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Ima Hogg: The Governor's Daughter: Fred Rider Cotten Popular History Series , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 400min

Texas legend has it that James Stephen Hogg, Governor of Texas from 1890 to 1894, named his daughters Ima and Ura, but that is only half-true: there never was a Ura. Ima had three brothers, Will, Mike, and Tom. Ima Hogg, who was born in 1882 and died in 1975 at age 93, became a legend in her own right, and this book is her story. It is also the story of the extraordinary bond between a father and a daughter. James Stephen Hogg, who worked his way from a hardscrabble life in the piney woods of East Texas to the Governor's Mansion in Austin, was a giant in Texas politics, both literally (standing six feet three inches tall and weighing close to 300 pounds) and figuratively, as the champion of the little people against big business in the 1890s. He adored his daughter, and after his wife, Sallie Stinson Hogg, died of tuberculosis in 1895, Ima and her father drew even closer. Jim Hogg, a widower in his 40s with four children - Will, 20; Ima, 13, Mike, 10, and Tom, 8 - left politics to practice law in Austin, and Ima became the sunshine of her father's household. While Ima attended the University of Texas and then studied music in New York City, ex-Governor Hogg pursued business interests, and was one of the early investors in the Texas oil boom after the Spindletop gusher in 1901. "Miss Ima", as she was known (she never married but she had many suitors), founded the Houston Symphony, served on the Houston School Board, established the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, and restored several historic Texas buildings. She would have been famous, even without her unusual name. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christy Lynn. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/028020/bk_acx0_028020_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Adventures in Romance Collection: Great Love Stories Are Never Shady , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 461min

Take an adventure while listening to these historical romance titles: Yukon Madness, Cargo of Coffins, Under the Black Ensign, Black Towers to Danger, and Loot of the Shanung. Black Towers to Danger: Drilling for oil is a dirty business, and for Bill Murphy, it's about to turn positively filthy. But Murphy's more than a match for everything Venezuela can throw at him. Everything, that is, except for Marcia Stewart. She's convinced Murphy killed her father, and she wants revenge. Murphy's drilling down for the truth, and it's his land, his love for Marcia and his life that are on the line. It's a gusher! The oil flows, the bullets fly, and the action comes fast and furious as the audio version takes you to the heights of adventure. Yukon Madness: There are all kinds of crazy, but there's only one Yukon Madness. And Royal Mountie Tommy McKenna has seen the terror that follows in its wake . . . his partner murdered and fed to a pack of wolves. Bent on revenge, McKenna sets out to find the madman who did it, and there's only one way to get him through his girlfriend. But whose side is she on? The trap has been set. The question is, who is the predator and who is the prey? Listen to the howling of wolves and feel the icy chill of fear as the audio version answers the real call of the wild. Cargo of Coffins: Lars Marlin has escaped from Devil s Island and come face to face with the man who put him there Paco Corvino. Now the two are off to sea serving on a luxury yacht, and not since Fletcher Christian and Captain Bligh set sail on the Bounty have two more heated enemies been in the same boat. Lars is determined to find out what Corvino has up his sleeve . . . and what killer cargo he's hiding on board. But the yacht owner s daughter is a beautiful and dangerous distraction. Will Lars be safe in her arms . . . or is she part of Corvino s plot a trap set with honey? Don t miss the boat as the audio version brin ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: R. F. Daley, Jason Faunt, Keli Daniels, Christina Huntington, James King, Jim Meskimen, Max Williams, Marisol Nichols, Robert Wu. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gala/000126/bk_gala_000126_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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