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Title: Battleship Texas (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&m universiTy, No 45) by Hugh Power, John C. Reilly, Wilson E. Dolman ISBN: 0-89096-519-6 Publisher: Texas A&M University Press Pub. Date: April, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: More discussion of diagrams
Comment: A fabulous and interesting book about a fascinating part of history. Much of the artistry is actually in the pictures, diagrams, and text themselves.

Mr. Powers actually got some of the original Navy blueprints from the ship's construction, and this was the source of the drawings in the book. Occasional compromises were made in the amount of detail the diagrams offer due to space constraints.

Nonetheless this is a beautiful and fascinating way to learn more about this historic ship.

Rating: 4
Summary: Great Pictures
Comment: The reason to buy this book is the excelent photographs of the details of the ship. As a B&W picture book, it is excelent.

The text is generally weak with a number of technical errors. The author comes across as a fawning admirer rather an expert.

The book could have been much improved with more complete diagrams of the ship. (Has plans but not of the superstructure or lower decks.)

Rating: 4
Summary: Superb photography
Comment: The Battleship Texas, now a museum, is a great attraction for tourists to the San Jacinto Monument and Battlegrounds near Houston, Texas.

Normal tourists wander through the ship, shoot a few pictures and leave.

Hugh Power, who lives on Galveston Island nearby, fell in love with the ship, its history and photo opportunity. He spent, to my knowledge, 3 years photographing every nook and cranny of the Battleship.

He took pictures morning and evening, at noon, with and without flash, from this angle and that. He spent hours in his darkroom developing the pictures, experimenting with different exposures and using all the tricks in the trade to create black & white art.

The effort was well worth it. The book is superb, a delight to both, the lover of good photography and ships.

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