Richly illustrated with rare period photographs, Houston s Hermann Park: A Century of Community provides a vivid history of Houston s oldest and most important urban park. Author and historian Barrie Scardino Bradley sets Hermann Park in both a local and a national context as this grand park celebrates its centennial at the culmination of a remarkable twenty-year rejuvenation. As Bradley shows, Houston s development as a major American city may be traced in the outlines of the park s history. During the early nineteenth century, Houston leaders were most interested in commercial development...