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Author : Louise Ballerstedt Raggio
Release : 2005
Genre : Women lawyers
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Book Rating : 528/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Texas Tornado by : Louise Ballerstedt Raggio
Download or read book Texas Tornado written by Louise Ballerstedt Raggio. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - The authors received the 2004 Susan B. Anthony Award, given by the First United Methodist Church Council on the Status and Role of Women
Author : John Edward Weems
Release : 2017-06-01
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 152/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Tornado by : John Edward Weems
Download or read book The Tornado written by John Edward Weems. This book was released on 2017-06-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tornado gives account of one of the world’s most terrifying natural disasters. Twisters have left their wake of freakish consequences throughout the United States and the world, and The Tornado vividly describes some of the most bizarre from around the country—houseboats sailing through the air; cars flown to a landing half a cornfield away; an entire house lifted and demolished, leaving only a divan holding the uninjured family. The most detailed description of a tornado and the violence it can bring comes from the author’s focus on the tragedy of one American town in 1953. John Edward Weems was an eyewitness reporter of a funnel that hit Waco, Texas, on May 11 of that year. In gripping narrative, he portrays the events of that day: a man clinging to a guard rail while a mailbox, plate glass, bricks, and assorted debris whizzed past his head; automobiles rolling end on end down the street; buildings falling like blocks knocked down by an angry child; a movie theater crumbling on the terrified patrons. When the storm had passed, 114 people were dead and hundreds injured; property damage ran in the tens of millions of dollars. Research in news reports, government weather documents, and books flesh out this account, which Pulitzer-prize winner Annie Dillard called “wonderfully exciting. It is full of people, and the thousands of details that make up their lives—and deaths. [It is] a story of enormous power.” John Banta, writing in the Waco Tribune-Herald, described it as “a gripping story of human drama and tragedy.” Kirkus Reviews said, “. . . the events still chill face to face with a power that defies reason.” Royalties from the sale of The Tornado will benefit the book fund of the Waco-McLennan County Public Library.
Author : Frederic William Simonds
Release : 1923
Genre : Austin (Tex.)
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Book Synopsis The Austin, Texas, Tornadoes of May 4, 1922 by : Frederic William Simonds
Download or read book The Austin, Texas, Tornadoes of May 4, 1922 written by Frederic William Simonds. This book was released on 1923. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jan Reid
Release : 2010-02-15
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Texas Tornado by : Jan Reid
Download or read book Texas Tornado written by Jan Reid. This book was released on 2010-02-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doug Sahm was a singer, songwriter, and guitarist of legendary range and reputation. The first American musician to capitalize on the 1960s British invasion, Sahm vaulted to international fame leading a faux-British band called the Sir Douglas Quintet, whose hits included "She's About a Mover," "The Rains Came," and "Mendocino." He made the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in 1968 and 1971 and performed with the Grateful Dead, Dr. John, Willie Nelson, Boz Scaggs, and Bob Dylan. Texas Tornado is the first biography of this national music legend. Jan Reid traces the whole arc of Sahm's incredibly versatile musical career, as well as the manic energy that drove his sometimes turbulent personal life and loves. Reid follows Sahm from his youth in San Antonio as a prodigy steel guitar player through his breakout success with the Sir Douglas Quintet and his move to California, where, with an inventive take on blues, rock, country, and jazz, he became a star in San Francisco and invented the "cosmic cowboy" vogue. Reid also chronicles Sahm's later return to Texas and to chart success with the Grammy Award–winning Texas Tornados, a rowdy "conjunto rock and roll band" that he modeled on the Beatles and which included Sir Douglas alum Augie Meyers and Tejano icons Freddy Fender and Flaco Jimenez. With his exceptional talent and a career that bridged five decades, Doug Sahm was a rock and roll innovator whose influence can only be matched among his fellow Texas musicians by Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Janis Joplin, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Texas Tornado vividly captures the energy and intensity of this musician whose life burned out too soon, but whose music continues to rock.
Author : Lani Vale
Release : 2014-08-06
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Book Synopsis Texas Tornado by : Lani Vale
Download or read book Texas Tornado written by Lani Vale. This book was released on 2014-08-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Him James had plans for his life. Those plans were derailed by the surprise arrival of his daughter. His life revolved around her. Then she arrived with her beautiful brown hair that was made to wrap around his wrist, and a butt that was to die for in a tight pair of jeans. Nevertheless, he didn't need any more drama in his life. His ex-girlfriend was stirring enough of that up for ten women. Yet, there was something about her that soothed his soul. Her Shiloh's made it her life's mission to protect the innocent children she can from the big, bad, scary things that lurk in the darkness. She has an inane curiosity for life and craves knowledge. Which is why when she starts poking around in her father's business, she inadvertently starts something in to motion that threatens her very existence. Her father, the one man that was always supposed to be there for her, drops her off with a brother she never knew she had and leaves. Making her question the father she obviously never really knew at all. Then she meets him, and she doesn't think her life's so bad after all. The sexy biker turned SWAT officer sets her nerve cells to igniting, and she relishes in every single second of it. Him He knew life could change in an instant. One soul crushing instant. When he's presented with the aspect of losing Shiloh before he's ever even had her, he decides it's time to grab life by the handlebars and ride it like he stole it. Then that threat not only touches his woman, but his daughter. And there's no power on God's green earth that can protect them from a father's wrath.
