The Resource River of contrasts : the Texas Colorado, Margie Crisp ; foreword by Andrew Samson
River of contrasts : the Texas Colorado, Margie Crisp ; foreword by Andrew Samson
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- Summary
- Writer and artist Margie Crisp has traveled the length of Texas' Colorado River, which rises in Dawson County, south of Lubbock, and flows 860 miles southeast across the state to its mouth on the Gulf of Mexico at Matagorda Bay. Echoing the truth of Heraclitus's ancient dictum, the river's character changes dramatically from its dusty headwaters on the High Plains to its meandering presence on the coastal prairie. The Colorado is the longest river with both its source and its mouth in Texas, and its water, from beginning to end, provides for the state's agricultural, municipal, and recrea
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (228 pages)
- Contents
-
- Early spring on the High Plains: headwaters
- Impounded on the Rolling Plains
- River revealed: Cross Timbers and into the Llano uplift
- Another Colorado: the Highland Lakes and Lady Bird Lake
- Living downstream: east Austin through the Blackland Prairies
- Into the Gulf (almost): Gulf Coast prairies and Matagorda Bay
- Isbn
- 9781603447478
- Label
- River of contrasts : the Texas Colorado
- Title
- River of contrasts
- Title remainder
- the Texas Colorado
- Statement of responsibility
- Margie Crisp ; foreword by Andrew Samson
- Subject
-
- Colorado River (Tex.) -- Description and travel
- Colorado River Valley (Tex.) -- Description and travel
- Colorado River Valley (Tex.) -- History
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local | General
- History
- Multi-User.
- Natural history
- Natural history -- Texas | Colorado River Valley
- Texas -- Colorado River
- Texas -- Colorado River Valley
- Travel
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Writer and artist Margie Crisp has traveled the length of Texas' Colorado River, which rises in Dawson County, south of Lubbock, and flows 860 miles southeast across the state to its mouth on the Gulf of Mexico at Matagorda Bay. Echoing the truth of Heraclitus's ancient dictum, the river's character changes dramatically from its dusty headwaters on the High Plains to its meandering presence on the coastal prairie. The Colorado is the longest river with both its source and its mouth in Texas, and its water, from beginning to end, provides for the state's agricultural, municipal, and recrea
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1960-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Crisp, Margie
- Dewey number
- 976.4
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- F392.C6
- LC item number
- C75 2012eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- River books
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Colorado River Valley (Tex.)
- Colorado River Valley (Tex.)
- Colorado River (Tex.)
- Natural history
- HISTORY
- Natural history
- Travel
- Texas
- Texas
- Label
- River of contrasts : the Texas Colorado, Margie Crisp ; foreword by Andrew Samson
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-213) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Early spring on the High Plains: headwaters -- Impounded on the Rolling Plains -- River revealed: Cross Timbers and into the Llano uplift -- Another Colorado: the Highland Lakes and Lady Bird Lake -- Living downstream: east Austin through the Blackland Prairies -- Into the Gulf (almost): Gulf Coast prairies and Matagorda Bay
- Control code
- 794003771
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (228 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781603447478
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- color illustrations.
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)794003771
- Label
- River of contrasts : the Texas Colorado, Margie Crisp ; foreword by Andrew Samson
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-213) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Early spring on the High Plains: headwaters -- Impounded on the Rolling Plains -- River revealed: Cross Timbers and into the Llano uplift -- Another Colorado: the Highland Lakes and Lady Bird Lake -- Living downstream: east Austin through the Blackland Prairies -- Into the Gulf (almost): Gulf Coast prairies and Matagorda Bay
- Control code
- 794003771
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (228 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781603447478
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- color illustrations.
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)794003771
Subject
- Colorado River (Tex.) -- Description and travel
- Colorado River Valley (Tex.) -- Description and travel
- Colorado River Valley (Tex.) -- History
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local | General
- History
- Multi-User.
- Natural history
- Natural history -- Texas | Colorado River Valley
- Texas -- Colorado River
- Texas -- Colorado River Valley
- Travel
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