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Big River, Rio Grande (Corrie Herring Hooks Series) by photos by Laurence Parent; text by David Baxter is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Big River, Rio Grande (Corrie Herring Hooks Series) about?

Many people know the Rio Grande as a recreational river—a place for float trips through the canyons of Big Bend; for fishing at Lakes Amistad and Falcon; for archaeological study of ancient pictographs at the river’s confluence with the Pecos; or for hiking the river in New Mexico and Colorado. Yet these pleasant interludes on the Rio Grande in its more scenic stretches are only part of its story. The other parts include controversies over water rights and water quality, terrorism threats both real and imagined, and the smuggling of drugs and humans across the international border. In Big River, Rio Grande, acclaimed photographer Laurence Parent teams up with former Texas Parks &amp; Wildlife editor David Baxter to create an expansive portrait of this magnificent river that highlights both its timeless beauty and its current challenges.<br> Laurence Parent’s photographs capture many of the most dramatic and lovely stretches of the Rio Grande from its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico to its headwaters 1,896 miles northwest in Colorado. He includes striking scenes of the canyons and Sierra del Carmen Mountains of the Big Bend in Texas and Mexico, of the Conchos River in Mexico, of the Ca

Author

photos by Laurence Parent; text by David Baxter

Publisher

University of Texas Press ; Combined Academic [distributor

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780292718180

Subjects

Travel, History, Humanities