Faded glory [[electronic resource] ] : a century of forgotten Texas military sites, then and now / / Thomas E. Alexander and Dan K. Utley

• Autore: Alexander Thomas E. <1931->
• Pubblicazione: College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (242 p.)
• Disciplina: 355.009764
• Soggetto topico: Military bases - Texas; Fortification - Texas; Battlefields - Texas; Historic sites - Texas
• Soggetto geografico: Texas History, Military; Texas Antiquities
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: UtleyDan K
• Note generali: "A Texas A&M travel guide."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Mexican War, 1846-1848: Corpus Christi beach -- Thornton's skirmish -- Brazos Santiago -- Fort Brown -- The Indian Wars, 1848-1875: Fort McKavett -- Fort Lancaster -- Battle of Adobe Walls -- The Civil War, 1861-1865: Old Fort Bliss -- Battle of Galveston -- Camp Ford -- Battle of Sabine Pass -- The Spanish-American War, 1898: Menger Hotel -- Camp Mabry -- Camp Wood -- The Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920: Downtown El Paso -- Glenn Spring -- Camp Ruidosa -- Camp Holland -- World War I, 1917-1918: USS Texas -- Galveston coastal defenses -- Camp Bowie I -- Camp MacArthur and Rich Field -- World War II, 1941-1945: Fort Clark -- Camp Bowie II -- Avenger Field -- Pecos Army Airfield -- Naval operations in wartime Orange -- Prisoners of war in Texas -- Marfa Army Airfield -- Epilogue: a call for preservation.
• Sommario/riassunto: Each of the wars fought by Texans spawned the creation of scores of military sites across the state, from the lonely frontier outpost at Adobe Walls to the once-bustling World War II shipyards of Orange. Today, although vestiges of the sites still exist, many are barely discernible, their once-proud martial trappings now faded by time, neglect, the elements and, most of all, public apathy. ?In Faded Glory: A Century of Forgotten Texas Military Sites, Then and Now, Thomas E. Alexander and Dan K. Utley revisit twenty-nine sites-many of them largely forgotten-associated with what w
• Titolo autorizzato: Faded glory
• ISBN: 1-283-58428-X; 9786613896735; 1-60344-753-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462239703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Tarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities ; ; no. 25.