| The Galveston-Houston Packet: Steamboats on Buffalo Bayou Contributor(s): Hall, Andrew W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1609495918 ISBN-13: 9781609495916 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) - Transportation | Ships & Shipbuilding - History - Transportation | Ships & Shipbuilding - Pictorial |
| Dewey: 387.522 |
| LCCN: 2012039967 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.52 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Galveston-Texas City, Texas - Geographic Orientation - Texas - Locality - Houston, Texas - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Many imagine the settlement of the American West as signaled by the dust of the wagon train or the whistle of a locomotive. During the middle decades of the nineteenth century, though, the growth of Texas and points west centered on the seventy-mile water |
Contributor Bio(s): Hall, Andrew W.: - Andy Hall is a native of Galveston, and has spent most his life on the Texas coast. For the last 20 years Hall has served as a volunteer with the Texas Historical Commission in investigating shipwrecks, and in 2001 was part of the first group of state marine archaeological stewards appointed in the US. |