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Based on extensive oral history interviews and archival research, Texas Jazz Singer recalls both the glamour and the challenges of life on the road and onstage during the golden age of swing and beyond.

In 1871, newly freed slaves established the community of Tamina north of Houston, near the rich timber lands of Montgomery County. Over time, urban growth and change has overtaken Tamina. Through striking and intimate photography and sensitively gleaned oral histories, Marti Corn has chronicled the lives, dreams, and spirit of the people of Tamina.

Offers insights into what motivated Texans to fight for the Confederacy. Mining important primary sources - including thousands of letters and unpublished journals, this title affords readers the opportunity to hear, often in the combatants' own words, why it was so important to them to engage in tumultuous struggles occurring so far from home.

The twentieth century has seen two great waves of African American migration from rural areas into the city, changing not only the country's demographics but also black culture. In her thorough study of migration to Houston, Bernadette Pruitt portrays the move from rural to urban homes in Jim Crow Houston as a form of black activism and resistance to racism.

Tells the story of D C Caughran Jr, Mrs Cordie's son who left the comfort of home and family to become part of World War II. This book also tells the story of ""the home folks"" who anxiously watched for letters from their ""soldier boy"" and wrote faithfully of their love and prayers for his safety.