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The Guadalupe Mountains of Texas (Elma Dill Russell Spencer Foundation Series)

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Author: Alan Tennant
Creators: Larry Henderson, Michael Allender
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Category: Book

Buy New: $27.90

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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

1 reviews
Sales Rank: 1575046

Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 167
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 12 x 9.1 x 0.5

ISBN: 029270481X
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.6494
EAN: 9780292704817
ASIN: 029270481X

Publication Date: 1997
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•	Hardcover - The Guadalupe Mountains of Texas

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Product Description
Since its publication in 1980, The Guadalupe Mountains of Texas has received many honors, including the Friends of the Dallas Public Library Award from the Texas Institute of Letters and recognition for its superb design from the Rounce and Coffin Club.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent introduction to a lesser known national park February 2, 2007
bukhtan (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
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Writer Alan Tennant succintly describes the striking geology of the nearly all-limestone Guadalupe Reef and the post Ice-Age remant forest that perches on its summit and in some canyon recesses. However, even more interesting, to this reader, is his account of the human history of the Guadalupe Mountains, from the collision between the Apaches and the Latin or Anglo invaders to the rather improbable concatenation of events that led to the protection of the place as a national park, in a region that tends to be hostile to public ownership of land and environmental protection.
The book only follows the story up to the first couple of years after the opening of the Park, but, other than some water-mining in the vicinity that poses an indirect threat, not much has changed since then.
Michael Allender's photographs are still the best visible representation of the Park available, even in this day of internet picture-posting. In fact, Tennant weaves the figure of the non-conformist Allender into the account in a way that adds a strong dramatic and personal value to the book, without making it over-literary in a way that might weigh on some readers.