Remembering Tucson

by Mike Speelman (Text by)

Overview

From its birth to the present, Tucson has consistently built and reshaped its appearance, ideals, and industry. Through changing fortunes, Tucson has continued to grow and prosper by overcoming adversity and maintaining the strong, independent culture of its citizens.

With a selection of fine historic images from his best-selling book Historic Photos of Tucson, Mike Speelman provides a valuable and revealing historical retrospective on the growth and development of the city. Remembering Tucson captures this journey through still photography selected from the finest archives. From its early days to recent times, Remembering Tucson follows life, government, education, and events throughout the city’s history.

This volume captures unique and rare scenes through the lens of more than a hundred historic photographs. Published in vivid black-and-white, these images communicate historic events and everyday life of two centuries of people building a unique and prosperous city.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683368960
Publisher:	TURNER PUB CO
Publication date:	05/31/2010
Series:	Remembering
Pages:	134
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mike Speelman received a bachelor of arts degree in history from the University of Arizona in 2001 and is a member of Phi Alpha Theta. After a brief encounter with grad school, he began doing free-lance historical research in Tucson on projects both big and small. Mike has researched and written labels for exhibits at the Arizona Historical Society Downtown Museum. He contributed research to the Canoa Ranch Historical Designation, to the Tucson Origins Heritage Park reconstruction projects, to an upcoming American Experience program on Geronimo, and to the documentaries Lalo Guerrero: The Original Chicano and Inside Deep Throat. He has also done research on Tucson homes and local people. At the 2005 Arizona History Convention, he received the Friends of Arizona Archives award for a paper presented on African-American pioneer Samuel Bostick. Speelman lives in Tucson.