Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Llano Estacado: An Island In The SkyISBN13:9780896726826ISBN10:0896726827Author:Bogener, Stephen (Editor), Tydeman, William (Editor), Lopez, Barry (Introduction by)Description:Stand At The Rim Of Palo Duro Canyon Or Look Down From Any Vista Along The Caprock, And Let Your Imagination Take Over Beneath An Endless Canopy Of Blue, You Find Yourself At The Edge Of An Enormous Island Of Rippling Grassland That Stretches From The New Mexico Borderlands Down Through The Texas Panhandle The Llano Estacado, Coronado S Legendary Staked Plains, Comprises All Or Part Of Thirty-Three Counties In Texas And Four In New Mexico It Covers Approximately 32,000 Square Miles Of Arid Prairie Used Primarily Today For Ranching And Farming It Lies Atop The Vast Ogalalla Aquifer Its Primary Source Of Water And Partially Covers The Oil-Bearing Permian Basin Its Population, Outside Of Four Mid-Sized Cities, Is Sparse The Llano Has Always Required And Appealed To Discerning Eyes The Artists And Writers Gathered Here Are Hardly The First To Have Felt The Pull Of This Place Or The Urgency To Capture Its Essence Yet The Idiosyncrasies And Ideals, The Successes And Failures, The Strangeness And Beauty And Power Of The Land And Its People Beckon Fresh Discovery Look At The Llano With Eyes Open To Possibility, And You Will Encounter The Unexpected, A Keener Understanding Of The Ways In Which Landscape And Life Are Always Inescapably Intertwined, Thrumming, As Barry Lopez Suggests, The Eternal Questions: Where Are We? And Where Do We Go From Here? Binding:Hardcover, HardcoverPublisher:TEXAS TECH UNIV PRPublication Date:2011-04-01Weight:3.85 lbsDimensions:1'' H x 11.2'' L x 12.4'' WNumber of Pages:192Language:English
Price: 37.99 USD
Location: USA
End Time: 2024-09-22T13:21:02.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Return policy details:
Book Title: Llano Estacado : an Island in the Sky
Item Length: 11.3in
Item Height: 1in
Item Width: 12.4in
Author: Barry Lopez
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Photojournalism, General, Essays & Travelogues, Regional, United States / General, Essays
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Publication Year: 2011
Genre: Photography, Nature, Travel
Item Weight: 48.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
