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Item Details
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THE BIRTH OF A TEXAS GHOST TOWN
THURBER, 1886-1933 |
| By: |
Mary Jane Gentry, T. Lindsay Baker (Editor), Larry Gatlin (Foreword) |
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Hardback |
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£32.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1585446297 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781585446292 |
| Publisher: |
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
21 February, 2008 |
| Series: |
Tarleton State University Southwestern Studies in the Humanities No. 22 |
| Pages: |
248 |
| Description: |
In its heyday, Thurber was home to coal miners and brick plant workers from Italy, Poland, and as many as fourteen other European nations, not to mention the many Mexican immigrants who came to the area. This work presents the history of a Texas coal town, its rise and decline, and provides a unique window into a bygone era. |
| Synopsis: |
In its heyday, Thurber was home to coal miners and brick plant workers from Italy, Poland, and as many as fourteen other European nations, not to mention the many Mexican immigrants who came to the area. In this, her master's thesis, Mary Jane Gentry, who started the first grade in Thurber and graduated as valedictorian of its high school in 1930, records first-hand memories of the town's vibrant charm.Now edited and with an introduction by T. Lindsay Baker, Gentry's lively history of the rise and decline of a Texas coal town provides a unique window into a bygone era. Her narrative of rancorous labor disputes, corporate machinations, and the eventual shuttering of the plants and virtual disappearance of the once-thriving town will allow Thurber to live again, if only in the minds of her readers. |
| Illustrations: |
16 b&w photos, 2 tables, bib., index |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Texas A & M University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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