Texas at sea
By: Mark N. Lardas.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Texas small books
Publisher: TCU Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Fort Worth, Tex
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780875654201
Subjects: Port cities -- Texas -- History; Ships -- Texas -- History; Texas -- History, Naval; Texas -- History, Local; Texas -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Explorers; title: The discovery of Texas; title: La Salle gets lost, settles Texas; title: Jean Lafitte; title: The Institute of Nautical Archeology; title: Why Houston became Space City; title: The Texas Navy; title: The horse marines; title: The Zavala; title: Wood and sail beats iron and steam : the Battle of Campeche; title: Moore County; title: The strange fate of the Brutus gun; title: Ports and places; title: The rise; title: and decline; title: of the Port of Galveston; title: The Port of Houston and the first container; title: Allen's Landing; title: The Port of Dallas; title: Why so high?; title: The Civil War; title: The Battle of Galveston; title: My father is here; title: Alabama vs. Hatteras; title: Incredible victory at Sabine Pass; title: Ships; title: Elissa; title: Miguel de Larrinaga; title: SS Grandcamp and the Texas City disaster; title: SS Selma : the concrete ship; title: The world wars; title: Battleship Texas; title: The blue ghost  : Corpus Christi and the Lexington; title: Seawolf Park; title: The tale of three Houstons; title: People; title: The Lykes brothers; title: Julius Stockfleth; title: Thaddeus Lowe and refrigerated beef; title: Chester Nimitz; title: Doris Miller.