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	Alamo to Espada A Vintage Postcard Profile of San Antonio's Spanish Missions by Lewis F. Fisher San Antonio’s five Spanish missions, which include the Alamo, were being pulled from the brink of destruction at the beginning of the twentieth century just as picture postcards came into vogue. In Alamo to Espada, images are arranged to illustrate the dramatic transformations of the old mission churches and grounds. Also, a section entitled “Remember the Alamo” includes images of cards showing celebrations, advertising and other methods of patriotic Texans to preserve the memory of the shrine to Texas liberty. Another chapter, with more than two dozen illustrations, displays the missions’ architectural legacy, from landmark railroad stations to hotels to beer gardens. Item# 1153 96 pp., softcover, 1-893271-15-3 $12.95 Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50)
	An Immigrant Miller Picks Texas The Letters of Carl Hilmar Guenther Translated by Regina Beckman Hurst and Walter D. Kamphoefner. Foreword by Walter D. Kamphoefner In 1848 Carl Hilmar Guenther, 22, dropped his parents a farewell note in the mail and left Germany for America. After checking opportunities in New York, the Midwest and along the Mississippi, he discovered Texas. In 1851 Guenther built a grist mill in the German community of Fredericksburg. Eight years later he moved to nearby San Antonio, where his company has evolved into a major food products company that thrives today. This immigrant life in letters written back and forth between Old World and New reveals the joys and anguish of getting established on the frontier. It closes with a selection written during Guenther’s trip back to his homeland in 1891. Item# 117x 144 pp., softcover, 1-893271-17-x $14.95 Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50)
	Balcones Heights A Crossroads of San Antonio By Lewis F. Fisher Residents of suburban Balcones Heights incorporated in 1948 to gain zoning protection only to find themselves having to rely on revenue from traffic fines to run the city. Then two interstate highways intersected at Balcones Heights, drawing a regional shopping mall yielding sales tax revenues that could suddenly fund new municipal services. Its isolated, hardscrabble days over, Balcones Heights is now perhaps the most densely populated town in Texas, and deals with a host of urban issues. Item# 0771 64 pp., softcover, 0-9651507-7-1 $10.00 Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50)
	C. H. Guenther & Son at 150 Years The Legacy of a Texas Milling Pioneer by Lewis F. Fisher C. H. Guenther & Son, founded by a young German immigrant in 1851, is now a San Antonio-based food company with three plants and nearly one hundred products, many of them having nationwide distribution. This book places the company in the broad framework of evolution from waterwheels to computers and from milling just plain flour—including C. H. Guenther’s Pioneer, White Wings and White Lily brands—to producing convenient mixes and frozen foods. Thanks to management success and good luck, C. H. Guenther & Son, Inc. is believed to be the oldest business in Texas and the oldest continuously-operated family-owned milling company in the United States. Item# 1145 120 pp., hardcover, 1-893271-14-5 $24.95 Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50)
	Crown Jewel Of Texas The Story of San Antonio's River By Lewis F. Fisher Crown Jewel of Texas tells of the century-long transformation of a wayward stream into an architectural and engineering triumph. San Antonio’s two-mile River Walk, by some measures the top tourist attraction in Texas, enchants millions of visitors each year and is a model for cities throughout the world. New sources straighten out oft-told but conflicting tales and bring the full, compelling story to light for the first time. Available as either Hardcover or Softcover. Hardcover Item# 0712 128 pp., hardcover, 0-9651507-1-2 $24.95 Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50) Softcover Item# 0720 128 pp., softcover, 0-9651507-2-0 $16.95 Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50)
	Eyes Right! A Vintage Postcard Profile of San Antonio's Military by Lewis F. Fisher As the nation undertook the business of winning two world wars, tens of thousands of soldiers and airmen served tours of duty at San Antonio’s major bases. Those times coincided with a surge in popularity of picture postcards, which uniquely document the scene. Eyes Right! organizes nearly 200 postcard images into a sequence that includes rare photo shots of the Army’s chase of Pancho Villa along the Mexican border, an event in which San Antonio’s military played an important role. Item# 1137 112 pp., softcover, 1-893271-13-7 $14.95 Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50)
	The Horse That Fell Through the Stage and Other Tales of a Texas Veterinarian By Mason L. Matthews A veterinary career spanning nearly a half century of work with large animals is distilled in these entertaining vignettes. Dr. Matthews served as veterinarian for the San Antonio Zoo, was among the first to treat exotic animals as they began being stocked on Texas game ranches, helped fight an epidemic of foot and mouth disease in northern Mexico and made a number of extraordinary calls during his regular practice. Item# ZZ1102 64 pp., softcover, 1-893271-10-2 $9.95 Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50)
	Rosita's Bridge by Mary McMillan Fisher, illustrated by Barbara Mathews Whitehead This is the true story of Carla Maria presenting flowers to her grandmother, singer Rosita Fernandez, when the bridge at San Antonio’s open air Arneson River Theater was named Rosita’s Bridge—not just a bridge across a river, but a bridge between cultures. Rosita tells Carla Maria of emigrating from Mexico in a family of 16 children, of her father and uncles helping build the River Walk in the late 1930s and how she became a well known singer on stage, television and in movies. Before the mayor and the archbishop speak, Carla Maria explores the world-famous River Walk, with its tropical plants, riverside restaurants, stairway to the Alamo and narrow, arching bridges, including one with a special meaning. Item# 1188 32 pp., hardcover, 1-893271-14-5 $16.95 Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50)
