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Author : William MacLeod
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)
Download or read book Big Bend Vistas written by William MacLeod and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William MacLeod
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780972778503
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)
Download or read book Big Bend Vistas written by William MacLeod and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Big Bend is bizarre, mountainous, stark, dramatic, full of exotic shapes and colors, unlike anything else in Texas.
Author : Thomas C. Alex
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738578538
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)
Download or read book Big Bend National Park and Vicinity written by Thomas C. Alex and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rio Grande makes a large bend into Mexico and forms the "boot heel" of Texas that is the Big Bend. Big Bend National Park nestles inside this meander, and its history is as much a part of Mexico as it is of Texas. The remote border location is historically replete with rich cultural diversity, including nomadic bands of Native Americans, Spanish explorers, Mexican and Anglo farmers, ranchers, miners, military men, and entrepreneurs. In the 1930s, a handful of people saw the Big Bend's majestic ruggedness as a place where all Americans could touch the Creator in nature and appreciate the alien qualities that both test and console the human spirit. This remote frontier still draws the souls of those seeking wide-open vistas and crystal-clear night skies.
Author : Bruce A. Glasrud
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1623491053
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)
Download or read book Big Bend's Ancient and Modern Past written by Bruce A. Glasrud and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-18 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Big Bend region of Texas—variously referred to as “El Despoblado” (the uninhabited land), “a land of contrasts,” “Texas’ last frontier,” or simply as part of the Trans-Pecos—enjoys a long, colorful, and eventful history, a history that began before written records were maintained. With Big Bend’s Ancient and Modern Past, editors Bruce A. Glasrud and Robert J. Mallouf provide a helpful compilation of articles originally published in the Journal of Big Bend Studies, reviewing the unique past of the Big Bend area from the earliest habitation to 1900. Scholars of the region investigate not only the peoples who have successively inhabited it but also the nature of the environment and the responses to that environment. As the studies in this book demonstrate, the character of the region has, to a great extent, dictated its history. The study of Big Bend history is also the study of borderlands history. Studying and researching across borders or boundaries, whether national, state, or regional, requires a focus on the factors that often both unite and divide the inhabitants. The dual nature of citizenship, of land holding, of legal procedures and remedies, of education, and of history permeate the lives and livelihoods of past and present residents of the Big Bend.
Author : Virginia Madison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)
Download or read book How Come It's Called That? written by Virginia Madison and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ronnie C. Tyler
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Big Bend written by Ronnie C. Tyler and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Farcountry Press
ISBN 13 : 9781560372868
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)
Download or read book Big Bend National Park written by and published by Farcountry Press. This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A place of merging natural environments, Big Bend National Park is the perfect photographic subject. Desert, river valley, mountain, and plain, are all captured beautifully by photographers Guynes and Reynolds. All seasons of the year are presented, as the terrain is cast in new light in each. From broad scenics of the Rio Grande to close-ups of unusual flora of the region, from shots of the sprawling badlands to images of desert wildlife, the magic of Big Bend National Park is presented skillfully by these two talented photographers.
Author : Marcia Hatfield Daudistel
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292753047
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)
Download or read book Authentic Texas written by Marcia Hatfield Daudistel and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2013-10-20 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Texas of vast open spaces inhabited by independent, self-reliant men and women may be more of a dream than a reality for the state’s largely urban population, but it still exists in the Big Bend. One of the most sparsely settled areas of the United States, the Big Bend attracts people who are willing to forego many modern conveniences for a lifestyle that proclaims “don’t fence me in.” Marcia Hatfield Daudistel and Bill Wright believe that the character traits exemplified by folks in the Big Bend—including self-sufficiency, friendliness, and neighborliness—go back to the founding of the state. In this book, they introduce us to several dozen Big Bend residents—old and young, long-settled and recently arrived, racially diverse—who show us what it means to be an authentic Texan. Interviewing people in Marathon, Big Bend National Park, Terlingua, Redford, Presidio, Alpine, Marfa, Valentine, Balmorhea, Limpia Crossing, and Fort Davis, Daudistel and Wright discover the reasons why residents of the Big Bend make this remote area of Texas their permanent home. In talking to ranchers and writers, entrepreneurs and artists, people living off the grid and urban refugees, they find a common willingness to overcome difficulties through individual skill and initiative. As one interviewee remarks, you have to have a lot of “try” in you to make a life in the Big Bend. Bill Wright’s photographs of the people and landscapes are a perfect complement to the stories of these authentic Texans. Together, these voices and images offer the most complete, contemporary portrait of the Texas Big Bend.
Author : Patricia Wilson Clothier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780974504827
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)
Download or read book Beneath the Window written by Patricia Wilson Clothier and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Patricia Clothier's story of growing up in the 1930s and 1940s on a vast ranch in the mountains and desert hugging the Mexican border in the Big Bend country of Texas, Before it became a national park. Her family weathered rattlesnakes and drought, accidents, loneliness and financial hardships of the Great Depression with fortitude, ingenuity, and grace. Like their scattered neighbors ? miles away over rugged roads ? it was the love of the land that gripped and held them there. Clothier paints a picture of this cast and glorious territory with words as vivid as any artist with a pallet of paints. A joy to read ? an adventure of Western life you'll never forget.' Jean Bradfish (award winning author and editor)
Author : E. Dan Klepper
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 1594855404
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)
Download or read book 100 Classic Hikes in Texas written by E. Dan Klepper and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2009-01-12 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CLICK HERE to download the ten mile hike "Canyon Lake Gorge" and the short but strenuous hike "Caprock Canyons St. Park Oxbow Trail" free from 100 Classic Hikes in Texas * Includes just the best-of-the-best Texas hikes, each with a special payoff * Up-to-date hiking information on land management regulations * Trail guides in this series are bestselling guidebooks in their states * Only 4-color hiking guidebook to the region The big sky country of Texas calls hikers of all kinds to its trails. With over 80 parks, 56 wildlife management areas, nine natural areas and 28 historic sites and parklands, Texas offers a plethora of hiking options to choose from. Regions covered include the Panhandle Plains, prairies and lakes, piney woods, Gulf Coast, South Texas Plains, Hill country, and Big Bend country. This full-color guidebook includes elevation profiles, sidebar tips, topographic maps, and a handy Hikes-at-a-Glance chart to help readers find the hikes and trails they want quickly and easily. Whether you're planning an extended backpacking trip through the northern cross timber or a short day hike just outside of town, this new guidebook presents a wonderful variety of iconic Texas trails.
