Mythic Galveston: Reinventing America's Third Coast is a 2002 non-fiction book by Susan Hardwick. It discusses the geography and history of Galveston, Texas, published by Johns Hopkins University Press.

The author's field is geography.^[1]

Patricia B. Bixel of Maine Maritime Academy overall criticized the book. She stated that maps and tables had some utility but that in some places the maps do not match the relevant figures. Bixel criticized unsourced content and a lack of context and argued that historians would not get use out of the book.^[1]

Patrick H. Butler III of the Virginia Board of Historic Resources felt that the book had use as a history of Galveston but that it "fails to carry out many of its goals" with the portions about the city in the 20th century being "The most disappointing element" due to being underdeveloped.^[2]

Peter J. Hugill of Texas A&M University criticized the book for being "unfocused and often careless" and in conclusion stated the work "is an almost total failure. Galveston deserves better!"^[3]

James C. Maroney of Lee College gave a positive review, despite having some criticisms.^[4]

• Bixel, Patricia B. (August 2005). "Mythic Galveston: Reinventing America's Third Coast". Journal of Southern History. 71 (2): 718+. doi:10.2307/27648871. JSTOR 27648871. Retrieved 2022-09-03 – via Gale Academic OneFile.
• Butler, Patrick H. III (2003). "Mythic Galveston: Reinventing America's Third Coast Susan Wiley Hardwick". The Public Historian. 25 (4): 135–136. doi:10.2307/3379282. JSTOR 3379282.
• Hugill, Peter J. (2004). "Mythic Galveston: Reinventing America's Third Coast". Professional Geographer. 56 (1): 148–149. doi:10.1111/j.0033-0124.2004.05601020_5.x.
• Maroney, James C. (2004-06-01). "Mythic Galveston: Reinventing America's Third Coast. By Susan Wiley Hardwick. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. xiv, 175 pp. $42.95, ISBN 0-8018-6887-4.)". Journal of American History. 91 (1): 274–275. doi:10.2307/3659704. JSTOR 3659704.

• Mythic Galveston - Johns Hopkins University Press
• Hardwick, Susan Wiley (2002). Mythic Galveston. ISBN 9780801868870 – via Internet Archive.