Marilyn Bennett Alexander

It Happened in San Antonio

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

It Happened in San Antonio gives the reader an insider's view of the Alamo City, bringing to life the characters of today and yesterday, from the early Canary Island residents to the ghosts of the Alamo to Fiesta Royalty. The pages reveal thirty compelling stories of intrigue, perseverance, tradition, and the rich cultures from the city rooted in the wild frontier by the waters of the San Antonio River.

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Produktdetails

• It Happened In Series
• Verlag: TwoDot
• Seitenzahl: 146
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 223g
• ISBN-13: 9780762739554
• ISBN-10: 076273955X
• Artikelnr.: 22262828

Autorenporträt

By Marilyn Bennett Alexander

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Spanish Saints Come Marching In 2. An Island Bachelor Comes to San
Antonio 3. Bury the Tomahawk 4. No Bridge Over Troubled Waters 5. How the
Chili Queens established San Antonio as the Birthplace of Chili 6. Fencing
a Million 7. Life and Death on the Plazas 8. Rough Riding 9. Fit for a
Queen 10. Fiesta: Did Someone Say Party? 11. La Villita: The Little Town
that Could 12. Defenders of the Alamo: Revolutionaries, Ghosts, Saints,
Rangers and a Daughter of the Republic of Texas 13. Past Lives of San
Antonio: Ghosts of Alamo Plaza 14. Rodeo Charro Style 15. Flooding Waters:
Jazz in San Antonio 16. When San Antonio Towered over America 17. In the
Air at Fort Sam Houston 18. Trails to Rails 19. Purple in King William's
Namesake 20. When a Congressman Rolls into the River 21. McNay: The Best
Little Art House in Texas 22. Fairmount: Moving a City 23. The Dueling
Deaths of Davy Crockett 24. Waiting for a Fight 25. A Garden from Stone 26.
Rest Stop for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 27. Vigilantes Take Bob
Augustine into their Own Hands 28. Family Law 29. The Case of the Ferrari
Clerk 30. Alamo Bowl