Books
All of W. T. Block's
original books have been republished on Amazon in August 2022 as both Kindle, Hardcover,
and or Paperback formats.
Also, all of his
previously unpublished manuscripts have been published on Amazon and
several of his newspaper articles have been gathered into new publications.
Also, some
recommended reading:
No Kings of Prussia
Redbones of Louisiana
New Previously
Unpublished Books
This first
section contains books that were never published before and come either from
unpublished manuscripts, newspaper articles, or from previously unpublished
computer files.
Chronicles of a Historian's Pen
Unveiling W. T. Block's National Perspective
This book was recently
published on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6BT19T5
The following
link is to a page that documents the table of contents, table of figures, and the index with page
numbers as they appear in the printed book:
Chronicles of a Historian's Pen
Texas Through the Eyes of a
Historian
A Collection of Newspaper and Magazine Articles
This book was recently
published on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C5PJRH7D
The following
link is to a page that documents the table of contents, table of figures, and the index with page
numbers as they appear in the printed book:
Texas Through the Eyes of a Historian
World at War
A Collection of World War Newspaper and Magazine
Articles
This book was recently
published on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C4WTN9RV
The following
link is to a page that documents the table of contents, table of figures, and the index with page
numbers as they appear in the printed book:
World at War
The Texas Golden Triangle
A History in Articles by W. T. Block
This book was recently
published on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C2SG4PNH
The following
link is to a page that documents the table of contents, table of figures, and the index with page
numbers as they appear in the printed book:
The Texas Golden Triangle
The Civil War in Texas and
Louisiana
A History of Conflict and Struggle
This book was recently
published on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C2SG66KT
The following
link is to a page that documents the table of contents, table of figures, and the index with page
numbers as they appear in the printed book:
The Civil War in Texas and Louisiana
Sabine Pass Chronicles
The Articles of W. T. Block
This book was recently
published on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C22R45WF
The following
link is to a page that documents the table of contents, table of figures, and the index with page
numbers as they appear in the printed book:
Sabine Pass Chronicles
Beaumont Through the Eyes of a Historian
The Articles of W. T. Block
This book was recently
published on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BX5RLRTW
The following
link is to a page that documents the table of contents, table of figures, and the index with page
numbers as they appear in the printed book:
Beaumont Through the Eyes of a Historian
Growing Up in Port Neches
A Collection of Articles about Port Neches,
Texas Authored by W. T. Block Over the Course of His Career
This book was recently
published on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BVLVT5RP
The following
link is to a page that documents the table of contents, table of figures, and the index with page
numbers as they appear in the printed book:
Growing Up in Port Neches
To Betsie with Love
An Autobiography of Historian and Author
W. T. Block
A previously unpublished
manuscript that has recently been published on Amazon in three formats:
Kindle eBook, Paperback, and Hardcover:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BD6M99M9
For a look at the table
of contents and the index of this book, click on the following link:
To Betsie with Love
The Chronicles of the Early Families of Nederland,
Texas
A Five Book Series
W. T. collaborated with many
Nederland families in 1992 to create a five volume book set called "The
Chronicles of the Early Families of Nederland, Texas." These books were
not published originally, but were copied and distributed to several local
libraries.
Recently, I (WT's son)
published all five volumes on Amazon:
https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/series/MCKNGJ49436
For more information
about these books, click on the following link:
The Chronicles of the Early Families of
Nederland, Texas
Musings About
Early-Day Nederland
A Collection of Articles Authored/Edited by W.
T. Block Regarding Nederland, Texas.
This book was recently
published on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BNTT3ZKK
The following
link is to a page that documents the table of contents and the index with page
numbers as they appear in the printed book:
Musings About Early-Day Nederland
Frontier Tales of Texas-Louisiana
Borderlands
A previously unpublished
manuscript that has recently been published on Amazon in three formats:
Kindle eBook, Paperback, and Hardcover:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BK57Q6MR
For a look at the table
of contents and the index of this book, click on the following link:
Frontier Tales of
Texas-Louisiana Borderlands
Tales of Southwest Louisiana
A collection of
newspaper articles
that have recently been published on Amazon in three
formats: Kindle eBook, Paperback, and Hardcover:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BDWPNMP3
For a look at the table
of contents and the index of this book, click on the following link:
Tales of
Southwest Louisiana
Emerald of the Neches
The Chronicles of Beaumont, Texas from
Reconstruction to Spindletop
A previously unpublished
manuscript that has recently been published on Amazon in two formats: Kindle
eBook and Paperback:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BLLYYHH8
A typewritten manuscript written by W. T.
