| The Samuel May Williams Home: The Life and Neighborhood of an Early Galveston Entrepreneur Contributor(s): Henson, Margaret Swett (Author), Parmalee, Deoloce (Author) |
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ISBN: 0876111258 ISBN-13: 9780876111253 Publisher: Texas State Historical Assn OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1992 Annotation: Built in the winter of 1839-1840, this house, and the Texas pioneer who inhabited it, are the central focus of this thoroughly researched and well-written study of Galveston's merchant elite -- a generation of leaders who did much to shape their city and Texas itself. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General - History | United States - 19th Century - Biography & Autobiography | Business |
| Dewey: 976.413 |
| LCCN: 92028140 |
| Series: Fred Rider Cotten Popular Histories |
| Physical Information: 0.22" H x 5.52" W x 8.49" (0.22 lbs) 52 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Gulf Coast - Cultural Region - South - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Texas - Cultural Region - Mid-South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Built in the winter of 1839-1840, this house, and the Texas pioneer who inhabited it, are the central focus of this thoroughly researched and well-written study of Galveston's merchant elite--Gail Borden, Michel Menard, Thomas McKinney, and others--a generation of leaders who did much to shape their city and Texas itself. |