Port Arthur
Port Arthur

Author: Margaret Scott

Publisher: Random House Australia

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1741665612

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The events of April 28, 1996 in Port Arthur left Australia and the world stunned. How as a country do we ever recover, ever come to terms with what happened? How do the people who were there on the day, and those who continue to live and work at Port Arthur, move on from such a horrendous experience? Through the stories of people who were there and those left to pick up the pieces of their lives afterwards, a glimmer of hope emerges, and the possibility of healing and understanding. Writer and local resident Margaret Scott interviewed many of the people who were at Port Arthur on the day as well as local residents and families of the victims. This book contains their stories- simple acts of courage, stories of incredible bravery and inspiring tales of unexpected strength and a determination to remain hopeful in the face of indescribable horror. Honest and confronting but ultimately uplifting, this book should be read by every Australian.

Visit Sunny Chernobyl
Visit Sunny Chernobyl

Author: Andew Blackwell

Publisher: Rodale Books

Published: 2013-05-28

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1609614569

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For most of us, traveling means visiting the most beautiful places on Earth—Paris, the Taj Mahal, the Grand Canyon. It's rare to book a plane ticket to visit the lifeless moonscape of Canada's oil sand strip mines, or to seek out the Chinese city of Linfen, legendary as the most polluted in the world. But in Visit Sunny Chernobyl, Andrew Blackwell embraces a different kind of travel, taking a jaunt through the most gruesomely polluted places on Earth. From the hidden bars and convenience stores of a radioactive wilderness to the sacred but reeking waters of India, Visit Sunny Chernobyl fuses immersive first-person reporting with satire and analysis, making the case that it's time to start appreciating our planet as it is—not as we wish it would be. Irreverent and reflective, the book is a love letter to our biosphere's most tainted, most degraded ecosystems, and a measured consideration of what they mean for us. Equal parts travelogue, expose, environmental memoir, and faux guidebook, Blackwell careens through a rogue's gallery of environmental disaster areas in search of the worst the world has to offer—and approaches a deeper understanding of what's really happening to our planet in the process.

Betting, Booze, and Brothels
Betting, Booze, and Brothels

Author: Wanda A. Landry

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 9781571689177

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By the turn of the twentieth century, Beaumont, Texas had acquired a reputation as a rough place. Situated in the oil-soaked chaos of Spindletop, Jefferson County was a hotbed of vice. For decades, gambling and prostitution thrived as elected officials either looked the other way or took money to keep quiet. That is, until 1960 when a swashbuckling young state legislator blew into town and spearheaded an intensive investigation into the rampant vice and governmental corruption that supported it. And, at a time when such things were virtually unheard of, he and his committee played it out on live television. When the dust finally cleared, the local governments of Jefferson County were turned inside out.

Port Arthur Centennial History
Port Arthur Centennial History

Author: Michael Cate

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13: 9781886130067

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A special centennial edition celebrating the history of Port Arthur, chronicling the city's story. It is filled with stories, information, and nearly one thousand photographs relating the economic, industrial, and cultural development of one of Texas' greatest cities.

Convict-era Port Arthur
Convict-era Port Arthur

Author: David W. Cameron

Publisher: Random House Australia

Published: 2021-06

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 0143795104

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Detailing the development of the prison and its outlying stations, including its dreaded coal mines and providing an account of the changing views to convict rehabilitation, Convict-era Port Arthur focuses in on a number of individuals, telling the story through their eyes. Charles O'Hara Booth, a significant commandant of Port Arthur; Mark Jeffrey, a convict who became the grave digger on the Island of the Dead; and William Thompson, who arrived just as the new probation system started and who was forced to work in the treacherous coal mines. Convict-era Port Arthur will for the first time provide a comprehensive history of Port Arthur, its horrors and its changing role over a fifty-year period. In gripping detail, using the experiences and words of the convicts, soldiers and administrators who spent time there, David W. Cameron brings to life these deeply miserable days.

After Port Arthur
After Port Arthur

Author: Carol Altmann

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9781741761306

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A decade on, journalist Carol Altmann looks at how the people, the place, the killer, and the whole country has changed since the horrific massacre at one of Australia's most infamous historic landmarks.

Texaco's Port Arthur Works, a Legacy of Spindletop and Sour Lake
Texaco's Port Arthur Works, a Legacy of Spindletop and Sour Lake

Author: Elton N. Gish

Publisher:

Published: 2003-10

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 9780971277724

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"The book details the 100-year history (1903 to 2003) of Texaco's Port Arthur refinery, Port Arthur Terminal, and Port Neches refinery. It contains 408 pages with more than 1200 photographs that show every aspect of running a refinery. Many of them have no"