American Venice
Subtitle: The Epic Story of San Antonio's River
By: Lewis F. Fisher ; foreword by Irby Hightower
Publisher: Maverick Publishing Company
Published: 2015
Place of publication: San Antonio, Texas
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9781893271654
Subjects: History; Urban parks; Design and construction; River life; Description and travel
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-221) and index.
Table of contents: title: San Antonio's river; title: Building the river park; title: The flood of 1921; title: Taming the river and the Great Bend; title: Debating the river park; title: The Venice of America; title: Disuse and rescue; title: Crown jewel of Texas; title: Reaching north and south.