so as a forecaster when you have to cover for that cover storms into the 5:00 a.m. forecast, you have to get up really early. it is really challenging. sometime some time ago, i read erik on s storm larson s book. it is a remarkable account of the worst national disaster in history, the galveston hurricane of 1900. the book brings to life america at the turn-of-the-century and the destruction of the city, at the time the jewel of the south, the new york city to be of the gulf coast. author joins us here today and brings to life human drama, survival from a massive hurricane that slammed galveston almost 100 years ago, coming up on september 8. given that it is the 100th anniversary, this is the great time for us to look back on the tragedy in the nonfiction andunt of erik larson the nonfiction account of erik larson. before i introduce him, i want to discuss the anatomy of hurricanes, how we go about cutting it forecasting, and i want to step back in time to show footage
literary and historical sites across the nation. civicrom authors and leaders every other weekend on c-span3 and american history tv. see the city tours on c-span each day at 6:00 p.m. eastern. welcome to galveston, texas, on american history tv. located 60 miles from houston, the city sits on a barrier island facing the gulf of mexico. established in 1825 by the congress of mexico, while land still known as texas land now known as texas still belongs to that country. coming up, visit the rosenberg library museum, the repository for much of galveston s historical heritage. we are the keeper of the history here. later, step aboard a 19th-century ship that once delivered goods to the city. she sailed and arrived here probably about 100 yards from where we are standing right now with a cargo full of bananas. we begin in the surrounding waters. the port is a major reason the plays asts today, and dominant role in its economy. the first land grant for toveston came in the 18
empty the tanks to put more weight on the sub. the way we get the water out is close out the introduce high pressure air and it blows out of the bottom. the submarine is two hulls. between the two hulls are tanks that you flood or de-flood to give you that balance affect. visitors that come to our park and check out the cavalla, i hope they walk away with a sense of sacrifice these men make everyday. they are still out there today serving our country, but the conditions they face is something that most people have never seen or experienced. more on the history of galveston now with a visit to the rosenberg library museum. announcer: our collecting policy is collecting anything related to galveston from its founding in the 1830 s to the present, as well as documents relating to the history of the early republic of texas up to the civil war. most of our patrons come in looking for genealogy information. galveston was a port of entry for immigrants. so so there is a lot of g
and committed over the long haul for the right causes and for the right reasons. i am to, just in bringing him forward, distribute copies of his bio i can t think of anybody who is not aware, who has been living on another planet, and is not aware of the things reverend al sharpton has been engaged in. he has been praised by both a democratic president, barack obama camera and a republican president, president george bush. people from diverse backgrounds have found something praise-worthy about his many achievements and many accomplishments. in bringing him forth as quickly as possible, i want to read a bit from an excerpt called the man in the arena. nelson mandela gave a copy of it to france swore francois pinoit in the world championship rugby games at the moment it could have gone either way and at a moment in his country when nobody but nelson mandela could have brought the divergent elements together into the republic of south africa. here is what was on the piece
you had europeans, mainly germans coming into the port of galveston and as a group settling a different parts of the state of texas. if you had been here in the 1850 s german was the most common language spoken in galveston. on the streets, that is what people were talking in. we have a number of groups you can see in galveston today if you go to the garden, you can see what became the center for german entertainment and social life. you can go to st. joseph church the first german catholic church in texas. you can see where they worshiped and where they were educated and how they spent their lives in galveston. but the height of immigration with the late 19th century and early 20th. and it continued up to 1954 when it was no longer a point of interest for immigrants. but the story of that is the back-and-forth between the state of texas managing immigration and eventually the federal government doing immigration. but it became a place where there want they wanted to push