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Living Witness: Historic Trees of Texas - Couverture souple

Yznaga, Ralph

 
9781603445764: Living Witness: Historic Trees of Texas
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1603445765 ISBN 13 : 9781603445764
Editeur : Texas A & M University Press, 2012

Synopsis

In a beautiful tribute to the natural heritage of the Lone Star State, photographer Ralph Yznaga celebrates the strong connections between Texans and their trees. Inspired by the old Texas Forest Service book, Famous Trees of Texas, Yznaga has captured the continuing attachment we have to these magnificent reminders of our culture and history. Stunning images, stories, a detailed map, and driving directions to thirty-seven famous (and infamous) trees help us appreciate how entwined the lives of people and trees are:

  • The Treaty Oak, memorialized in Texas lore as a meeting place for Native Americans and also as the site of Stephen F. Austin's first boundary treaty with local Indians;
  • The Burnt Oak, standing witness to the dramatic events leading up to the Battle of the Alamo, one of the largest known specimens of Quercus virginiana var. fusiformis;
  • The Sam Houston Kissing Oak, said to occupy the location of a Houston campaign speech near San Marcos, where the "Old Hero" kissed local young women who presented him with a flag;
  • The Great Goose Island Tree, believed to be more than a thousand years old; and many others.
The photographs in Living Witness premiered at the groundbreaking of the Mollie Steves Zachry Texas Arboretum at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Set to open in 2012, the centennial of Lady Bird Johnson's birth, the arboretum will feature descendents of historic trees in the Hall of Texas Heroes.

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À propos de l'auteur

Ralph Yznaga is an advertising and public relations professional in Austin, where he has created marketing campaigns for Zales, Marshalls, Hallmark, Lennox, AT&T, World Market, Southwest Airlines, United States Olympic Committee, and others.

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Éditeur
Texas A & M University Press
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1603445765
ISBN 13 
9781603445764
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
164
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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