	San Antonio Legacy Folklore and Legends of a Diverse People By Donald E. Everett, illustrated by Jose Cisneros Frontier San Antonio attracted a great many short-tempered miscreants and adventurers. It also drew missionary priests, conservative merchants and proper ladies, who established a polite society amidst all the commotion. These stories, some factual and some not so, are often in the words of participants in the events, from disorder in the Bull’s Head Saloon to hiding silver on wagons to Mexico to the lynching of Bob Augustine in front of the Bishop’s house. Each story is illustrated with a drawing by noted Texas artist Jose Cisneros Available in Hardcover or Softcover. Hardcover Item# ZZ1110 144 pp., hardcover, 1-893271-11-0 $22.50 Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50) Softcover Item# 1129 144 pp., softcover, 1-893271-12-9 $14.95 Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50)
	San Antonio Outpost of Empires By Lewis F. Fisher San Antonio’s unique appeal is the pervasive ambience of a colorful, authentic past. This portrait in words and pictures covers the evolution of the city over the course of nearly three centuries, from the days of the colonists of New Spain to the defense of the Alamo to the inrush of a “jumble of races” to the rapid growth of the modern era. Here the faces of persons like Davy Crockett, Robert E. Lee, Theodore Roosevelt, Geronimo and Queen Elizabeth II mingle with those of Spanish missionaries, female aviators, trail drivers, chili vendors, firemen and bird sellers as San Antonio: Outpost of Empires documents a remarkable city’s march through time. “A poetic and insightful summary of the city’s origins and development to the present day. . . . Outstanding illustrations bring the author’s written history to life. . . . Yet another testament to the legacy of a city that unites history, natural beauty, hospitality, cultures and a festive spirit to form a singular mystique.” —Southwestern Historical Quarterly Available as either Hardcover or Softcover Hardcover Item# 0739 112 pp., Hardcover, 0-9651507-3-9 $24.95 Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50) Softcover Item# 0747 112 pp., softcover, 0-9651507-4-7 $16.95 Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50)
	San Antonio's Monte Vista Architecture and Society in a Gilded Age By Donald E. Everett, Foreword by W. Eugene George The 100-block Monte Vista National Historic District survives nearly intact from San Antonio’s Gilded Age, when newly-prosperous residents built the finest neighborhood of the era remaining in Texas. Here architects drawn to the burgeoning city from across the country designed homes both elaborate and modest in an unusual variety of styles, from Queen Anne to Prairie to Tudor to Spanish Colonial Revival. Available in Hardcover or Softcover. Hardcover Item# 078x 160 pp., softcover, 09651507-8-x $32.95 Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50) Softcover Item# 0798 160 pp., softcover, 09651507-9-8 $22.50 Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50)
	Spanish Missions of San Antonio, The By Lewis F. Fisher San Antonio’s five Spanish missions are a national treasure. Built by Franciscan friars on the far frontier of New Spain, they stand today as the largest cluster of Spanish missions in the United States. One is preserved as the Alamo. The others form San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. More than 130 archival and present-day illustrations include new drawings of each original mission compound, reflecting the latest archeological and scholarly discoveries. They help make this not only a concise portrayal of the missions’ saga but a valuable handbook for visiting the missions and an important reference source as well. A fresh approach to a theme that has been visited often but not always this well. . . . This book is well worth the getting for those interested in mission history and for the general reader and visitor to the area. —Southwestern Historical Quarterly Available in Hardcover or Softcover. Hardcover Item# 0755 112 pp., hardcover, 0-9651507-5-5 $26.95 Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50) Softcover Item# 0763 112 pp., softcover, 0-9651507-6-3 $16.95 Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50)
	Walking Hill Country Towns 38 Unique Walks in the Texas Hill Country By Diane Capito Here is a guidebook that takes you deep into the hearts of picturesque towns that dot the Texas Hill Country between San Antonio and Austin, from Bandera to Buda, Kerrville to Kyle, Grapetown to Gruene. Diane Capito, the indefatigable walk leader whose San Antonio On Foot came out in 1993, is back with an even more ambitious work. Her 38 carefully mapped walks in 26 Hill Country towns take you along familiar main streets, then down the unbeaten byways that so often define a town’s soul. A wealth of freshly unearthed historical information brings hundreds of small town landmarks to life. For those without enough time to slow down in each town, the author kept the routes on public streets that can be driven or bicycled along. You’ll find precise directions plus the location of convenient parking, restrooms and restaurants. The index offers a quick checklist of cemeteries, courthouses, museums, parks and nature trails and even, for five towns, eyewitness accounts of ghosts, one of which the author swears she herself encountered during the preparation of this book. “The most fun was learning about small towns that I had always just whizzed by without a thought or second glance. . . . I find myself putting the book in the car every time we head out of San Antonio, just in case there is time to drop in on a town I never knew I wanted to explore.” —San Antonio Current Item# zz1161 192 pp., softcover, 1-893271-16-1 $14.95 Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50)

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