tags: | History, Texas |
| Stock: | Galveston Bookshop stocks this book used, when available. |
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