Block, written over a period of 4 years ending in 1980 regarding the history
of Beaumont, Texas.
The manuscript was never published before this current release.
For a look at the first
several pages including the table of contents:
Emerald of the
Neches
Previously
Published Books
This section
contains books that were previously published that have recently been
republished as second editions.
East Texas Mill Towns & Ghost
Towns (3 book series)
This
series was originally published between 1994 and 1997 and they have recently
been republished as second editions on Amazon in three formats: Kindle
eBook, Paperback, and Hardcover.
The following link is to
the series on Amazon:
The following link is to
a page on this site that provide a look at the table of contents and indices
of each volume:
East Texas Mill Towns & Ghost Towns
Early Sawmill Towns of the
Louisiana-Texas Borderlands
This book was originally
published in 1996 and
has recently been published on Amazon in three formats: Kindle eBook,
Paperback, and Hardcover.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BKTXZVPN
For a look at the table
of contents and the index of this book, click on the following link:
Early Sawmill Towns of the
Louisiana-Texas Borderlands
Cotton Bales, Keelboats, and
Sternwheelers
A History of the Sabine River and Trinity River
Cotton Trades, 1837-1900
This book was originally
published in 1995 and
has recently been published on Amazon in three formats: Kindle eBook,
Paperback, and Hardcover.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BLCJMNM3
For a look at the table
of contents and the index of this book, click on the following link:
Cotton Bales, Keelboats, and Sternwheelers
Schooner Sail to Starboard
Confederate Blockade-Running on the
Louisiana-Texas Coast Lines
This book was originally
published in 1997 and
has recently been published on Amazon in three formats: Kindle eBook,
Paperback, and Hardcover.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJSC7C8W
For a look at the table
of contents and the index of this book, click on the following link:
Schooner Sail to Starboard
A History of Jefferson County,
Texas
From Wilderness to Reconstruction
This book was originally
published in 1976 and has recently been published on Amazon in two formats: Kindle
eBook and Hard Cover:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B6WLZSNM
The book was written as
WT's master of arts thesis.
For a look at the first
several pages including the table of contents:
A History of Jefferson County, Texas
Sapphire City of the Neches
A Brief History of Port Neches from
Wilderness to Industrialization
This book was originally
published in 1987 and has recently been published on Amazon in two formats: Kindle
eBook and Hard Cover:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B6FSWCG2
For a look at the first
several pages including the table of contents:
Sapphire City of the Neches
Sour Lake Texas
From Mud Baths to Millionaires
This book was originally
published in 1994 and has recently been published on Amazon in two formats: Kindle
eBook and Hard Cover:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B7CTKVZR
For a look at the first
several pages including the table of contents:
Sour Lake Texas
Other Books
The other books listed
here are not the work of WT, but are books that I, his son and web
administrator William T. Block III, wanted to make available to the public
via Amazon.
The 1921 School Review of
Jefferson County, Texas
A Print Replica of this Historic
Document
This book was originally
published in 1921 and has recently been published on Amazon in
three formats: Kindle
eBook, Paperback, and Hard Cover:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C2RRQDQ3
For a look at the first
several pages and a description of the book:
The 1921 School Review of Jefferson
County, Texas
Little Things
78th Signal Company / 78th
Infantry Division
This is a print replica of a hardcover book
published by the 78th Signal Company / 78th "Lightning" Division of the U.
S. Army following World War II circa 1945, and has recently been published on Amazon in
three formats: Kindle
eBook, Paperback, and Hard Cover.
In addition, W. T. Block's article
"Christmas Week in Simmerath" has been added as an appendix to this second
edition of the book.
Editor and W. T. Block's son, William T.
