El Paso in Pictures

By Frank Mangan

Book Overview

Beginning with drawings and woodcuts depicting the days before photography, this book follows the story of life at the Pass of the North, documenting change as El Paso took shape and grew from a dirt-street frontier town into a modern city in the 1970s. Each era is fascinating, from the arrival of the conquistadores, through the coming of the railroad in the 1880s, the turn of the century with the establishment of more businesses and the move toward permanent residences, the Mexican Revolution, the war years, the rapid changes of the fifties and, finally, the sophistication of the seventies. Many of the photographs, especially those of the Mexican Revolution, are extremely rare and had not been public before the 1971 publication of El Paso in Pictures . First published by The Mangan Press/El Paso.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875653502
• ISBN13: 9780875653501
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.0" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

El Paso in Pictures

This book arrived quickly and in perfect condition. If you have a history with El Paso, it will mean a lot to you. Great photos.

Great book

This was purchased as a gift for my dad who lives in El Paso. He loved it. The pictures are great and stories very interesting.

Best Photographic History of El Paso Ever!

I literally grew up with this book! My folks still have the dog-eared copy that we got back in 1971. This was the book that got me started on a life-long love of local history (no matter where I lived at the time). If you live in El Paso now or have ever lived there, you'll love this book -- great photos, wonderful stories, and contagious excitement that can only come from someone who loves and understands the town he's writing about.