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.
Contents:
Foreword, by Charles A. Birnbaum
Introduction
1) The First Twelve Thousand Years
* Riverside Haven
* Water and Stone for a Spanish Outpost
* A Confederate Industrial Zone
* Turbines and Kilns
* The Jockey Club and the International Fair
2) Brackenridge Park Takes Shape
* San Antonio Gets a Driving Park
* A Pivotal Year
* The Japanese Tea Garden
* 0Ray Lambert’s Park
3) The Modern Park
* The New Deal
* Adrift
* Renewal
* Miraflores
* A Sustainable Park
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Credits
