Houston History Book Fair & Symposium

Houston Arts & Media, Story Sloane’s Gallery and Houston Metropolitan Research Center
Present
Houston History Book Fair
& Symposium
Saturday, November 10, 2012
10 am till 4pm
at the Historic Julia Ideson Building
500 McKinney Street

• Dozens of local history books available
• Meet the Authors
• Get your books autographed
• Door prizes

Different authors will speak about their books every half hour.

Speakers
in Auditorium

10:30 – Sylvia Dickey Smith (A War of Her Own)

11:00 - Lucinda Freeman (Historic Houston: How to See it)

11:30 - Chuck Parsons (Texas Rangers)

12:00 - Ed Cotham (Texas Civil War Titles)

12:30 - Kate Kirkland (Captain James Baker of Houston)

1:00 - David Bush/Jim Parsons (Houston Deco)

1:30 - Anna Mod (Building Modern Houston)

2:00 - Steven Fenberg (Unprecedented Power: Jesse Jones)

2:30 - Jim Schmidt (Galveston and the Civil War)

3:00 - Naomi Carrier (Go Down, Old Hannah)

3:30 - Mike Vance (Houston's Sporting Life)

Speakers
in Reading Room

10:30 - Tom Kreneck (Del Pueblo: Houston's Hispanics)

11:00 - Al Mitchell (Texas City)

11:30 - Ronnie Crocker (Houston Beer History)

12:00 - Tom Kennedy (Houston Police Department)

12:30 - Michael Swanson (The Angel Baby)

1:00 - Ann Becker (River Oaks)

1:30 - Andy Hall (Houston/Galveston Steamboats)

2:00 - Joan Upton Hall (Just Visitin': Old Texas Jails)

2:30 - Frank Chalfant (Galveston Island of Chance)

3:00 - Story Sloane (Houston in the 1920s and 30s)

3:30 -

Speakers
in Tudor Gallery

Children's History Session Starting at 10:30

Andrea White (The Very Long Life of Alice's Playhouse)
Leah White (Our Roots are Strong CD)
Betty Chapman ( Children's Activity Book on Preservation )

Thank and Support Our Sponsors

Houston Club
UH Hobby Center for Public Policy
Renee Cross