The birth of a Texas ghost town [electronic resource] : Thurber, 1886-1933 / Mary Jane Gentry ; edited and with an introduction by T. Lindsay Baker ; foreword by Larry Gatlin.
by
 
Gentry, Mary Jane, 1912-1996.

ISBN
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9781603443975

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

Author
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Gentry, Mary Jane, 1912-1996.

Personal Author
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Gentry, Mary Jane, 1912-1996.

Edition
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1st ed.

Publication Information
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College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2008.

Physical Description
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1 online resource (xl, 205 pages) : illustrations.

Series
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Tarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities ; no. 22

Contents
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Editor's Introduction: Mary Jane Gentry and Her History of Thurber Coal and Brick Labor Difficulties Texas Pacific Mercantile & Manufacturing Company Living Conditions Recreation Foreign Population Abandonment

Local Note
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Subject Term
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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.

Geographic Term
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Thurber (Tex.) -- History.
 
Thurber (Tex.) -- Social life and customs.
 
Thurber (Tex.) -- Ethnic relations.
 
Thurber (Tex.) -- Economic conditions.

Added Author
: 
Baker, T. Lindsay.
 
Gatlin, Larry.

Format
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Electronic Resources

Electronic Access
: 
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Publication Date
: 
2008

Publication Information
: 
College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2008.


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