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1st ed. |
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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Tarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities ; no. 25
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Tarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities ; no. 25.
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| Note |
"A Texas A & M travel guide." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Mexican War, 1846-1848: Corpus Christi beach -- Thornton's skirmish -- Brazos Santiago -- Fort Brown -- The Indian Wars, 1848-1875: Fort McKavett -- Fort Lancaster -- Battle of Adobe Walls -- The Civil War, 1861-1865: Old Fort Bliss -- Battle of Galveston -- Camp Ford -- Battle of Sabine Pass -- The Spanish-American War, 1898: Menger Hotel -- Camp Mabry -- Camp Wood -- The Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920: Downtown El Paso -- Glenn Spring -- Camp Ruidosa -- Camp Holland -- World War I, 1917-1918: USS Texas -- Galveston coastal defenses -- Camp Bowie I -- Camp MacArthur and Rich Field -- World War II, 1941-1945: Fort Clark -- Camp Bowie II -- Avenger Field -- Pecos Army Airfield -- Naval operations in wartime Orange -- Prisoners of war in Texas -- Marfa Army Airfield -- Epilogue: a call for preservation. |
| Summary |
Each of the wars fought by Texans spawned the creation of scores of military sites across the state, from the lonely frontier outpost at Adobe Walls to the once-bustling World War II shipyards of Orange. Today, although vestiges of the sites still exist, many are barely discernible, their once-proud martial trappings now faded by time, neglect, the elements and, most of all, public apathy.?In Faded Glory: A Century of Forgotten Texas Military Sites, Then and Now, Thomas E. Alexander and Dan K. Utley revisit twenty-nine sites-many of them largely forgotten-associated with what w. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Military bases -- Texas.
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Military bases. |
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Texas. |
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Fortification -- Texas.
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Fortification. |
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Battlefields -- Texas.
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Battlefields. |
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Historic sites -- Texas.
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Historic sites. |
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Texas -- History, Military.
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History, Military. |
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Texas -- Antiquities.
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Antiquities. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Military history.
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| Added Author |
Utley, Dan K.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Alexander, Thomas E., 1931- Faded glory. 1st ed. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2012 9781603446990 (DLC) 2011050695 (OCoLC)769141472 |
| ISBN |
9781603447539 (electronic book) |
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1603447539 (electronic book) |
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9781603446990 |
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1603446990 |
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