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Bestseller
Author
Gentry, Mary Jane, 1912-1996.
Title
The birth of a Texas ghost town : Thurber, 1886-1933 / Mary Jane Gentry ; edited and with an introduction by T. Lindsay Baker ; foreword by Larry Gatlin.
Publication Info.
College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2008]
©2008
Online access
Online eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff.
Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook
Item Status
Edition
1st ed.
Description
1 online resource (xl, 205 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium
polychrome
Description
text file
Series
Tarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities ; no. 22
Tarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities ; no. 22.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-191) and index.
Contents
Editor's Introduction: Mary Jane Gentry and Her History of Thurber xv -- Chapter 2 Coal and Brick 14 -- Chapter 3 Labor Difficulties 34 -- Chapter 4 Texas Pacific Mercantile & Manufacturing Company 75 -- Chapter 5 Living Conditions 95 -- Chapter 6 Recreation 113 -- Chapter 7 Foreign Population 128 -- Chapter 8 Abandonment 139.
Summary
Edited and with an introduction by T. Lindsay Baker; foreword by Larry Gatlin.
Local Note
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject
Ghost towns -- Texas -- History.
Ghost towns.
Texas.
History.
Immigrants -- Texas -- Thurber -- Social life and customs.
Immigrants.
Texas -- Thurber.
Manners and customs.
Coal miners -- Texas -- Thurber -- History.
Coal miners.
Coal trade -- Texas -- Thurber -- History.
Coal trade.
Brick trade -- Texas -- Thurber -- History.
Brick trade.
Thurber (Tex.) -- History.
Thurber (Tex.) -- Social life and customs.
Thurber (Tex.) -- Ethnic relations.
Thurber (Tex.) -- Economic conditions.
Genre/Form
Electronic books.
History.
Added Author
Baker, T. Lindsay.
Gatlin, Larry.
Other Form:
Print version: Gentry, Mary Jane, 1912-1996. Birth of a Texas ghost town. 1st ed. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2008 (DLC) 2007026465
ISBN
9781603443975 (electronic book)
1603443975 (electronic book)
9781585446292 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
1585446297 (cloth ; alkaline paper)