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100 Things To Do In Galveston

By Rick Beaulieu Posted on November 4, 2021 Posted in Galveston, New Books, News

100 Things To Do In Galveston Before You Die is now in stock! We have plenty of copies of 100 Things To Do In Galveston Before You Die  

Code of Silence

By Rick Beaulieu Posted on December 4, 2020 Posted in Announcments, Galveston, New Books, Signings

BOOK SIGNING: Sunday January 16 2:30- 5 p.m. With author Lise Olsen & whistleblower Donna Wilkerson The Proletariat Gallery & Public House, 221 Market (Across from Galveston Bookshop). copies available at Galveston Bookshop

December 13th Double Book Signing

By Dale LaFleur Posted on December 6, 2014 Posted in Announcments, Galveston, Meet & Greet, Signings

Saturday, December 13th, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Murder Most Texan True crime writer and Texas historian Bartee Haile joins us with his book of high profile Texas murder cases entitled Murder Most Texan, a collection detailing sixteen coldblooded killings from …

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Parking Tip: Downtown Galveston / Strand

By Dale LaFleur Posted on September 13, 2013 Posted in Galveston, Trivia

When using the parking kiosks downtown you should always check if your stall number has any time left on it before purchasing your parking. The person before you may have left early and you can use that time if any …

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The Landing of Lafitte in Galveston

By Dale LaFleur Posted on September 12, 2013 Posted in Galveston, Trivia

Illustration appearing on a section divider in The Cactus, 1927, the University of Texas annual.

Book Signing set for September 21st, 2013: Galveston Chronicles

By Dale LaFleur Posted on August 28, 2013 Posted in Galveston, Meet & Greet, Signings

Galveston Chronicles Dr. Donald Willett, Associate Professor in the Maritime Studies Program at Texas A&M University at Galveston, will join us for our September Meet & Greet. Dr. Willett served as editor and contributor to this new book of essays …

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Pier 19 After the Hurricane of 1915

By Dale LaFleur Posted on January 31, 2013 Posted in Galveston, Trivia

From glass negatives provided by Bain News Service, courtesy of the Library of Congress at Flickr.com (George Grantham Bain Collection).

Galveston Reads 2013

By Dale LaFleur Posted on January 12, 2013 Posted in Announcments, Galveston

This year’s book is The Big Year and the events schedule is below. Click on the image for a more readable size. Visit galvestonreads.org for further info.

Book Signing: The Galveston-Houston Packet, November 17, 2012

By Dale LaFleur Posted on November 14, 2012 Posted in Announcments, Galveston, New Books, Signings

Andrew W. Hall will be with us on Saturday to sign his new history book covering the role of the steamboat packet services running on Buffalo Bayou in the mid-1800s and their key contribution to the development of commerce in …

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Great Storm Simulation at Coney Island

By Dale LaFleur Posted on August 29, 2012 Posted in Galveston, Trivia

The odd wording in the caption of this old Galveston post card got us wondering what was going on. “Stupendous Reproduction of the Great Tidal Wave?” A little web searching turned up some research by Mr. Jeffrey Stanton, a Coney …

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