Block III
This is a link to the
book on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C7T1NQKQ
For a look at the first
several pages and a description of the book:
Little Things
Nederland, Texas Class of 1968
Through the Years
A Series that Collects Year Books
that Include the Class of 1968
After publishing my father's (W. T. Block)
books on Kindle, I realized that history manifests in various forms. I was
raised in Nederland, Texas, a town steeped in history. It's a small
community where many of my high school graduation peers were also my
first-grade classmates. We were lucky that the different schools we attended
produced yearbooks to help us reminisce about those days. In the first
grade, a yearbook titled "My School Days 1956-1957: The Nederland Elementary
School" was published. During middle school, the yearbooks were named "The
Glide Path," and I published volumes IV and V (the last issue was in 1964).
The high school yearbooks were simply known as "Pilot."
This series serves as a representation of those yearbooks, ensuring that the
descendants of my classmates can access the history contained within them.
This is a link to the
series on Amazon:
https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/series/JMM51WCVTDE
The following link is to a page on this
site that provide a description of the series and a link
to each book:
Nederland, Texas Class of 1968 Through the
Years
Nederland
Texas Sesquicentennial Edition
The Nederland Diamond Jubilee History and
Museum Committee expresses its thanks to those contributing material used in
this publication. Without your assistance the task of searching and
collecting would have been much more difficult. The information received in
both written and oral form has been invaluable in compiling this story of
Nederland. All articles in their original form are filed for permanent
record in the archives of the Windmill Museum. This will assure students,
writers, historians and other interested persons the availability of
information pertaining to the growth and development of our city.
As this book is nearing completion, the committee realizes that only the
surface of Nederland’s history has been explored. There are many questions
still unanswered, sites of historical significance that should be marked
permanently and additional written material collected for the sake of
preservation.
Perhaps, as the readers of this history reminisce with others, memories will
produce treasures in the form of letters, documents, old newspapers and even
artifacts that had been stored in forgotten places. Any findings such as
these should be made known and hopefully shared by being placed in the
museum. Copies of written material should be made and filed for future
reference.
The committee feels that through this printed effort the correct approach
has been made toward preserving Nederland’s heritage. It is our wish that
you will find as much pleasure and enjoyment in reading this story as we had
in collecting seventy-five years of exciting, challenging and fulfilling
events in the continuing saga of Nederland.
The Second Edition of the book features many of the original photographs in
cleaner versions. It also includes a table of contents, a table of figures,
and a comprehensive index.
This is a link to the
series on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZY4BZ3V
The following link is to a page on this
site that provide a look at the table of contents, table
of figures, and the index of this book:
Nederland: Texas
Sesquicentennial Edition
Recommended Reading
“No
Kings of Prussia”
by Derek C. Block
Six Immigrant Families Seek the
American Dream in 19th Century Texas
A history of 19th-century German immigration to
America is revealed through the point of view of struggling merchant and
Painter, Georg Block, his family, and acquaintances.
Six families from Pomerania Prussia endure the hardship of cross-Atlantic
sailing, disease, malnutrition, and economic failings to secure a better
life in Texas, a fledgling state.
No Kings of Prussia is not a historical narrative but rather a blend of
historical facts intermingled with brief genealogies of six Prussian
families. The book is filled with rich, color images of lithographs, maps,
photographs, newspaper clippings, and records which all help to illustrate
Pomerania, Prussia as it was in the 19th century.
While No Kings of Prussia contains some elements of genealogy, its
well-sourced historical accounts and vivid color images broaden its appeal
to anyone interested in German or Prussian history, particularly if the
reader's family originated from Prussia or Germany.
This is a link to the book on
Amazon:
https://a.co/d/2enRZLt
“Redbones of Louisiana” by Don C. Marler
347 p., SC, photos, maps, index, bibliography,
endnotes…$25.00
This tragic history covers 200 years of the people who
came to be known as the “Redbones” between South Carolina and their resettlement
in the Neutral Strip of Louisiana. Sometimes their history is violent as with
the Bearhead Creek Massacre of 1887 or the Orange County War of 1856. Although
this book does not have all the answers, Mr. Marler’s book is must reading for
the interested reader of Redbone history.
