Great Houses of Texas

Texas occupies a special place in the American myth: It is the home of the Wild West, the Rio Grande, cowboys, Indians and the Alamo; the word 'gumption' springs to mind. In "Great Houses of Texas", author and resident Lisa Germany traces the architectural history of this self-made region, in which the land itself is the protagonist, through portraits of more than 25 homes built between 1853 and 2003, beginning with the Greek Revival and Victorian mansions of East Texas planters.

ISBN 9780810993938 | E | HB