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Galveston’s Red Light District: A History of The Line
Language: en
Pages: 128
Authors: Kimber Fountain
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

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Known today as a colorful resort destination featuring family entertainment and a thriving arts district, Galveston was once notorious for its flourishing vice
Galveston's Red Light District
Language: en
Pages: 131
Authors: Kimber Fountain
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-08-20 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

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A local historian recounts nearly seventy years of seduction and scandal along the Texas Gulf Coast in this lively chronicle of Galveston’s notorious past. Kn
The Alleys and Back Buildings of Galveston
Language: en
Pages: 190
Authors: Ellen Beasley
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Texas A&M University Press

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Alleys and back buildings have been largely overlooked in studies of the American urban environment. And yet, rental alley houses, servant and slave quarters, c
Maceos and The Free State of Galveston, The: An Authorized History
Language: en
Pages: 192
Authors: Kimber Fountain
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

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Throughout the long and colorful history of Galveston, no name has embodied the "Spirit of the Island" quite like the name Maceo. Two penniless Sicilian immigra
A History Lover's Guide to Galveston
Language: en
Pages: 192
Authors: Tristan Smith
Categories: Travel
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-03-04 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

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A guide through the history of the Playground of the Southwest. Established in 1839, Galveston was the largest city in Texas for much of the state's early histo