Texas Obscurities
Stories of the Peculiar, Exceptional & Nefarious
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E.R. Bills
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Some of these quirky true stories might surprise even the most proud Texan. Austin sat the first all-woman state supreme court in the nation in 1925. A utopian colony thrived in Kristenstad during the Great Depression. Bats taken from the Bracken and Ney Caves and Devil's Sinkhole were developed as a secret weapon that vied with the Manhattan Project to shorten World War II. In Slaton in 1922, German priest Joseph M. Keller was kidnapped, tarred, and feathered amid anti-German fervor following World War I.
Author E.R. Bills offers this collection of trials, tribulations, and intrigue that is sure to enrich one's understanding of the biggest state in the Lower 48.
©2013 E. R. Bills (P)2021 E. R. BillsLos oyentes también disfrutaron...
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Wicked River
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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4 out of 5 stars
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Worth a listen
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Lindbergh
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 243
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 209
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4 out of 5 stars
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Needs updating
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De: A. Scott Berg
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The White Devil's Daughters
- The Women Who Fought Slavery in San Francisco's Chinatown
- De: Julia Flynn Siler
- Narrado por: Nancy Wu
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 39
During the first hundred years of Chinese immigration - from 1848 to 1943 - San Francisco was home to a shockingly extensive underground slave trade in Asian women, who were exploited as prostitutes and indentured servants. In this gripping, necessary book, best-selling author Julia Flynn Siler shines a light on this little-known chapter in our history - and gives us a vivid portrait of the safe house to which enslaved women escaped.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Well researched
- De Qats reads en 08-05-19
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Cattle Kingdom
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- De: Christopher Knowlton
- Narrado por: John McLain
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 142
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 127
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 126
The Open Range cattle era lasted barely a quarter-century, but it left America irrevocably changed. These few decades following the Civil War brought America its greatest boom-and-bust cycle until the Depression, the invention of the assembly line, and the dawn of the conservation movement. It inspired legends, such as that icon of rugged individualism, the cowboy. Yet this extraordinary time and its import have remained unexamined for decades. Cattle Kingdom reveals the truth of how the West rose and fell, and how its legacy defines us today.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing - Author has an Agenda
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The Devil Is Here in These Hills
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- De: James Green
- Narrado por: Joel Richards
- Duración: 11 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 127
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 127
From before the dawn of the 20th century until the arrival of the New Deal, one of the most protracted and deadly labor struggles in American history was waged in West Virginia. On one side were powerful corporations whose millions bought armed guards and political influence. On the other side were 50,000 mine workers, the nation's largest labor union, and the legendary "miners' angel", Mother Jones.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Phenomenal labor history, riveting narrative
- De Chris Brooks en 03-11-18
De: James Green
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The Happy Bottom Riding Club
- The Life and Times of Pancho Barnes
- De: Lauren Kessler
- Narrado por: Hollis McCarthy
- Duración: 12 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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5 out of 5 stars
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Never a dull moment
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De: Lauren Kessler
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West Like Lightning
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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The thrilling narrative history of one of the most enduring icons of the American West, the Pony Express, from the number-one New York Times bestselling co-author of American Sniper - an exciting tale of daring young men pushing limits to the extremes across the vast, rugged, and unsettled American West.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Picture of Wild West Life and the Pony
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