Lynn Maverick Denzer, Maury Maverick

Old Villita and La Villita Continues (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Old Villita is reissued by Wings Press in celebration of the Tricentennial of the founding of San Antonio, Texas on May 5, 1718. It was originally published in 1939 by the City of San Antonio as part of the American Guide Series (Federal Writers Project, under the Work Projects Administration). It was overseen and edited by the mayor of San Antonio, Maury Maverick, Sr. Earlier in the 1930s, U.S. Congressman Maverick had worked closely with his friend, President Roosevelt, to implement FDR's New Deal policies. His 1937 autobiography, A Maverick American, was something of a Depression-era bestseller. Among the many progressive acts in his life - which included securing W.P.A. funds for the initial development of the San Antonio Riverwalk - he was proudest of the restoration of La Villita, the 18th century settlement from which the city of San Antonio grew. Maverick's grand daughter, Lynn Maverick Denzer, wrote La Villita Continues, the story of the "e;Little Village"e; from its restoration to its present incarnation as La Villita Historic Arts Village. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, La Villita serves as a lively arts and cultural hub at the center of downtown San Antonio. Denzer's watercolors enliven the pages, along with historical photographs and documents.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wings Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781609405298
• Artikelnr.: 49740964

Autorenporträt

Lynn Maverick Denzer is an artist, teacher, and writer. Lynn studied art at University of Texas in Austin and the College of Marin, and received a secondary teaching degree at the University of Texas in San Antonio in English. Upon retiring from public education, Lynn pursued her own art, exhibiting in several galleries. Maury Maverick, Sr. (1895-1954), was born in San Antonio, the eleventh child of Albert Maverick and Jane Lewis Maury Maverick. He was commissioned as a First Lieutenant in the 28th Infantry, 1st Division, U.S. Army, and received a Silver Star for actions in the Battle of the Argonne. Maury served as U.S. congressman from the 20th District (1935-38), where he organized a group of "maverick" legislators who sponsored legislation to "out-New Deal" FDR's New Deal.