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Category : Priests
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Corpus Christi, 1974
Author: Freshwater Needs of Fish and Wildlife Resources in the Nueces-Corpus Christi Bay Area, Texas
Author: Don E. HenleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water quality management
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Centennial History, 1874-1974, Saint Matthew Missionary Baptist Church, Corpus Christi, Texas
Author: Saint Matthew Missionary Baptist Church, Corpus Christi, TexPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Dukes of Duval County
Author: Anthony R. CarrozzaPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806159561
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
The notorious Parr family manipulated local politics in South Texas for decades. Archie Parr, his son George, and his grandson Archer relied on violence and corruption to deliver the votes that propelled their chosen candidates to office. The influence of the Parr political machine peaked during the 1948 senatorial primary, when election officials found the infamous Ballot Box 13 six days after the polls closed. That box provided a slim eighty-seven-vote lead to Lyndon B. Johnson, initiating the national political career of the future U.S. president. Dukes of Duval County begins with Archie Parr’s organization of the Mexican American electorate into a potent voting bloc, which marked the beginning of his three-decade campaign for control of every political office in Duval County and the surrounding area. Archie’s son George, who expanded the Parrs’ dominion to include jobs, welfare payments, and public works, became a county judge thanks to his father’s influence—but when George was arrested and imprisoned for accepting payoffs, only a presidential pardon advocated by then-congressman Lyndon Johnson allowed George to take office once more. Further legal misadventures haunted George and his successor, Archer, but in the end it took the combined force of local, state, and federal governments and the courageous efforts of private citizens to overthrow the Parr family. In this first comprehensive study of the Parr family’s political activities, Anthony R. Carrozza reveals the innermost workings of the Parr dynasty, a political machine that drove South Texas politics for more than seventy years and critically influenced the course of the nation.
The Buccaneers
Author: James A. CreightonPublisher:
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Category : Football
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Merchant Vessels of the United States
Author: Housing and Planning References
Author: Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army
Author: United States. Army. Corps of EngineersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1602
Book Description
Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 .
The Art Museum as Educator
Author: Barbara Y. NewsomPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520309537
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 2255
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1978.
Area Wage Survey
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Category : Corpus Christi (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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