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Mary Jo O'Rear
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| #1953579 in Books | Texas AM University Press | 2009-02-10 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.28 x.79 x6.48l,1.07 | File type: PDF | 200 pages | ||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| book|By Katherine D.|I didn't know until he died that Mr. Walraven had published any books. He went to college with my Dad & they worked together at the Corpus Christi Caller Times. His death prompted me to see what he had written. This is a nostalgia tour for me. I'm grateful that has copies of his publications.|0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.||
" . . . . a welcome, engaging, and up-to-date account of Corpus Christi's struggle to achieve a deep water port. With fascinating vignettes of participants, Mary Jo O'Rear reveals behind-the-scenes political maneuvering that brought together supporte
Since the late 1830s, the natural harbor at the mouth of South Texas' Nueces River has been a center of regional maritime trade. But by the early 1900s, a storm of political wrangling, cronyism, and corruption was threatening to scuttle the city's efforts toward securing a dependable deep water port to attract international commerce to Corpus Christi. On September 14, 1919, a massive hurricane struck the bay, burying the downtown area under ten feet of debris and ki...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Storm over the Bay: The People of Corpus Christi and Their Port (Gulf Coast Books, sponsored by Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi) | Mary Jo O'Rear. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
