{"product_id":"the-spanish-missions-of-san-antonio-paperback","title":"The Spanish Missions of San Antonio - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLewis F. Fisher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis concise and lavishly illustrated account balances the significant history of the San Antonio's missions' founding and their original function with the stories of their subsequent decay and eventual restoration. New drawings depict all five mission compounds as they first appeared. Built in the eighteenth century by Franciscan friars and Native American converts, San Antonio's five missions form the largest such cluster in the United States. One is preserved as the Alamo, the others make up San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCelebrated San Antonio historian \u003cb\u003eLewis F. Fisher\u003c\/b\u003e, whose Maverick Publishing Company was acquired by Trinity University Press in 2015, has published forty-five books on topics ranging from San Antonio's Spanish heritage to its urban development, and from the military to sports, architecture, and multicultural legends. A former member of the San Antonio River Commission, he has written numerous books himself, including \u003ci\u003eChili Queens, Hay Wagons, and Fandangos: The Spanish Plazas in Frontier San Antonio\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2015 San Antonio Conservation Society Publication Award, and \u003ci\u003eSaving San Antonio: The Preservation of a Heritage\u003c\/i\u003e, republished in a second edition, and \u003ci\u003eMaverick: The American Name That Became a Legend\u003c\/i\u003e. Fisher has received numerous local, state, and national writing awards and was named a Texas Preservation Hero by the Conservation Society in 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 10.9 x 8.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52945215783136,"sku":"9781595347138","price":22.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/YzXoecPIzX9781595347138.webp?v=1781411219","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-spanish-missions-of-san-antonio-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}