Hometown Heroes of Texas
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Author | : Texas Historical Foundation. Texas Heritage Project |
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Total Pages | : 39 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Texas |
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"A 'Who's Who' of community statesmem, civic leaders and boosters, project movers, problem-solvers, pace-setters, conscientious and constructive doers who gave their best efforts to daily tasks and volunteered their services to help improve life for their neighbors and fellow citizens"--Introduction.
Author | : William Sturkey |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 377 |
Release | : 2024-06-11 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1541600274 |
The dramatic life of Vietnam War hero Roy Benavidez, a Mexican American Green Beret from a working-class family with deep roots in Texas, revealing how Hispanic Americans have long shaped US history In May 1968, while serving in Vietnam, Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez led the rescue of a reconnaissance team surrounded by hundreds of enemy soldiers. He saved the lives of at least eight of his comrades that day in a remarkable act of valor that left him permanently disabled. Awarded the Medal of Honor after a yearslong campaign, Benavidez became a highly sought-after public speaker, a living symbol of military heroism, and one of the country’s most prominent Latinos. Now, historian William Sturkey tells Benavidez’s life story in full for the first time. Growing up in Jim Crow–era Texas, Benavidez was scorned as “Mexican” despite his family’s deep roots in the state. He escaped poverty by enlisting in a desegregating military and was first deployed amid the global upheavals of the 1950s. Even after receiving the Medal of Honor, Benavidez was forced to fight for disability benefits amid Reagan-era cutbacks. An unwavering patriot alternately celebrated and snubbed by the country he loved, Benavidez embodied many of the contradictions inherent in twentieth-century Latino life. The Ballad of Roy Benavidez places that experience firmly at the heart of the American story.
Author | : Brian F. Schaffner |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2020-07-09 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1108659888 |
Local governments play a central role in American democracy, providing essential services such as policing, water, and sanitation. Moreover, Americans express great confidence in their municipal governments. But is this confidence warranted? Using big data and a representative sample of American communities, this book provides the first systematic examination of racial and class inequalities in local politics. We find that non-whites and less-affluent residents are consistent losers in local democracy. Residents of color and those with lower incomes receive less representation from local elected officials than do whites and the affluent. Additionally, they are much less likely than privileged community members to have their preferences reflected in local government policy. Contrary to the popular assumption that governments that are “closest” govern best, we find that inequalities in representation are most severe in suburbs and small towns. Typical reforms do not seem to improve the situation, and we recommend new approaches.
Author | : Jim O'Brien |
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Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 1999-09 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781886348042 |
A variety of inspirational stories about men and women from the tri-state area who excelled in some way to become heroes in their hometown. Many all-time favorites are profiled.
Author | : Benjamin Hochman |
Publisher | : Triumph Books (IL) |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2021-04-27 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9781629378732 |
Of the 11 World Series titles the St. Louis Cardinals have won in their formidable history, 2011's victory stands out as something different, something magical. It was the work of a team that seemingly had no business even playing in October yet one that stared down defeat over and over again, refusing to back down until the trophy was theirs. 11 in '11 is a thoroughly reported chronicle of an unparalleled season, packed with interviews with key players, team executives, broadcasters, and more. St. Louis Post Dispatch columnist Benjamin Hochman offers on-the-ground and behind-the-scenes perspective as he brings to life a cast of characters including Albert Pujols in his final year as a Card, team ace Chris Carpenter, Yadier Molina showing his might both behind and at the plate, and of course the unlikely hero David Freese. Go inside the front office to see how this roster was constructed; relive the blistering final stretch of the regular season which saw the team winning 20 of its last 28 games; experience the palpable energy of Busch Stadium during Game 6, where Hochman watched enthralled as a fan. This is the definitive account of a championship run no Cardinals fan will ever forget.
Author | : Hermann Wygoda |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2003-03 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780252071393 |
He was known first as a Warsaw ghetto smuggler, then as Comandante Enrico. He traveled under false identity papers and worked at a German border patrol station. Throughout the years of the Holocaust, Hermann Wygoda lived a life of narrow escapes, unsavory masquerades, and battles that almost defy reason. In the Shadow of the Swastika tells the story of a Polish Jew whose harrowing wartime adventures reached their amazing end when he received the American Bronze Star from Gen. Mark Clark in June 1946. Wygoda kept a journal during the time he spent in the mountains of northern Italy, where he rose from commanding a platoon to leading a division of nearly twenty-five hundred partisans that ultimately liberated the city of Savona.
Author | : David R. McLaren |
Publisher | : Schiffer Military History |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : History |
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This new book is the story of the legendary 56th Fighter Group in a chronological narrative of their combat missions.
Author | : Roberta Teague Herrin |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2021-07-02 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1476642494 |
As a young girl, Sylvia Hatchell longed to play little league baseball and, later, high-school basketball, but both were closed to her because she was a girl. In college, her world shifted when she discovered a passion for coaching that would lead her to become a Naismith Hall of Fame coach of women's basketball at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In this book, Coach Hatchell's life story unfolds against the backdrop of Title IX and women's struggle for equal opportunities in athletics. She celebrates triumphs (such as winning the 1994 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament) and weathers sadness and failure (such as the loss of her parents, surviving cancer, and being forced to resign from her dream job in 2019).