Big Bend Vistas
Author: William MacLeod
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780972778503
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Big Bend is bizarre, mountainous, stark, dramatic, full of exotic shapes and colors, unlike anything else in Texas.
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Author: William MacLeod
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780972778503
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Big Bend is bizarre, mountainous, stark, dramatic, full of exotic shapes and colors, unlike anything else in Texas.
Author: Bruce A. Glasrud
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2013-10-10
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 1623490227
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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: David Courtney
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2017-04-25
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13: 1477312978
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of Courtney's columns from the Texas Monthly, curing the curious, exorcizing bedevilment, and orienting the disoriented, advising "on such things as: Is it wrong to wear your football team's jersey to church? When out at a dancehall, do you need to stick with the one that brung ya? Is it real Tex-Mex if it's served with a side of black beans? Can one have too many Texas-themed tattoos?"--Amazon.com.
Author: Patricia Wilson Clothier
Publisher:
Published: 2017-10-08
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780974504827
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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: William MacLeod
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 190
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jeanne Norsworthy
Publisher: Joe and Betty Moore Texas Art
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 136
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of photographs and text highlighting the beauty of Texas.
Author: Laurence Parent
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2001-11-15
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 0292765924
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of photographs by Laurence Parent which profile the beauty of the Texas mountains.
Author: John J. Ruszkiewicz
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2018-07-04
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781722424879
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat could go wrong on a spring break trek down the storied Window Trail at Big Bend National Park in Texas? For Assistant Professor Claire Harp, a terrifying incident at the canyon drop-off at the end of the hike merely hints of troubles to come. Drawn into a murder investigation that rocks the small town of Alpine, Claire finds herself involved with both a famous writer and an appealing young captain from a sheriff's office baffled by a homicide that points in too many directions. What she discovers on her own is a crime of a whole different sort. Full of sly humor, local color, and characters fresh off the range, "The Window Trail" will keep you guessing and guessing again.
Author: Bill Schneider
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2023-05-01
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 1493078771
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCarlsbad Caverns National Park in southeastern New Mexico is renowned for its amazing system of limestone caves. Both Carlsbad and the nearby Guadalupe Mountains National Park, just across the state line in Texas, are also blessed with spectacular above-ground trails. This thoroughly revised edition is the authoritative and the only comprehensive guide to all of the hiking trails in both parks.
Author: David W. Keller
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2019-01-31
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 1623497353
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWinner, 2020 Al Lowman Memorial Prize for Best Book on Texas County or Local History There is a deep and abiding connection between humans and the land in Pinto Canyon—a remote and rugged place near the border with Mexico in the Texas Big Bend. Here the land assumes a certain primacy, defined not by the ephemera of plants and animals but by the very bedrock that rises far above the silvery flow of Pinto Creek— looming masses that break the horizon into a hundred different vistas. Yet, over time, people managed to survive and sometimes even thrive in this harsh environment. In the Shadow of the Chinatis combines the rich narratives of history, natural history, and archeology to tell the story of the landscape as well as the people who once inhabited it. Settling the land was difficult, staying on it even more so, but one family proved especially resilient. Rising above their meager origins, the Prietos eventually amassed a 12,000-acre ranch in the shadow of the Chinati Mountains to become the most successful of Pinto Canyon’s early settlers. But starting with the tense years of the Great Depression, the family faced a series of tragedies: one son was killed by a Texas Ranger, and another by the deranged son of Chico Cano, the Big Bend’s most notorious bandit. Ultimately, growing rifts in the family forced the sale of the ranch, marking the end of an era. Bearing the hallmarks of an epic tragedy, the departure of the Prieto family signaled a transition away from ranching towards a new style of landownership based on a completely different model. Today, Pinto Canyon’s scenic and scientific value increasingly overshadows the marginal economics of its past. In the Shadow of the Chinatis reveals a rich tapestry of interaction between humans and their environment, providing a unique examination of the Big Bend region and the people who call it home.