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OverviewIn 1900, just a few months after the deadly hurricane of September, W. L. Moody Jr. and his family moved into the four-story mansion at the corner of Broadway and Twenty-sixth Street in Galveston. For the next eight decades, the Moody family occupied the 28,000-square-foot home: raising a family, creating memories, building business empires, and contributing their considerable wealth and influence for the betterment of their beloved city. In 1983, Hurricane Alicia damaged the mansion, and Mary Moody Northen, eldest child of W. L. Moody Jr., moved out so a major restoration could begin. When the mansion opened to the public as a museum, education center, and location for community gatherings in 1991, it had been restored to its original grandeur. The Moody Foundation then commissioned award-winning author Henry Wiencek to write a history of the Moodys of Galveston and their celebrated home. Robert L. Moody Sr., grandson of W. L. Moody Jr. and nephew of Mary Moody Northen, contributes a foreword, giving a brief introduction and personal tone to the book, which also features fifteen color photographs of the Moodys and their home. An epilogue by E. Douglas McLeod summarizes the family's accomplishments and developments associated with the mansion since Northen's death in 1986. The Moodys of Galveston and Their Mansion is a must-read for Galvestonians, for the thousands of visitors who tour the mansion each year, and for anyone interested in the captivating tale of this influential and generous family and their magnificent house. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Henry Wiencek , Robert L. Moody, Sr. , E. Douglas McLeodPublisher: Texas A & M University Press Imprint: Texas A & M University Press Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.481kg ISBN: 9781603441827ISBN 10: 1603441824 Pages: 136 Publication Date: 30 June 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews...more than a family memoir, it is a concise history of Galveston --Francine Carraro, Southwestern Historical Quarterly -- (09/13/2011) .. .more than a family memoir, it is a concise history of Galveston --;br>--Francine Carraro Southwestern Hisorical Quarterly (09/13/2011) . ..more than a family memoir, it is a concise history of Galveston --;br><br>--Francine Carraro Southwestern Hisorical Quarterly (09/13/2011) Author InformationHENRY WIENCEK, of Charlottesville, Virginia, is the author of numerous books, including The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White, which won the National Book Critics' Circle Award in Biography in 1999, and An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |