the interior of the mosque at cordova in spain is notable for containing hundreds of jars.
the interior of the mosque at cordova in spain is notable for containing hundreds of jars.
the interior of the mosque at cordova in spain is notable for containing hundreds of?
jars
de cordova and robert creuzbaur compiled the map of the state of texas, first published in 1849. much subsequent texas cartography was based on this map, which was praised by sam houston on the floor of the united states senate. books de cordova wrote that were influential in attracting settlers included "the texas immigrant and traveller's guide book" (1856), and "texas, her resources and her public men" (1858), the first attempt at an encyclopedia of texas. jacob and phineas de cordova published two early texas newspapers, the "texas herald" (also known as "de cordova's herald and immigrant's guide") out of houston and the "southwestern american" out of austin. the latter was at the solicitation of governor peter h. bell and helped to pass the compromise of 1850, which resulted in a $10 million payment to texas for adjusted boundaries after annexation. in the 1850s de cordova moved from austin to seguin, where five miles from town he built for his wife and five children a fine country home, which he called wanderer's retreat. in the 1860s he tried to develop a power project on the brazos river in bosque county for textile mills to spin texas cotton. the american civil war brought financial reverses to de cordova. when purchasers of his land were unable to make payments he refused to foreclose and turn people off their land when he had first encouraged them to move to texas. when he died on 26 january 1868, he was buried in kimball, but in 1935 his body and that of his wife were moved to the state cemetery of texas. he was survived by five children. the de cordova bend reservoir, south of fort worth on lake granbury, was named after him.
jacob de cordova
the story then cuts to an online edition of the "new york times", with the headline reporting the apparent suicide of ashley cordova, 24-year-old daughter of stanislas. the news story recounts that ashley "was a classical pianist and former child prodigy", having performed at carnegie hall for one time at age 12 before disappearing from the musical world two years later. in concern to the suicide, "the cordova family could not be reached for comment". included with the entry is a story entitled "the last enigma", which recounts the brief (and largely mysterious) life of stanislas cordova. what little is known is that stanislas "was an only child raised in the south bronx by a single mother", who received poor marks in class for his "sullen behavior". dropping out of high school, he became a petty criminal and cab driver exclusively for new york prostitutes in the 1960s while spending times writing the script for his first film- "figures bathed in light". as his films began to grow in number, cordova's main themes- the dark underside of society that many ignore, humanity's shameful side and the importance of the night film in question -became very apparent. the only person that stanislas ever treated as something even close to a friend was one inez gallo, cordova's trusted confidante for 30 long years. cordova had three wives: genevra castagnello (italian model and heiress to a banking fortune, as well as mother to stanislas' son, theodore), marlowe hughes (former actress and "legendary beauty") and astrid goncourt (french costume designer and mother to ashley), each of whom either left or died under mysterious circumstances. it was also known that cordova was the owner of the peak- "a 300-acre estate located in upstate new york in the remote wilderness of lows lake", which has been home to cordova's film studio and been considered a holy site by the cordovites- stanislas' crazed fans/worshipers. cordova's films became the subject of much controversy, having caused mental breakdowns in test screenings, left people unconscious from sheer terror and inspired a man named hugh thistleton to become a murderer. despite the massive backlash, cordova's movies continued to be shown to those who desired to see them in "red-band screenings", taking place underground (figuratively and literally) in dark places. cordova's last public appearance was in 1977, where he noted his favorite image from all of his films was a close-up of a killer's eye, which he described as "sovereign, deadly, perfect" and both the image and the slogan that went with it became commonplace pieces of cordovite life. in 2006, scott mcgrath attempted to bring cordova into the light and reveal him as a psychopath; sadly, his attempt found him facing a million-dollar lawsuit for slander from cordova's lawyers, which later saw mcgrath lose his job and family. three years prior, cordova was seemingly working on a sixteenth film- "matilde" -though what work, if any, happened to it disappeared. the cordovites "adopted the symbol of the red bird"- a fleeting symbol that appears in each of cordova's films -in an attempt to get him to return, but he remains silent, while the information that must be known about him is picked over by the cordovites on the "invisible internet fan site known as the blackboards". cordova's last possible known act was the purchase of a francis bacon painting for an eight-figure sum sometime in 2008.
night film: a novel