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- Ransom Island
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Texas A&M University Press
summary
It’s 1953 and life is good at Shady’s, the Sweetwater brothers’ fish camp, dancehall, and beer joint on Ransom Island.
The biggest event in the island’s history is coming up—an integrated dance featuring Duke Ellington. It’s a daring idea for fifties-era Texas, and not everyone is happy about it.
But soon interracial dancing becomes the least of the Sweetwaters’ problems. Galveston mobsters track a runaway girl to Shady’s and decide the offbeat island is the perfect place to diversify their illegal rackets . . .
And God help anyone who gets in their way.
Suddenly, life on sleepy little Ransom Island becomes crowded, complicated—and very, very dangerous.
The biggest event in the island’s history is coming up—an integrated dance featuring Duke Ellington. It’s a daring idea for fifties-era Texas, and not everyone is happy about it.
But soon interracial dancing becomes the least of the Sweetwaters’ problems. Galveston mobsters track a runaway girl to Shady’s and decide the offbeat island is the perfect place to diversify their illegal rackets . . .
And God help anyone who gets in their way.
Suddenly, life on sleepy little Ransom Island becomes crowded, complicated—and very, very dangerous.
Table of Contents
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- Chapter 01
- pp. 9-13
- Chapter 02
- pp. 14-19
- Chapter 03
- pp. 20-26
- Chapter 04
- pp. 27-33
- Chapter 05
- pp. 34-38
- Chapter 06
- pp. 39-43
- Chapter 07
- pp. 44-50
- Chapter 08
- pp. 51-57
- Chapter 09
- pp. 58-64
- Chapter 10
- pp. 65-71
- Chapter 11
- pp. 72-80
- Chapter 12
- pp. 81-86
- Chapter 13
- pp. 87-89
- Chapter 14
- pp. 90-95
- Chapter 15
- pp. 96-102
- Chapter 16
- pp. 103-110
- Chapter 17
- pp. 111-117
- Chapter 18
- pp. 118-122
- Chapter 19
- pp. 123-130
- Chapter 20
- pp. 131-138
- Chapter 21
- pp. 139-146
- Chapter 22
- pp. 147-151
- Chapter 23
- pp. 152-158
- Chapter 24
- pp. 159-164
- Chapter 25
- pp. 165-170
- Chapter 26
- pp. 171-174
- Chapter 27
- pp. 175-178
- Chapter 28
- pp. 179-183
- Chapter 29
- pp. 184-189
- Chapter 30
- pp. 190-195
- Chapter 31
- pp. 196-201
- Chapter 32
- pp. 202-208
- Chapter 33
- pp. 209-213
- Chapter 34
- pp. 214-217
- Chapter 35
- pp. 218-226
- Chapter 36
- pp. 227-232
- Chapter 37
- pp. 233-238
- Chapter 38
- pp. 239-243
- Chapter 39
- pp. 244-249
- Chapter 40
- pp. 250-254
- Chapter 41
- pp. 255-260
- Chapter 42
- pp. 261-268
- Chapter 43
- pp. 269-277
- About the Author
- p. 278
Additional Information
ISBN
9781622880867
Related ISBN(s)
9781622880850
MARC Record
OCLC
903985675
Pages
300
Launched on MUSE
2015-02-24
Language
English
Open Access
No