Heavens Tableland

Author : Paul H. Carlson
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1648431550
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heaven's Harsh Tableland written by Paul H. Carlson and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2023-12-14 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Llano Estacado—dubbed by author Paul H. Carlson as “heaven’s harsh tableland”—covers some 48,000 square miles of western Texas and eastern New Mexico. In this new survey of the region, the story begins during prehistoric times and with descendants of the Comanche, Apache, and other Native American tribal groups. Other groups have also left their marks on the area: Spanish explorers, Comancheros and other traders, European settlers, farmers and ranchers, artists, and even athletes. Carlson, a veteran historian, aims to review “the Llano’s historic contours from its earliest foundations to its energetic present,” and in doing so, he skillfully narrates the story of the region up to the present time of modern agribusiness and urbanization. Throughout the ten chronologically arranged chapters, concise sidebars support the narrative, highlighting important and interesting topics such as the enigmatic origins of the region’s name, fascinating geological and paleontological facts, the arrival of humans, the natural history of bison, colorful “characters” in the history of the region, and many others. The resulting broad synthesis captures the entirety of the Llano Estacado, summarizing and interpreting its natural and human history in a single, carefully researched and clearly written volume. Heaven’s Harsh Tableland: A New History of the Llano Estacado will provide a helpful, enjoyable, and authoritative guide to the history and development of this important region.

Author : Vance Johnson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heaven's Tableland written by Vance Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a tale about man's struggle to control a unique, enticing, merciless section of our country known as the Southern Great Plains. It has its setting in the western third of Kansas, the southeastern corner of Colorado and the northeastern corner of New Mexico, the Oklahoma Panhandle, and the plains of Texas--the region of the Dust Bowl. It is a story of hopeful invasions and broken-hearted retreats, which for more than eight centuries now have been the central theme of Southern Plains history. It is about the farmer, and the greatest controlling factor of his existence--the weather."--Book preface.

Author : Torin M. Finser
Publisher : SteinerBooks
ISBN 13 : 0880109718
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book School as a Journey written by Torin M. Finser and published by SteinerBooks. This book was released on 1995-10 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a lively, colorful, and absorbing account of a class teacher's journey with his class, from first grade through the eighth grade in a Waldorf school. Straightforward and humorous, School as a Journey provides an excellent introduction to the daily activities of a Waldorf school classroom. Torin Finser --who is now Director of Waldorf Teacher Training at Antioch New England Graduate School --wrote this book especially for parents, prospective parents, and educators who are new to Waldorf education. Filled with pedagogical gems, tips, and resources, School as a Journey will also prove an invaluable resource for those who are currently Waldorf class teachers. For those who wish to delve more deeply into this revolutionary form of education, the author has also included extensive documentation, with references to the works of Rudolf Steiner and of others experienced in Waldorf education. Highly recommended for anyone interested in this revolutionary form of education.

Author : Professor Samuel C. Obi
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1496919858
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Table Prepared Before Me written by Professor Samuel C. Obi and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-06-25 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Table Prepared Before Me is written for Christians and all who want to reach their God-ordained destiny. Its aim is to encourage Christians to live for the Lord as He expects us to live, and to understand who they are and the magnitude of the table prepared before them. This book tries to bring to the attention of readers the fact that there are tables prepared before Christians, and these tables are the reason for enemy attacks. It motivates, advises and engages Christians on how to successfully defeat the enemy. The Christians life is an interesting one. It is full of fun and adventures great by all standards. It is also full of serious challenges as we struggle to maintain that honor bestowed on us from above. The Christians life is filled with opportunities designed by God for the benefit of His people and His kingdom. These opportunities are placed there to help Christians aspire, grow, mature, and be better so that they will live more fulfilled lives and be more useful to God and to their fellow Christians. This book is divided into six chapters. Chapter 1 offers an introduction to the origin and description of the table prepared before me. Chapter 2 looks into the nature and characteristics of this table the psalmist is talking about. Chapter 3 discusses and sheds light on who the enemies are and their general characteristics. Chapter 4 answers the troubling question about why a table must be prepared before us in our enemies presence. Chapter 5 explores how Christians can occupy and maintain their positions at their tables. Chapter 6 discusses how non-Christians can qualify for this table, and how they and other Christians can strengthen their position in their Christian walk. Also, there is some supportive scripture material at the end.

