Lewis F Fisher

Greetings from San Antonio

Historic Postcards of the Alamo City

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A compelling visual narrative of San Antonio in the early twentieth century by way of more than six hundred historic postcards

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Trinity University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 282mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 1066g
• ISBN-13: 9781595349187
• ISBN-10: 1595349189
• Artikelnr.: 57690268

Autorenporträt

Lewis F. Fisher is the author of numerous books about San Antonio and Texas, including Greetings from San Antonio: Historic Postcards of the Alamo City, American Venice: The Epic Story of San Antonio’s River, Saving San Antonio: The Preservation of a Heritage, Maverick: The American Name That Became a Legend, Chili Queens, Hay Wagons, and Fandangos, and The Spanish Plazas in Frontier San Antonio. He has received numerous local, state, and national writing awards and was named a Texas Preservation Hero by the San Antonio Conservation Society in 2014.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Foreword ix Introduction xi 1. Arriving and Settling In
Transportation 2 Hotels, Spas and Tourist Courts 6 2. Seeing the Sights The
Alamo 24 Southern Missions 32 The Flavor of Mexico 42 Beyond San Antonio 50
3. Downtown and at Home Central City 56 Public Services 72 Neighborhoods 84
4. Out and About Dining 92 Entertainment 103 Fiesta 116 Clubs 124 Parks 130
5. Churches, Schools and Colleges Churches 140 Schools and Academies 150
Colleges 159 6. Military City USA Fort Sam Houston and the Mexican Border
166 Kelly Fields 194 Randolph Field 204 San Antonio Aviation Cadet
Center/Lackland Air Force Base 207 Index 213