Earl Wesley Fornell: 1 book
The Galveston Era
The Texas Crescent on the Eve of Secession
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2011
The "Queen City" of Texas they called her—or the "Octopus of the Gulf." Galveston from 1845 to 1860 was the center of culture in Texas—or the monster with an economic strangle hold on all Texas trade. It was a gracious city with wide paved streets, impressive buildings, and neat gardens; yet it was...