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Total Pages : 1124 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 1124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 1248 pages
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Download or read book Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 1248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Donald Worster
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780199758692
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dust Bowl written by Donald Worster and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-09-09 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mid 1930s, North America's Great Plains faced one of the worst man-made environmental disasters in world history. Donald Worster's classic chronicle of the devastating years between 1929 and 1939 tells the story of the Dust Bowl in ecological as well as human terms. Now, twenty-five years after his book helped to define the new field of environmental history, Worster shares his more recent thoughts on the subject of the land and how humans interact with it. In a new afterword, he links the Dust Bowl to current political, economic and ecological issues--including the American livestock industry's exploitation of the Great Plains, and the on-going problem of desertification, which has now become a global phenomenon. He reflects on the state of the plains today and the threat of a new dustbowl. He outlines some solutions that have been proposed, such as "the Buffalo Commons," where deer, antelope, bison and elk would once more roam freely, and suggests that we may yet witness a Great Plains where native flora and fauna flourish while applied ecologists show farmers how to raise food on land modeled after the natural prairies that once existed.

Author : Dr. Brian J. Bailey
Publisher : Zion Christian Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1596656735
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Our Beloved Heavenly Father written by Dr. Brian J. Bailey and published by Zion Christian Publishers. This book was released on 2017-08-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our Beloved Heavenly Father is a book written by a spiritual father with a burden to know more deeply the ways of the Father and to make them known to the Church. Who is our Heavenly Father? What is He like? In this book, Dr. Brian Bailey shows us from Scripture that God loves being a Father and that He desires to reveal Himself to His sons and daughters. Knowing and understanding the Heavenly Father will transform us individually and corporately, resulting in a greater love for the One who first loved us.

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Total Pages : 888 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soil Conservation written by and published by . This book was released on 1947-08 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Donald E. Green
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292772319
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Land of the Underground Rain written by Donald E. Green and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scarcity of surface water which has so marked the Great Plains is even more characteristic of its subdivision, the Texas High Plains. Settlers on the plateau were forced to use pump technology to tap the vast ground water resources—the underground rain—beneath its flat surface. The evolution from windmills to the modern high-speed irrigation pumps took place over several decades. Three phases characterized the movement toward irrigation. In the period from 1910 to 1920, large-volume pumping plants first appeared in the region, but, due to national and regional circumstances, these premature efforts were largely abortive. The second phase began as a response to the drouth of the Dust Bowl and continued into the 1950s. By 1959, irrigation had become an important aspect of the flourishing High Plains economy. The decade of the 1960s was characterized chiefly by a growing alarm over the declining ground water table caused by massive pumping, and by investigations of other water sources. Land of the Underground Rain is a study in human use and threatened exhaustion of the High Plains' most valuable natural resource. Ground water was so plentiful that settlers believed it flowed inexhaustibly from some faraway place or mysteriously from a giant underground river. Whatever the source, they believed that it was being constantly replenished, and until the 1950s they generally opposed effective conservation of ground water. A growing number of weak and dry wells then made it apparent that Plains residents were "mining" an exhaustible resource. The Texas High Plains region has been far more successful in exploiting its resource than in conserving it. The very success of its pump technology has produced its environmental crisis. The problem brought about by the threatened exhaustion of this resource still awaits a solution. This study is the first comprehensive history of irrigation on the Texas High Plains, and it is the first comprehensive treatment of the development of twentieth-century pump irrigation in any area of the United States.