Signed to Meg. San antonio, texas, is a sunny city of the American southwest with a rich Spanish heritage in an overlooked German past. The city's wealthy Germans were among the first Americans to electrify their houses, use telephones, drive automobiles, and build swimming pools. Their businesses, clubs, and institutions have survived to this day, and their influence continues. The Brewers star is a glimpse behind the facades along King William street, San Antonio's premier address of a century ago. Travel back in time to meet a Bavarian beer brewer, Richard Kaempff, a strong-willed, self-made millionaire determined to make his Mark in america, and his wife, charlotte, a beautiful, self-centered soprano and willing to fit into the state, conventional mold of wealthy society matron. Covering the years 1884 to 1902, this novel is the chronicle of a turbulent, passionate marriage set during a time when San Antonio's Germans were at the Pinnacle of their influence and power.

ISBN: 9780963596819