Beneath the Window: Early Ranch Life in the Big Bend Country - Couverture souple

Clotheir, Patricia

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0974504823 ISBN 13 : 9780974504827

Editeur : Iron Mountain Press, 2017

Synopsis

Before it became a national park, the Big Bend was home to a number of ranches and mining operations. On the Wilson ranch, which stood at the center of the current park, Patricia Wilson Clothier spent her youth exploring the wonders of ranch life in the Chisos. Patricia´s richly detailed memories, coupled with a backdrop of Depression era hardships, bring the Big Bend to life in this original and vivid description of a childhood spent Beneath the Window.

Big Bend has been a National Park since the mid 1940´s. Thus it is preserved for visitors to enjoy, however almost all signs of earlier ranches and homes have disappeared. It is difficult today to imagine crops growing, peach trees bearing fruit and fenced pastures and shearing sheds. The Wilson ranch alone had some 40 miles of fence with careful attention paid to preserving water sources and using them carefully. Being a stone´s throw from the Rio Grande made Mexico and its people close and friendly neighbors to the American community in Big Bend. If you ever have a chance to visit Big Bend National Park, this memoir is a must."

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Iron Mountain Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0974504823
• ISBN 13: 9780974504827
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
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