Abner Cook: Master Builder on the Texas Frontier

Abner Cook has long been acknowledged as the most important architect in antebellum Texas. This extensively illustrated volume is the first to document fully his life and works. This well-told history of Cook’s life also presents a vivid account of 19th century Austin.

232 pp. 80 b&w illustrations

KENNETH HAFERTEPE is chair of the department of museum studies at Baylor University. He is the author of several books, including A History of the French Legation in Texas and A History of Ashton Villa.