{"id":2959,"date":"2020-01-21T11:04:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T17:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/?p=2959"},"modified":"2020-04-04T03:11:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T08:11:24","slug":"the-maceos-and-the-free-state-of-galveston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/?p=2959","title":{"rendered":"The Maceos and the Free State of Galveston"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Saturday, March 14th, 2020, 2:00 &#8211; 4:00 PM<\/h5>\n<p><strong>The Maceos and the Free State of Galveston<\/strong><br \/>\nAn Authorized History<br \/>\nby Kimber Fountain<br \/>\nThe History Press, 2020<\/p>\n<p><strong>Soft cover, $23.99<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fleurfinebooks.secure-chrislands.com\/product\/39221\/The-Maceos-and-the-Free-State-of-Galveston-Fountain-Kimber\" style=\"color:red;\" ><span style=\"background-color:#bfe7ff;padding:5px 10px 5px 10px;border:1px solid #666\"><strong>Purchase<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Galveston Bookshop will host a book signing on Saturday, March 14th, 2020, 2:00-4:00 p.m. for local author <strong>Kimber Fountain<\/strong> and her new book covering the Maceo Family&#8217;s unique place in Galveston history.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Maceo_Fountain-cover-340w.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Maceo_Fountain-cover-340w.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"514\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2961\" style=\"border:1px solid #aaa\" srcset=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Maceo_Fountain-cover-340w.jpg 340w, http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Maceo_Fountain-cover-340w-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a>Throughout the long and colorful history of Galveston, no name has embodied the \u201cSpirit of the Island\u201d quite like the name Maceo. Two penniless Sicilian immigrants rose from modest beginnings to lead an entire city to prosperity, yet the nature of their industry and its abrupt and embarrassing end resulted in a legacy cloaked in stereotypes and rumor. For nearly forty years, Sam and Rose Maceo ruled a far-reaching underground economy of illegal booze and gambling but used their influence to infuse the \u201cFree State of Galveston\u201d with glamour, fame and fortune\u2014a vision later used as a template for Las Vegas. The island city responded in kind, and its acceptance of the Maceos insulated their empire for decades. Pairing personal interviews of living descendants with her own meticulous research, Kimber Fountain lifts the veil on the Maceo family\u2019s closely guarded heritage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kimber Fountain<\/strong> is a native of the Texas Gulf Coast and longtime resident of Galveston Island. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre and dance from the University of Texas at Austin, she lived in Chicago for several years before returning to Texas and making her home in Galveston, where she discovered a love for the city\u2019s rich history. Her literary career began in 2012 as a writer for the Island Guide, and she has served as the editor-in-chief and feature writer for Galveston Monthly since 2015. Kimber is a professional speaker who holds history and book lectures all over Texas, and in the spring of 2019, she created the Red Light District Tours of Galveston, a historical walking tour inspired by her books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, March 14th, 2020, 2:00 &#8211; 4:00 PM The Maceos and the Free State of Galveston An Authorized History by Kimber Fountain The History Press, 2020 Soft cover, $23.99 Purchase Galveston Bookshop will host a book signing on Saturday, March &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/?p=2959\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Maceos and the Free State of Galveston<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,5,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2959"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2959"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3029,"href":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2959\/revisions\/3029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}