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Trinity University Press announces the publication of Memories of Mex-
ico: A History of the Last Ten Months of the Empire, by Samuel Basch,
translated by Hugh McAden Oechler. Basch, friend and personal physician
of Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph, Archduke of Austria and Emperor of
Mexico, gives an eyewitness account of the events leading up to Maxi-
milian's trial and execution, one of the most controversial and romanticized
periods in Latin American history. Available for the first time in English
translation, the book sells for $9. Orders should be directed to Trinity Uni-
versity Press, 715 Stadium Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78284.
Canyon de Chelly: The Story of Its Ruins and People by Zorro A. Brad-
ley (what an appropriate first name!), has been issued by the National
Park Service in Washington. Profusely illustrated, the 55-page booklet is a
perfect cameo of one of our finest national monuments. It can be ordered
for 80o cents from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.
The Bureau of Business Research at The University of Texas at Austin
has published Corpus Christi: The Economic Impact of the Port by Robert
H. Ryan and Charles W. Adams. The price is $3. The small book looks
back to Corpus's emergence as a significant port and forward to where it
goes during the anticipated energy crisis.
Wayne Gard, former president of the TSHA, has written a history of
the First Unitarian Church of Dallas. The hard-cover edition, limited to
200 copies, is $4 postpaid. The soft-bound edition costs $2.50. Both editions
are illustrated with photographs. The book may be obtained by writing the
church, 4015 Normandy Avenue, Dallas 75205.
And now comes The Greek Texans from that production factory of
Henderson Shuffler's, otherwise known as the Institute of Texan Cultures.
Here is the usual high standard set by the publication wing of the Institute,
with the added advantages of design and production by William D. Wittliff
of The Encino Press. The 32-page, profusely illustrated booklet may be
ordered from the Institute of Texan Cultures, San Antonio, Texas 78294.
The Big Thicket Association has begun a program of publication, of
which collectors, folklorists, nature lovers, and admirers of delightful prose
should be made aware. The first publication was Handbook for Members,
compiled by Maxine Johnston. Limited to 200 copies, it is out of print.
Publication No. 2 was Big Thicket Bibliography, compiled by Lois Wil-87
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