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San Antonio De Bexar: A Guide And History

San Antonio De Bexar: A Guide And History

Editor William Corner

Paperback

General SociologyRegional: Southwest

ISBN10: 9353605644
ISBN13: 9789353605643
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 30 2019
Pages: 238
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.54 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Walk the streets of 19th century San Antonio with a guide who knew every stone, plaza and mission. In San Antonio De Bexar: A Guide and History, editor William Corner blends on-the-ground observation with deep research to create a richly textured san antonio history guidebook and historical travel guide Texas readers still turn to. The past feels close here. From the river and plazas to the Alamo and surrounding missions, he traces the layered history of San Antonio, from Spanish colonial Texas history and the days of frontier era Texas history through to a bustling modernising city. Descriptions of churches, civic buildings and neighbourhoods unfold alongside san antonio missions history and local tradition, forming an indispensable alamo and missions guide and an evocative texas local history book in one. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Corner's work stands as a foundational reference for Texas historians and an accessible companion for San Antonio history students, local readers and visitors alike, capturing voices, landmarks and memories now long vanished. As both careful documentation and evocative portrait, it enriches any Texas history classics collection, offering context for the city's role in wider regional and national stories. Republished in a careful modern edition, it invites new readers to explore the history of San Antonio with the same curiosity and respect that shaped its first publication.

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