In the (almost) 200 years since the small colony that would become Austin was chartered, the city has evolved at a quick clip. These jumping-off points offer further insight:
• City in a Garden by Andrew M. Busch takes a fascinating look at the parallel paths of environmental transformations and racial justice in 20th-century Austin.
• Keeping Austin Weird: A Guide to the (still) Odd Side of Town by native Red Wassenich will delight folks keen on all things quirky. Cathedral of Junk, anyone??
• Longhorn Football by Bobby Hawthorne chronicles the long-standing tradition that’s been unfurling on the UT Austin gridiron since 1893.
– Hannah Van Sickle, The Austin 100