Exploring the Edges of Texas - Couverture rigide

Davis, Walt; Davis, Isabel

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1603441530 ISBN 13 : 9781603441537

Editeur : Texas A & M University Press, 2010

Synopsis

In 1955, Frank X. Tolbert, a well-known columnist for the ""Dallas Morning News"", circumnavigated Texas with his nine-year-old-son in a Willis Jeep. The column he phoned in to the newspaper about his adventures, ""Tolbert's Texas"", was a staple of Walt Davis' childhood. Fifty years later, Walt and his wife, Isabel, have re-explored portions of Tolbert's trek along the boundaries of Texas. The border of Texas is longer than the Amazon River, running through ten distinct ecological zones as it outlines one of the most familiar shapes in geography. According to the Davises, 'Driving its every twist and turn would be like driving from Miami to Los Angeles by way of New York'. Each of this book's sixteen chapters opens with an original drawing by Walt, representing a segment of the Texas border where the authors selected a special place - a national park, a stretch of river, a mountain range, or an archeological site. Using a firsthand account of that place written by a previous visitor (artist, explorer, naturalist, or archeologist), they then identified a contemporary voice (whether biologist, rancher, river-runner, or paleontologist) to serve as a modern-day guide for their journey of rediscovery. This dual perspective allows the authors to attach personal stories to the places they visited, to connect the past with the present, and to compare Texas then with Texas now. Whether retracing botanist Charles Wright's 600-mile walk to El Paso in 1849 or paddling Houston's Buffalo Bayou, where John James Audubon saw ivory-billed woodpeckers in 1837, the Davises seek to remind readers that passionate and determined people wrote the state's natural history. Anyone interested in Texas or its rich natural heritage will find deep enjoyment in ""Exploring the Edges of Texas"".

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

WALT DAVIS is an art teacher and museum consultant living in Campbell, Texas. He is a past director of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon and former curator of exhibits at the Dallas Museum of Natural History. ISABEL DAVIS retired as reference librarian at West Texas A&M University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Texas A & M University Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1603441530
• ISBN 13: 9781603441537
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible