This thoroughly-illustrated book sweeps away a morass of anecdotal misinformation to tell for the first time the full story of the evolution of a wayward stream on the frontier of New Spain into an architectural and engineering triumph, enchanting millions of visitors each year and a model for cities throughout the world.

Crown Jewel of Texas: The Story of San Antonio's River

History

Fisher, Lewis F.

Americas

Maverick Pub. Co

This is a concisely written, lavishly illustrated account of the founding, growth, decline and restoration of San Antonio's five Spanish colonial missions, a national treasure. Built by Franciscan friars and their Native American charges 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.

The Spanish Missions of San Antonio

This lavishly-illustrated book is the definitive guide and reference work for the 100-block Monte Vista National Historic District, two miles north of downtown San Antonio. It includes 139 illustrations (some in color), maps, notes, bibliography and both a general index and an index of architects and their works. 
Monte Vista survives nearly intact from the city's Gilded Age--1890 to 1930--when newly prosperous residents built the finest neighborhood of the era remaining in Texas. The district's vintage homes, both elaborate and modest, were designed by more than two dozen distinguished architects in an unusual variety of styles, from Queen Anne to Prairie to Tudor to Spanish Colonial Revival. In addition to describing the finest landmark homes, block by block, San Antonio's Monte Vista deals with the dynamics of developers and the lifestyles of original residents, and of their servants as well.

San Antonio's Monte Vista: Architecture and Society in a Gilded Age 1890-1930

Arts & Photography

Everett, Donald E.

Architecture

San Antonio's Monte Vista: Architecture and Society in a Gilded Age

This lavishly-illustrated book is the definitive guide and reference work for the 100-block Monte Vista National Historic District, two miles north of downtown San Antonio. It includes 139 illustrations (some in color), maps, notes, bibliography and both a general index and an index of architects and their works. Monte Vista survives nearly intact from the city's Gilded Age--1890 to 1930--when newly-prosperous residents built the finest neighborhood of the era remaining in Texas. The district's vintage homes, both elaborate and modest, were designed by more than two dozen distinguished architects in an unusual variety of styles, from Queen Anne to Prairie to Tudor to Spanish Colonial Revival. In addition to describing the finest landmark homes block by block, San Antonio's Monte Vista deals with the dynamics of developers and the lifestyles of original residents, and of their servants as well.

The story of a woman who became a famous singer in San Antonio, Texas, spending more than fifty years sharing songs of Mexico.

Rosita's Bridge

Children's Books

Fisher, Mary McMillan

Biographies

When seven women of the Order of Saint Ursula and one priest arrived in frontier San Antonio, Texas in 1851 to establish a school for girls, none could predict the dramatic future facing the tranquil campus that rose on the banks of the San Antonio River. By 1970, the Ursuline Academy had moved away. Then two other groups of determined women--the San Antonio Conservation Society and the Southwest Craft Center--closed ranks to rescue the architecturally significant landmark buildings from certain destruction. Now, as the Southwest School of Art and Craft, education, historic preservation and artistic invention merge as lifelong learning and the tradition of excellence continue in this unique place. School by the River includes 145 historical and contemporary illustrations lavishly displayed.

School by the River: Ursuline Academy to Southwest School of Art and Craft, 1851-2001

Pfeiffer, Maria Watson

Religion & Spirituality

Texas Hollywood: Filmmaking in San Antonio since 1910

Since the first motion picture studio in Texas was established in San Antonio in 1910, the city has been home to the filming of more than 250 movies, from silent flickers to thrillers to the winner of the first Academy Award.California film historian Frank Thompson's entertainingly written and dramatically illustrated work documents this ongoing activity for the first time. It concludes with a landmark filmography that leaves no doubt about the richness of the filmmaking heritage that gives San Antonio claim to the title Texas Hollywood.

Texas Hollywood: Filmmaking in San Antonio Since 1910

Business & Money

Thompson, Frank T.

Industries

More than 250 movies have been filmed in San Antonio since the first movie studio in Texas opened in the city in 1910. They range from silent flickers to major Hollywood productions, off-beat independent films, low-budget horror films and everything in between. Some of history's most honored and loved films have been filmed in San Antonio, including the winner of the first Academy Award for Best Picture. 
A broad San Antonio presence is obvious in some: Cloak and Dagger (1984), Still Breathing (1998), Evenhand (2000). Others draw on the city's longstanding relationship with the military: Wings (1927), West Point of the Air (1935), Air Cadet (1951), plus a host of Alamo films beginning with The Immortal Alamo (1911). San Antonio also substitutes for such places as the Old South (The Warrens of Virginia, 1924), Chicago (The Big Brawl, 1980), even Africa (Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, 1995). 
Frank Thompson sorts it all out in this entertainingly written, dramatically illustrated (109 illustrations) and thoroughly researched work, concluding with a landmark San Antonio filmography. He leaves no doubt about the richness of the filmmaking heritage that gives San Antonio claim to the title "Texas Hollywood."

Computers & Technology

Networking & Cloud Computing

People have been putting names to places around San Antonio for more than 300 years. This is the first book to sort things out. More than 500 San Antonio names are defined, sometimes with pictures, in 9 chapters: Early Spanish Names; Streets; Parks and Plazas; Schools and Universities; Libraries, Learning Centers and Museums; Landmark Buildings and Names; Medical Center; Military Bases; and Separate Suburbs and Towns. A tenth chapter gives origins of names in seven adjacent counties: Atascosa, Bandera, Comal, Guadalupe, Kendall, Medina and Wilson.

Place Names of San Antonio: Plus Bexar and Surrounding Counties

GREEN, DAVID P.

Fort Sam: The Story of Fort Sam Houston, Texas

Cagle, Eldon

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