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Storm over the Bay: The People of Corpus Christi and Their Port (Gulf Coast Books, sponsored by Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
Mary Jo O'Rear
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| #679958 in Books | Texas AM University Press | 2009-02-10 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.28 x.79 x6.48l,1.07 | File type: PDF | 200 pages | ||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| book|By Katherine D.|I didn't know until he died that Mr. Walraven had published any books. He went to college with my Dad & they worked together at the Corpus Christi Caller Times. His death prompted me to see what he had written. This is a nostalgia tour for me. I'm grateful that has copies of his publications.|0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.||
" . . . . a welcome, engaging, and up-to-date account of Corpus Christi's struggle to achieve a deep water port. With fascinating vignettes of participants, Mary Jo O'Rear reveals behind-the-scenes political maneuvering that brought together supporte
Since the late 1830s, the natural harbor at the mouth of South Texas' Nueces River has been a center of regional maritime trade. But by the early 1900s, a storm of political wrangling, cronyism, and corruption was threatening to scuttle the city's efforts toward securing a dependable deep water port to attract international commerce to Corpus Christi. On September 14, 1919, a massive hurricane struck the bay, burying the downtown area under ten feet of debris and ki...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Storm over the Bay: The People of Corpus Christi and Their Port (Gulf Coast Books, sponsored by Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi) | Mary Jo O'Rear. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.
