Author: Luis Torres
Publisher: Western National Parks Association
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 9781877856174
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Describes the history of the Spanish missions in the San Antonio, Texas, area, now preserved as the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.
Author: Luis Torres
Publisher:
Published: 1992-12
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781877856174
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Five missions, four of which are preserved by the National Park Service, formed the foundation for what is today the multicultural metropolis of San Antonio, Texas. They also provide a vital link to the living legacy of Spain and Mexico. - Amazon
Author: David Kroese
Publisher: Wheatmark, Inc.
Published: 2019-01-17
Total Pages: 765
ISBN-13: 1627876588
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Sparked by the opportunity to explore his personal passions, David Kroese turns away from a rewarding yet languishing career and begins the adventure of a lifetime. What happens next evolves into a tour of all four hundred-plus units in America's National Park System -- a perfect way to celebrate the 2016 National Park Service centennial. The Centennial: A Journey Through America's National Park System details David's compelling centennial explorations to 387 parks in 360 days. The story continues through December 2017, when he becomes one of fewer than fifty people known to have visited all 417 national parks. His personal expedition is a poignant exploration into quintessential America as told through its historical and natural wonders. Delve into diverse locations from Hawaii to the Rockies, New England to the Caribbean, Charleston to the California desert, Alaska to American Samoa. Join David and experience the inherent marvels within America's unique landscape and fascinating history, revealed in engaging context, poetic descriptions, and heartfelt appreciation. The Centennial: A Journey Through America's National Park System is an odyssey of self discovery and fulfillment through the nation's soul.
Author: David M. Brugge
Publisher: Western National Parks Association
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9781877856181
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Describes the history of the Spanish missions in the San Antonio, Texas, area, now preserved as the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.
Author: Thomas S. Bremer
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780807855805
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Blessed with Tourists: The Borderlands of Religion and Tourism in San Antonio
Author: Patsy Pittman Light
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 154
ISBN-13: 1585446106
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Over a period of some twenty years, Mexican-born artisan Dionicio Rodríguez created imaginative sculptures of reinforced concrete that imitated the natural forms and textures of trees and rocks. He worked in eight different states from 1924 through the early 1950s but spent much of his early career in San Antonio, where several of his creations have become beloved landmarks. More than a dozen of Rodríguez’s works have been included on the National Register of Historic Places. Patsy Pittman Light has spent a decade documenting the trabajo rústico (“rustic work”) of Rodríguez, along with its antecedents in Europe and Mexico, and the subsequent work of those Rodríguez trained in San Antonio. Rodríguez’s unique and unusual art will fascinate those new to it and delight those to whom it is familiar. San Antonio sites such as the bus stop on Broadway, the faux bois bridge in Brackenridge Park, and the “rocks” on the Miraflores Gate at the San Antonio Museum of Art, along with the Old Mill at T. R. Pugh Memorial Park in North Little Rock and Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis, are just a few of the locations covered in this volume celebrating the life and work of a Latino artisan. Students and devotees of Texas and Southwestern art will welcome this book and its long-overdue appreciation of this artist. Additionally, this book will commend itself to those interested in Latino studies, art history, and folklore.