San Antonio: Outpost of Empires

San Antonio: Outpost of Empires is a vivid, honest portrayal in words and pictures of San Antonio's evolution over the course of nearly three centuries, from the days of 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. San Antonio's unique appeal is the pervasive ambience of a colorful, authentic past, aided by the preservation of much of the historic city's built environment. Here immigrants of all stripes labored to build a city that on the one hand stands tall and gleaming, on the other seems unchanged from the 1920s, Victorian times or from the reign of Spanish kings. In these pages 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, traildrivers, chili vendors, firemen and birdsellers, as this book documents a remarkable city's march through time