| Walking Historic Galveston: A Guide to Its Neighborhoods Contributor(s): Johnson, Jan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1934645796 ISBN-13: 9781934645796 Publisher: Eakin Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2009 Annotation: Walking Historic Galveston: A Guide to its Neighborhoods is the city's first practical, comprehensive walking guide of the Island's most concentrated historic areas with interesting anecdotes about the people of their past. Written in a very readable voice, the book is designed for the "Everyman" who wanders the city streets and wonders about the inside human stories of those who lived, loved, and worked in the unusual buildings that survived them. Fifth generation Galvestonian JAN JOHNSON has been seriously studying the Island's rich history as a Tour Guide since 1982. Based on her driving tours, Walking Historic Galveston: A Guide to Its Neighborhoods offers walker-friendly routes of portions of nine distinct districts recognized as historical on the Island. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Museums, Tours, Points Of Interest - Travel | United States - South - General |
| Dewey: 976.413 |
| LCCN: 2009921363 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.8" W x 8.7" (0.65 lbs) 194 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Texas - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - South |
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| Publisher Description: Walking Historic Galveston: A Guide to its Neighborhoods is the city's first practical, comprehensive walking guide of the Islands most concentrated historic areas with interesting anecdotes about the people of their past. Written in a very readable voice, the book is designed for the Everyman who wanders the city streets and wonders about the inside human stories of those who lived, loved, and worked in the unusual buildings that survived them. |