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Place Names of San Antonio
Green, David P (Hand Center Of San Antonio Clinical Professor, Department Of Orthopaedics, University Of Texas Health Science Center At San Antonio,
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Paperback / so. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 1KBBW; CFF; HBJK; WTD; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
We deal with dozens of names in the course of our daily lives—of streets, schools, parks, towns, landmarks. Do these names mean anything beyond functioning as labels for the places we live, the routes we drive, or our destinations?
This favorite handbook identifies the origins of nearly a thousand familiar place names in San Antonio and beyond. Naming sleuth David Green reveals the cave in Cave Lane, the “First Lady of Song” behind Rosita’s Bridge, and the middle school bearing the name of the first African American to walk in space.
Chapters are categorized by streets, parks, schools, ... Read more
We deal with dozens of names in the course of our daily lives—of streets, schools, parks, towns, landmarks. Do these names mean anything beyond functioning as labels for the places we live, the routes we drive, or our destinations?
This favorite handbook identifies the origins of nearly a thousand familiar place names in San Antonio and beyond. Naming sleuth David Green reveals the cave in Cave Lane, the “First Lady of Song” behind Rosita’s Bridge, and the middle school bearing the name of the first African American to walk in space.
Chapters are categorized by streets, parks, schools, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Trinity University Press,U.S. United States
Condition
New
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
San Antonio, United States
ISBN
9781595346742
SKU
V9781595346742
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About Green, David P (Hand Center Of San Antonio Clinical Professor, Department Of Orthopaedics, University Of Texas Health Science Center At San Antonio,
David P. Green is a surgeon and educator who has written and edited several textbooks on orthopedic and hand surgery. When he was on the faculty at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in the 1970s, his address was on Floyd Curl Drive. No one seemed to know who Floyd Curl was. Curiosity over the naming ... Read more
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