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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
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Projects of friends:
Frost Town
Historic Site
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