Saturday, December 10th, 2016, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Galveston Art League: A Century of Island Art Pat Jakobi and Nancy House join us with their new history of the Galveston Art League. For over 100 years, the Galveston Art League has upheld …
Saturday, November 19th, 2016, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Proud Flesh: The Resurrection of Baby B Cynthia Bowen joins us with her latest book, a memoir of her remarkable journey caring for an infant from the Shriners Hospital for Children here in Galveston. …
Saturday, November 12th, 2016, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Gina Hooten Popp joins us again with her latest book in the Winds of Change series, Lucky’s Way. The year is 1918. And young U.S. fighter pilot Lucky McLaren is headed home to West …
Saturday, October 15th, 2016, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Mark Lardas joins us once again with his latest book, a history of the Battleship Texas. The USS Texas was built when dreadnought battleships were kings of the seas. It was the world’s most …
Saturday, October 22nd, 2016, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Kathleen Shanahan Maca joins us on Saturday with her new haunted history of Galveston. Ghosts of Galveston Soft cover, $19.99 Galveston Bookshop will participate in two book signing events in October: At Galveston Bookshop …
Saturday, September 17th, 2016, 2:00-4:00 p.m. James Valentino joins us on Saturday with with his newest work, some early Galveston history as revealed through a collection of personal letters. From Maine to Galveston, Republic of TexasThe Life and Letters of …
Saturday, August 13th, 2016, 2:00-4:00 p.m. E. Barry Gray joins us Saturday with his new full color survey of Galveston history through its vintage post cards. The history of Galveston is the history of Texas. Beyond that, it is the …
Saturday, July 16th, 2016, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Elise Hopkins Stephens joins us Saturday with her new biography of Galveston’s Kempner family. From Matriarch to Mayor:Eliza Kempner to Lyda Ann Thomas, Four Generations of Galveston’s Kempner Women Make their Mark Much has …
Saturday, July 9th, 2016, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Joy Jones will be with us Saturday with her historical novel of the life of Edna Milton, owner of the infamous Chicken Ranch. Purchase The Last Madam:A Legend of theTexas Chicken Ranch Edna Milton …
Saturday, June 11th, 2016, 12:00-2:00 p.m. Judge Ed Butler joins us Saturday with his history covering Barnardo de Galvez and the Spanish assistance to the Colonies in the American Revolution. In 2010, Judge Ed Butler led a group of 35 …