Search Results: Titles starting with S from Duane's Books of Texas

A large collection of early San Antonio photos from the slide collection of Albert Steves, Sr

Stories about various interesting people in west Texas Scurry county

Texian Press Texas Series with an introduction by Governor John Connally 136 pages

108 pages

64 pages. SOLO a class book for Gibbs Field Fort Stockton, Texas. Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment Pilot Class Book # 43-B. Beautiful yearbook type publication from World War Two era. Pilot Training Class 43-A at Gibbs Field in Fort Stockton Texas. Heavily illustrated with black & white photos. AAF Yearbook Air Base Texas Army Air Force Pilot Bombardier Navigator Air Field Airfield.

56 pages. SOLO a class book for Gibbs Field Fort Stockton, Texas. Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment Pilot Class Book # 43-G. Beautiful yearbook type publication from World War Two era. Pilot Training Class 43-A at Gibbs Field in Fort Stockton Texas. Heavily illustrated with black & white photos. AAF Yearbook Air Base Texas Army Air Force Pilot Bombardier Navigator Air Field Airfield.

565 pages

168 pages.

168 pages.

43 pages. In this book, the writer, artist, and designer have combined their talents to produce a charming account of this significant event in the history of the University of Texas. Named after Santa Rita--the Saint of the Impossible--the oil well that was the foundation of the University's endowment also transformed West Texas with the discovery of the first great oil field in the Permian Basin.

A history of Scurry county as presented by the Scurry county historical society, affiliates and successors.

114 pages. Reprint of original 1908 book by Don H Biggers Edited and Annotated by Joan Farmer

89 pages. Some damage to covers with fresh clean text

32 pages. INTRODUCTION Significant numbers of Arabic-speaking immigrants from Syria and Lebanon began arriving in Texas after 1880. The first were mainly Christians-Syrian Orthodox, Eastern Rite Catholics called Maronites, Greek Catholics called Melkites, and a few Protestants. Few Moslems immigrated prior to 1945, although hundreds came later as a result of conflict in the Middle East. At the turn of the century, America had a magnetic appeal for the youth of Syria and Lebanon. Overpopulation, economic stagnation, and religious, political and social discrimination by the Ottomans caused hundreds, then thousands, to leave their homeland. Over nine thousand entered the United States in 1914, a peak year. Called "Syrians" until the emergence of Lebanon as a separate nation in 1919, they came from the Ottoman Empire's provinces of Greater Syria and Mount Lebanon. Descended from the ancient Phoenicians, these eastern Mediterranean people had been ruled and influenced by numerous conquerors in their long… Read More