Texas Then and Now® (Then and Now)

by William Dylan Powell

Overview

Texas Then and Now features the most prominent locations from around the state, comparing vintage photographs with modern views of the same scenes today.

Included on these pages are many of the great Texas universities, tourist draws in Austin and Galveston, the historic oil strike at Spindletop, the old stockyards of Fort Worth, the Texas State Capitol in Austin, and the state fairgrounds in Dallas. This collection of Texas landmarks provides a vivid portrait of a dynamic and expanding state—but one that has not forgotten its rich and enduring history.

Featruring sites in: Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Goliad, Houston, Galveston, Beaumont, Washington-on-the-Brazos, College Station, Waco, Hillsboro, Dallas, Fort Worth, Amarillo and El Paso.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781910904145
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	03/01/2016
Series:	Then and Now
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	1,039,737
Product dimensions:	11.00(w) x 9.70(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

William Dylan Powell is a Houston-based writer specialised in all things Texas. A regular contributor to the Houston Chronicle, he is a member of the Houston Writers League, the Houston Press Club, and the Houston chapter of the Association of Authors and Publishers. He has also written about wider Texas and is the author of the original Austin Then and Now® (2006) and Texas Then and Now® (2013).