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Title: Storm over the bay the people of Corpus Christi and their port / Mary Jo O'Rear.
Gulf Coast studies ;
Gulf Coast books ;
Main Entry: O'Rear, Mary Jo Holoubek, 1943-
ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press,
Publication Date: c2009.
Publication Place: College Station :
ISBN: 9781603440882 (cloth : alk. paper)
1603440887 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781603443456 (e-book)
Subject: Harbors -- Texas -- Corpus Christi.
Hurricanes -- Texas -- Corpus Christi Bay.
Disaster relief -- Texas -- Corpus Christi -- Citizen participation.
Corpus Christi (Tex.) -- History.
Corpus Christi (Tex.) -- Politics and government.
Corpus Christi Bay (Tex.) -- History.
Electronic books.
Series: Gulf Coast studies ; no. 16
Gulf Coast books ; no. 16.
Edition: 1st ed.
Contents: Prologue: View from the bluff -- The place and the people -- Barrier isles and bay -- Castaways and cattlemen -- Outlets and immigrants -- Promises and potential -- Politicians and the port -- Populists and patróns -- Protests and progressives -- Blocs and balloting -- Targets and trials -- Payback and portents -- Devastation and death -- Recovery and resurgence -- Commitment and construction -- Postscript: View from the bay.

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