Galveston Seawall Chronicles.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781439660539
- Sea-walls-Texas-Galveston
- Bathing beaches-Texas-Galveston-History-20th century
- Tourism-Social aspects-Texas-Galveston
- Shore protection-Texas-Galveston Island
- Hurricane protection-Texas-Galveston Island
- Galveston (Tex.)-Pictorial works
- Galveston (Tex.)-History-20th century
- Galveston (Tex.)-Social life and customs-20th century
- 976.4/139
- F394.G2 .F686 2017
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Devastation Gives Rise to Determination -- A Preposterous Proposition -- How to Build a Wall of Wonder -- Reaching New Heights: The Galveston Grade Raising -- The Boulevard Begins: 1904-1910 -- Crashing Waves and Roaring Twenties: 1920-1929 -- The Original Sin City: 1930s -- War and Piers: 1940s -- Innocence and Iniquity: 1950s -- Her Name Was Carla: 1960s -- A Foundation for the Future: 1970s, '80s and '90s -- The Twenty-First Century -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the Author.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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