"This book . . . is the first I have read whose theme is an American city's cultural and architectural soul, and whose heroes are those who strove, and are still striving, to save it. It is also history in the best sense of the word, a telling of the past, meticulously researched and documented . . . a story worth telling." --T. R. Fehrenbach "It is often said that truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. In Saving San Antonio . . . Lewis Fisher provides a fascinating look at the preservation of one of our state's ...
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"This book . . . is the first I have read whose theme is an American city's cultural and architectural soul, and whose heroes are those who strove, and are still striving, to save it. It is also history in the best sense of the word, a telling of the past, meticulously researched and documented . . . a story worth telling." --T. R. Fehrenbach "It is often said that truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. In Saving San Antonio . . . Lewis Fisher provides a fascinating look at the preservation of one of our state's greatest historical treasures. --John L. Nau III, Chairman, Texas Historical Commission "We all need myths to inspire us, but it is best when they are true. Saving San Antonio rescues the true story of one of America's most successful historic preservation movements." --Jerry L. Rogers, Superintendent, Southwest Office, National Park Service
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0896723720. This book is in very good condition; no remainder marks. Dustjacket does have some shelfwear. Inside pages are clean.; 7.5 X 1.5 X 10.75 inches; 552 pages.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Signed by Author(s) Hardcover Cloth 552 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. First edition First printing 1996 with corresponding number line. Handsome, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Minor signs of wear and/or age. An unclipped dust jacket with the usual shelf wear. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. Flatsigned on first title page Few American cities enjoy the likes of San Antonio's visual links with its dramatic past. The Alamo and four other Spanish missions, plus a host of additional landmarks and folkways surviving over the course of nearly three centuries, still lend San Antonio an "odd and antiquated foreignness." Adding to the charm of the nation's ninth largest city is a bend in the San Antonio River, saved to become a winding linear park through the heart of downtown and a world model for sensitive urban development. San Antonio's heritage has not been preserved by accident. The wrecking balls and headlong development that accompanied progress in nineteenth-century San Antonio roused an indigenous historic preservation movement? Çöthe first west of the Mississippi River to become effective. Its thrust has increased since the mid-1920s with the pioneering work of the San Antonio Conservation Society. Lewis Fisher peels back the myths surrounding more than a century of preservation triumphs and failures. 552 pp.
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Very good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
