O'Rear, Mary Jo Holoubek,  1943- <br/><br/>
Storm over the bay  the people of Corpus Christi and their port /  [electronic resource] : 
Mary Jo O'Rear. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - College Station :  Texas A&M University Press,  c2009. 
 - x, 187 p. :  ill., maps. 
 - Gulf Coast studies ;  no. 16 .
 - Gulf Coast books ;  no. 16. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2013. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Harbors--Texas--Corpus Christi.<br/>Hurricanes--Texas--Corpus Christi Bay.<br/>Disaster relief--Citizen participation.--Texas--Corpus Christi
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Corpus Christi (Tex.)--History.<br/>Corpus Christi (Tex.)--Politics and government.<br/>Corpus Christi Bay (Tex.)--History.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F394.C78  / O74 2009eb