In October of 2009, I completed my first published book. Entitled "Postcard History Series: Houston", the book details the history of my beloved hometown through the use of more than 200 postcard images. The book is a culmination of 15 years of collecting coupled with a keen interest in Houston's rich and diverse history.
The book is divided into 10 chapters and touches on such historical topics as early Houston architecture, disasters that changed the city's course of history, the rapid growth of downtown during the 1920s through the 1940s, and our hometown industries ranging from cotton and oil to NASA and Texas Medical Center. Other chapters include Houston's hotels & motels, civic buildings, neighborhoods, and recreational areas.
In writing this book, I wanted to capture a combination of the city's well-known and obscure history. Many of the postcards used in this book are considered hard-to-find and several are just downright rare in their condition. The postcard images themselves tend to do most of the "talking" but are nicely assisted by the 5-6 line vignettes that accompany them.
It has been a labor of love to create this body of work and I hope you'll find it as enjoyable to read as I found it enjoyable to write.
