Download or read book Annabelle and the Great Hurricane of 1900 written by Gill Evelyn Hilton and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evelyn Gill Hilton was born and raised in Baytown, Texas. She attended Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, and received a B.A. Degree in Art and Education. She later received a Masters of Education Degree from Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas. She married Bob Hilton and together, worked in the Texas public school system for the entirety of their careers. They have three children, Steven, Suzanne and David, all of whom are now grown, and six wonderful grandchildren. Now retired, Evelyn and Bob live between Brownwood and Bangs in the beautiful northern hill country of Texas. Evelyn is an avid artist, as well as a writer. She has always loved to travel, and, aside from frequenting Mexico, has visited Canada and even Japan. When she is not writing, drawing illustrations for her books, or painting pictures for friends, Evelyn is traveling with her husband and enjoying their grandchildren. Annabelle and the Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900, Evelyn Hilton's second book and the sequel to her first book, Kidnapped by Pirates, is told from the perspective of a porcelain doll, Annabelle, who has been bought for Laura by her brother, Ben. During the first week of September, 1900, a massive, unexpected hurricane prowls into the Gulf of Mexico and heads straight for Galveston Island. Laura's family must find a way to survive this deadliest storm ever to hit America. In a most unconventional escape devised by Ben, the family survives, to rebuild their lives. This account is based on the true story of the monster hurricane, which killed over seven thousand people and virtually wiped Galveston off the map. More importantly, this tale provides the reader with insight into the brave, frontier men, women and children, who settled the Texas coastland and, despite extreme hardships, paved the way for future generations.
Download or read book Kidnapped by Pirates written by Evelyn Gill Hilton and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the exciting story of Evelyn's great-great grandfather had been told in the family through the years, no one had ever put it on paper, so Hilton decided to write the entire story for her grandchildren. Kidnapped by Pirates is based on the true story of fourteen year-old Charles Tilton, who was kidnapped alone in 1814 from a New England whaler by some of Jean Lafitte's rogue pirates. They brought the boy to their Galveston Island base, just off the Texas coast and presented him to Lafitte as a ransom prize. Enraged that the men had attacked and American vessel and sailors, the French buccaneer had the disobedient men hung. He then offered Charles a job as cabin boy, which he accepted. Charles ended up staying for 6 exciting years of adventure In 1820, the U.S. Government sent naval ships to disband the thousand-man base at Galveston but, before they arrived, the French buccaneer split all the spoils with his men and they all headed in different directions. Charles sailed up Texas' Trinity River, to Old River, then into Lost Lake where he and 3 friends buried his share of the gold and scuttled the schooner Lafitte had given him to avoid detection. He applied for a MX land grant, built a house on the bank, and later married and had nine children. He never forgot his exciting years with Lafitte, which are related in this intriguing book...
Download or read book Risk Management and Innovation in Japan Britain and the USA written by Ruth Taplin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-11-16 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assessing and managing risk is vitally important, and is increasingly studied in a range of areas including politics and international relations, finance and insurance, and innovation and the valuing of intangible assets such as patents and intellectual property. The degree to which innovation is encouraged or otherwise – a key factor for many businesses - depends in part on the attitude towards risk in the context in which it takes place. Taplin considers the different attitudes towards risk and innovation, and the different ways in which risk and innovation are handled, in Japan, Britain the USA. Providing a broad and detailed examination of the subject, she discusses topics including risk management standards, managing risk in marketing, the insurance industry, patents, and in venture capital, and of how risk management in organizations has evolved.
Download or read book Winslow Homer American Passage written by William R. Cross and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive life of the painter who forged American identity visually, in art and illustration, with an impact comparable to that of Walt Whitman and Mark Twain in poetry and prose—yet whose own story has remained largely untold. In 1860, at the age of twenty-four, Winslow Homer (1836–1910) sold Harper’s Weekly two dozen wood engravings, carved into boxwood blocks and transferred to metal plates to stamp on paper. One was a scene that Homer saw on a visit to Boston, his hometown. His illustration shows a crowd of abolitionists on the brink of eviction from a church; at their front is Frederick Douglass, declaring “the freedom of all mankind.” Homer, born into the Panic of 1837 and raised in the years before the Civil War, came of age in a nation in crisis. He created multivalent visual tales, both quintessentially American and quietly replete with narrative for and about people of all races and ages. Whether using pencil, watercolor, or, most famously, oil, Homer addressed the hopes and fears of his fellow Americans and invited his viewers into stories embedded with universal, timeless questions of purpose and meaning. Like his contemporaries Twain and Whitman, Homer captured the landscape of a rapidly changing country with an artist’s probing insight. His tale is one of America in all its complexity and contradiction, as he evolved and adapted to the restless spirit of invention transforming his world. In Winslow Homer: American Passage, William R. Cross reveals the man behind the art. It is the surprising story of a life led on the front lines of history. In that life, this Everyman made archetypal images of American culture, endowed with a force of moral urgency through which they speak to all people today. Includes Color Images and Maps
Download or read book Galveston written by Gary Cartwright and published by TCU Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Number eighteen: The TCU Press Chisholm Trail Series of significant books dealing with Texas, its life and history.
