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The Untold Story Of The Lower Colorado River Authority

by John Williams
language: english
Publisher: TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY PRESS, December of 2015 ‧
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readers will learn about the forces of nature and politics that combined to create LCRA; the colorful personalities who operated, supported, or fought with the agency; its spectacular successes, periodic blunders, and occasional failures; and its evolution into the largest public power organization in Texas.

The Untold Story Of The Lower Colorado River Authority

by John Williams

Property Description
ISBN: 9781623493417
Publisher: TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: December of 2015
Language: English
Dimensions: 216 x 279 x 25 mm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Format: Book
Collection: W.L. Moody Jr. Natural History Series
Categories: Books in English > History > History of America
EAN: 9781623493417

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John Williams

Autor, editor e professor, John Edward Williams (1922-1994) escreveu quatro romances: Nothing but The Night (1948), Butcher’s Crossing (1960), Stoner (1965) e Augustus (1972), o último dos quais recebeu o National Book Award.
Neto de agricultores, foi criado no Texas e trabalhou em rádios e jornais, até se alistar na força aérea em 1942. Esteve destacado na Índia e na Birmânia até ao fim da Segunda Guerra mundial, período em que escreveu o seu primeiro romance.
Estudou na Universidade de Denver e concluiu o doutoramento em Literatura Inglesa na Universidade de Missouri. Regressaria a Denver, onde conciliou a actividade académica com a literatura, até se retirar em 1985.
Morreu em 1994, deixando um quinto romance inacabado.

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