Galveston: A History of the Island

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ALSO BY GARY CARTWRIGHT The Hundred-Yard War, a novel Thin Ice, a novel Blood Will Tell: The Murder Trials of T. Cullen Davis Confessions ofa Washed-Up Sportswriter Dirty Dealing HeartWiseGuy A HISTORY OF THE ISLAND GARY CARTWRIGHT Teu PRESS fORT WORTII . T EXAS Copyright © 1991 Gary Cartwright; epilogue copyright © Gary Cartwright 1998 All uncredited photographs appear through the courtesy of the Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas. First published 1991 by MacMillan Publishing Company Number Eighteen: The TCU Press Chisholm Trail Series of significant books dealing with Texas, its life and history Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cartwright, Gary, 1934Galveston : a history of the island I Gary Cartwright. p. cm-(Chisholm Trail series; no. 18) Originally published: New York: Atheneum: Toronto: Maxwell Macmillan Canada, 1991. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-87565-190-9 1. Galveston Island (Tex.)-History. I. Title. II. Series. F394, G2C38 1998 976.4'139-dc21 98-3289 CIP For Warren and Kay Burnett; and for Pam Diamond; and for Phyllis again, and always. ...