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The first comprehensive history of Texas' healing springs.

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"This book chronicles a fascinating aspect of Texas history... I will certainly add springs to my list of destinations and will have to carry a copy of the book in my car library." oCraig E. Colten, Associate Professor of Geography, Southwest Texas State University

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Vanishing Places
  • 1. Taking the Waters
  • 2. Historic Watering Tradition
  • 3. Texas' Resorts
  • 4. Places Lived: Recapturing Past Landscapes
  • 5. Daily Spa Life
  • 6. Marketing the Waters
  • 7. The Experience of Bathing
  • 8. Places Lost
  • Postscript: Song of the Sacred Waters
  • Appendix A: County List of Medicinal Wells and Springs
  • Appendix B: Regional Guide to Texas' Medicinal Waters
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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    A Paperback / softback by Janet Mace Valenza

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/02/2000
      ISBN13: 9780292787346, 978-0292787346
      ISBN10: 0292787340

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The first comprehensive history of Texas' healing springs.

      Trade Review
      "This book chronicles a fascinating aspect of Texas history... I will certainly add springs to my list of destinations and will have to carry a copy of the book in my car library." oCraig E. Colten, Associate Professor of Geography, Southwest Texas State University

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction: Vanishing Places
      • 1. Taking the Waters
      • 2. Historic Watering Tradition
      • 3. Texas' Resorts
      • 4. Places Lived: Recapturing Past Landscapes
      • 5. Daily Spa Life
      • 6. Marketing the Waters
      • 7. The Experience of Bathing
      • 8. Places Lost
      • Postscript: Song of the Sacred Waters
      • Appendix A: County List of Medicinal Wells and Springs
      • Appendix B: Regional Guide to Texas' Medicinal Waters
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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