Billy Rose Presents . . . Casa Mañana

by Jan Jones

Book Overview

In 1936 as Texas prepared to celebrate its centennial--100 years after the Battle of San Jacinto--Dallas was chosen as the site of the official exhibition. Plans were under way for a modest Frontier Days Celebration in Fort Worth--until Star-Telegram publisher and civic booster Amon G. Carter stepped in. Carter considered the naming of Dallas as the official site a gross miscarriage of justice and was determined to get even by mounting a show that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875652018
• ISBN13: 9780875652016
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.6" x 11.1"