Download or read book 1900 1965 American Premium Record Guide written by L. R. Docks and published by Florence, Ala. : Books Americana. This book was released on 1992 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Premium Record Guide 1900 1965 written by L. R. Docks and published by Iola, WI : Krause Publications. This book was released on 1997 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... The only source dedicated to music from 1900 to 1965. Plus its extensive coverage of 78s puts you in line for vintage-vinyl collecting success. Inside you'll find: 30,000 individual recordings; 9,000 price changes; 7,500 recording artists with 900 first-time listings!; 1,600 label photos including 200 additions ... ; 78s, 45s, EPs and LPs; four major categories (jazz, big band; country Western; blues; R & B, rock 'n' roll); all-inclusive artist index ..."--Back cover.
Download or read book Uncertain Paradise written by John W. Cassell and published by Inkwater Press. This book was released on 2007-04 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I guess I knew now how awful Chicken Little must have felt. All sorts of things were just not right... very close to me... on the other side of the island. Yet Cassell would have to do his punishment first... So the politicians would feel better. Yeah... midnight had come and gone, we were on our own now, but nobody seemed to be wearing a watch.
Download or read book Meet the Dale and Gilliam Cousins from the Hurricane written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ghosts of Galveston written by Kathleen Shanahan Maca and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the haunting history of this town on the Texas coast—includes photos. One of the oldest cities in Texas, Galveston has witnessed more than its share of tragedies. Devastating hurricanes, yellow fever epidemics, fires, a major Civil War battle, and more cast a dark shroud on the city’s legacy. Ghostly tales creep throughout the history of famous tourist attractions and historical homes. The altruistic spirit of a schoolteacher who heroically pulled victims from the floodwaters during the great hurricane of 1900 roams the Strand. The ghosts of Civil War soldiers march up and down the stairs at night and pace in front of the antebellum Rogers Building. The spirit of an unlucky man decapitated by an oncoming train haunts the railroad museum, moving objects and crying in the night. In this fascinating book, Kathleen Shanahan Maca explores these and other haunted tales from the Oleander City.
Download or read book How Grandpa Elf Saved Christmas written by Evelyn Gill Hilton and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How Grandpa Elf Saved Christmas," by Evelyn Gill Hilton, is a beautifully illustrated, delightful Christmas picture book and story for a very reasonable price! Have you ever spent most of Christmas Eve night assembling Santa toys for your children, only to put the wrong gift tags on them? When our three children were small, my husband and I sat up late one Christmas Eve and did just that. We hurriedly placed name tags on the presents and went to bed. The next morning, as the children opened their gifts, we realized the presents were mixed up. Our youngest son, in childlike wisdom, commented that Santa must have an old elf with bad eyesight, thereby solving our embarrassing problem himself! This led to the humerous story and picture book about nearsighted Grandpa Elf. "How Grandpa Elf Saved Christmas" is a delightful Christmas story and picturebook that you will take pleasure in reading with your child! You can't keep from liking crotchity old Grandpa and will enjoy finding out how the children of the world turn a terrible problem into an opportunity for fun and friendship! This enchanting children's book will make a great Christmas gift or an "anytime" present for that special child who loves Santa!
Download or read book Merchant Vessels of the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 1252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Merchant Vessels of the United States written by United States. Coast Guard and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 1298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of Adams County Ohio written by Nelson Wiley Evans and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 1099 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 6 474 Slack Relatives written by Roscoe C. Keeney and published by Roscoe C Keeney JR. This book was released on 1984 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cornelius Barentse Slecht married Tryntje Tysse Bos, and the family emigrated in about 1652 from Holland to Kingston, New York. John Slack (1778-1826), a direct descendant in the sixth generation, was born in Bedford County, Virginia, married Nancy Huddleston in 1798, and moved later to Kanawha County, West Virginia. Descendants of Cornelius lived in New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Florida and elsewhere.
Download or read book Great Storms of the Jersey Shore written by Larry Savadove and published by Down the Shore Pub. This book was released on 1993 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers illustrations and maps to provide a historical look at the hurricanes and other natural storms which have caused havoc on the Jersey coast since colonial times
Download or read book The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz 1900 1950 Indexes appendices written by Roger D. Kinkle and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
