Historic Houston: How to See It: One Hundred Years and One Hundred Miles of Day Trips
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In HISTORIC HOUSTON: HOW TO SEE IT, Lucinda Freeman brings Houstons history to life by coupling entertaining stories that highlight influential personalities and key historical events with day-trip itineraries, providing a comprehensive and useful guidebook for heritage tourists interested in the history of Houston and surrounding region.
Freeman is a native Houstonian, a fifth-generation Texan, and the daughter of two parents who also wrote books on Houstons history. She relies on careful research and personal experience to offer unforgettable adventures into early Houston and Texas. She brings to light colorful historical characters like Sam Houston, Deaf Smith, and legendary cattle rustler and oilman Shanghai Pierce. Freeman also recounts stories of immigrants and highlights events from key time periods like the Texas Revolution, Antebellum Texas, and the Civil War, offering guided day-trip plans for seeing it all, including historical markers, museums, plantations, battle sites, and renovated historical buildings.
HISTORIC HOUSTON: HOW TO SEE IT com bines historical facts and easy to- follow itineraries with captivating anecdotes about the famous, the infamous, the heroic, and the eccentric in order to provide a fascinating, in-depth glimpse into a forward-thinking city and region with great personality and character.
For more information about the book and related projects and events, visit www.historichoustontourism.comLucinda Freeman
Lucinda Freeman is passionate about creating recipes that are simple, fun, nutritious, and tasty. She has cooked for family and friends most of her life and enlisted a group of fellow foodies to test the recipes for this book. She is the author of Historic Houston: How to See It.
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