Research Catalog

Title

Galveston Seawall chronicles / Kimber Fountain.

Author

Fountain, Kimber

Publication

Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2017.

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Details

Description

142 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"Along Galveston's Gulf Coast runs a seventeen-foot-high, ten-mile-long protective barrier--a response to the nation's all-time deadliest natural disaster. The seawall remains a stoic protector more than a century later, shielding the island from much more than physical destruction. As the foundation of Seawall Boulevard, this structure created an entirely new tourism industry that buoyed the city's economy through war, the Great Depression and hurricanes. Adapting to the cultural trends and political movements that defined the past century, the seawall represents the unbreakable spirit of Galveston's resilient population and provides a fascinating glimpse into bygone times."--

Subject

• 1900-1999
• Sea-walls > Texas > Galveston
• Bathing beaches > Texas > Galveston > History > 20th century
• Tourism > Social aspects > Texas > Galveston
• Shore protection > Texas > Galveston Island
• Hurricane protection > Texas > Galveston Island
• HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
• PHOTOGRAPHY > Subjects & Themes > Historical
• PHOTOGRAPHY > Subjects & Themes > Regional
• TRAVEL > Pictorials
• Bathing beaches
• Hurricane protection
• Manners and customs
• Sea-walls
• Shore protection
• Tourism > Social aspects
• Galveston (Tex.) > History > 20th century
• Galveston (Tex.) > Social life and customs > 20th century
• Galveston (Tex.) > Pictorial works
• Texas > Galveston
• Texas > Galveston Island

Genre/Form

• History.
• Pictorial works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-140) and index.

ISBN

• 9781467137898
• 1467137898
• 9781625859280 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2016961713

OCLC

• ocn967501797
• SCSB-9450367

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library