Authors from the Lee College Service Area

The stories in Drowned Moon are set in Southeast Texas, where the Old and the Lost Rivers meet and empty into the bay. This unique geographic location, with its unpredictable waters, its sinking swamps, its bayous and sloughs, provides a haunting landscape for Glenn Blake's characters.

"I was born in a land of bayous, raised between rivers," writes Glenn Blake in his latest collection of short stories. "There is a place in Southeast Texas where two rivers meet and become one. There is a long bridge over these waters, and as you drive across, you can look to the south and see where the Old River and the Lost River become the Old and the Lost. You can look out as far as you can see and watch this wide water become the bay." The stories in Return Fireare set in the swamps, bayous, and sloughs of Southeast Texas, a region that is subsiding--sinking inches every year beneath the encroaching tides. The characters who inhabit Blake's Southern landscape struggle to salvage what they can of their hopes and dreams. They are the walking wounded--cautious, crippled, capable of any act. Magnolias, water, mescal, stars, and fire return again and again in these seven sparse--yet tightly written--vignettes.

Historical novel, set in Texas in the 19th century.

This book, written by a Lee College alum, explores the history of race relations along the Texas Gulf Coast. It includes sections that are specifically about Baytown.

This book, written by a Lee College alum, explores the history of race relations along the Texas Gulf Coast. It includes sections that are specifically about Baytown.

This book includes a chapter on the Goose Creek oil fields.

Lee College professor John Britt provides a research guide for local history.

Indigenous people of this area are discussed in Chapter 8: The Upper Texas Coast.

History of the Houston North Shore Railway, which had lines through Baytown, Pelly, Goose Creek, McNair & Highlands.