Title The birth of a Texas ghost town : Thurber, 1886-1933 / Mary Jane Gentry ; edited and with an introduction by T. Lindsay Baker ; foreword by Larry Gatlin

Edition 1st ed Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xl, 205 pages) : illustrations Series Tarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities ; no. 22 Tarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities ; no. 22. Contents Editor's Introduction: Mary Jane Gentry and Her History of Thurber xv -- Chapter 2 Coal and Brick 14 -- Chapter 3 Labor Difficulties 34 -- Chapter 4 Texas Pacific Mercantile & Manufacturing Company 75 -- Chapter 5 Living Conditions 95 -- Chapter 6 Recreation 113 -- Chapter 7 Foreign Population 128 -- Chapter 8 Abandonment 139 Summary Edited and with an introduction by T. Lindsay Baker; foreword by Larry Gatlin Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-191) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Ghost towns -- Texas -- History Immigrants -- Texas -- Thurber -- Social life and customs Coal miners -- Texas -- Thurber -- History Coal trade -- Texas -- Thurber -- History Brick trade -- Texas -- Thurber -- History HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. Brick trade Coal miners Coal trade Economic history Ethnic relations Ghost towns Immigrants -- Social life and customs Manners and customs SUBJECT Thurber (Tex.) -- History Thurber (Tex.) -- Social life and customs Thurber (Tex.) -- Ethnic relations Thurber (Tex.) -- Economic conditions Subject Texas Texas -- Thurber Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Baker, T. Lindsay Gatlin, Larry LC no. 2007026465 ISBN 9781603443975 1603443975

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