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Free Download Madge Thornall Roberts, "The Personal Correspondence of Sam Houston, Volume IV, 1852-1863"
English | 2001 | pages: 584 | ISBN: 1574410849 | PDF | 1,3 mb
Volume IV of this series brings to a close nearly ten years of research and publication of Sam Houston’s correspondence by Madge Thornall Roberts and the University of North Texas Press. As befitting a final volume in this series, it includes a comprehensive index of all four volumes.

Free Download John Nova Lomax, "Murder and Mayhem in Houston:: Historic Bayou City Crime"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1626195218, 1540210340 | EPUB | pages: 160 | 4.3 mb
When the Allen brothers sold Houston’s first lots, the city became a magnet for enterprising tycoons and opportunistic crooks alike. As the young city grew, a scourge of crime and vice accompanied the success of oil and real estate. The Bayou City’s seedy side-flashing Bowie knives, privileged bad boys, hardened prostitutes and unchecked serial killers-established its hold. From a young Clyde Barrow to the Man Who Killed Halloween," Houston’s past is filled with bloody tales, heartbreaking loss and despicable deeds. Authors Mike Vance and John Nova Lomax shine a light on these dark days."

Free Download John Grider Miller – The Battle to Save the Houston: October 1944 to March 1945
Naval Institute Press | 2000 | ISBN: 1557505403 | English | 252 pages | PDF | 70.14 MB
A World War II adventure story of epic proportions, this book tells the heroic tale of a dedicated band of men who refused to let their crippled ship sink to the bottom of the Pacific in late 1944. Based on over seventy eyewitness accounts and hundreds of official documents and personal papers, it records in rich detail the USS Houston’s 14,000-mile perilous journey home to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Part of Bull Halsey’s famous Pacific Task Force 38, the Houston’s had been supporting air strikes as a prelude to the Battle of Leyte Gulf, when she took an aerial torpedo hit that caused serious flooding. Nearly two-thirds of the crew abandoned ship before the damage-control officer convinced the captain she might be saved. Another torpedo hit two days later complicated the crew’s desperate fight. Surrounded by death, floodwaters, and fire, stalked by enemy subs, threatened by air attack, and running from a typhoon, the men of the Houston’s remained towers of strength while knowing their ship was never more than minutes away from breaking apart. John Miller’s action-packed account gives insights into the nature of heroism and leadership that remain valuable today. Exceptional photographic documentation accompanies the text.

Free Download John Grider Miller – The Battle to Save the Houston: October 1944 to March 1945
Naval Institute Press | 2000 | ISBN: 1557505403 | English | 252 pages | PDF | 70.14 MB
A World War II adventure story of epic proportions, this book tells the heroic tale of a dedicated band of men who refused to let their crippled ship sink to the bottom of the Pacific in late 1944. Based on over seventy eyewitness accounts and hundreds of official documents and personal papers, it records in rich detail the USS Houston’s 14,000-mile perilous journey home to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Part of Bull Halsey’s famous Pacific Task Force 38, the Houston’s had been supporting air strikes as a prelude to the Battle of Leyte Gulf, when she took an aerial torpedo hit that caused serious flooding. Nearly two-thirds of the crew abandoned ship before the damage-control officer convinced the captain she might be saved. Another torpedo hit two days later complicated the crew’s desperate fight. Surrounded by death, floodwaters, and fire, stalked by enemy subs, threatened by air attack, and running from a typhoon, the men of the Houston’s remained towers of strength while knowing their ship was never more than minutes away from breaking apart. John Miller’s action-packed account gives insights into the nature of heroism and leadership that remain valuable today. Exceptional photographic documentation accompanies the text.

Free Download Laura Nathan-Garner, "Insiders’ Guide® to Houston"
English | 2012 | pages: 304 | ISBN: 0762781300 | EPUB | 3,9 mb
For more than twenty years, the Insiders’ Guide series has remained the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information. Written by locals and true insiders, each guide is packed with useful tips on places to stay, restaurants, events, attractions, fun thnigs to do with the kids, nightlife, recreation, shopping, local history, and much more-as well as a comprehensive appendix called "Living Here" that offers information on real estate, education, health care, and more.