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The Story of Big Bend National Park Kindle Edition

by John Jameson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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The history of the first national park in Texas—the politics, intrigues, controversies, and the people inspired by the stunning desert environment.
 
A breathtaking country of rugged mountain peaks, uninhabited desert, and spectacular river canyons, Big Bend is one of the United States’ most remote national parks and among Texas’ most popular tourist attractions. Located in the great bend of the Rio Grande that separates Texas and Mexico, the park comprises some 800,000 acres, an area larger than the state of Rhode Island, and draws over 300,000 visitors each year.
 
The Story of Big Bend National Park offers a comprehensive, highly readable history of the park from before its founding in 1944 up to the present. John Jameson opens with a fascinating look at the mighty efforts involved in persuading Washington officials and local landowners that such a park was needed. He details how money was raised and land acquired, as well as how the park was publicized and developed for visitors. Moving into the present, he discusses such issues as natural resource management, predator protection in the park, and challenges to land, water, and air. Along the way, he paints colorful portraits of many individuals, from area residents to park rangers to Lady Bird Johnson, whose 1966 float trip down the Rio Grande brought the park to national attention.
 
This history will be required reading for all visitors and prospective visitors to Big Bend National Park. For everyone concerned about our national parks, it makes a persuasive case for continued funding and wise stewardship of the parks as they face the twin pressures of skyrocketing attendance and declining budgets.
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Jameson has a personal relationship with Big Bend, and his appreciation of the park will be apparent to even the casual reader. His work offers students of national parks a valuable case study of the often convoluted process by which such areas are established. More importantly, it affords park enthusiasts a glimpse into the lively historical and vital contemporary issues that contribute to their experience while visiting this jewel of the national park system. ― Environmental History

The Story of Big Bend is worth the read for anyone wanting to learn what lives within the park, both in scenery and species, and the efforts undertaken by those willing to fight for it. As any natural area, its story will outlive us. Perhaps that is why we keep returning to it. ― Austin Cultural Events Examiner Published On: 2009-11-02

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The Story Of Big Bend National Park offers a comprehensive, highly readable history of the park from its founding in 1944 up to the present. Big Bend is one of the United States' most remote national parks and among Texas' most popular tourist attractions.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0089Q0OPI
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Texas Press (July 5, 2010)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 5, 2010
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 7294 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 213 pages
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Tom Brock
4.0 out of 5 stars Surprising misstatements of facts
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2023
I think this is an excellent book. However there are misstatements that make we wonder about the accuracy of information that I am less familiar with. Describing Chillicothe and Throckmorton as being in East Texas is inaccurate. The dams for Buchanan and Inks lakes are on the Colorado River, not the Brazos. For a book from the University of Texas Press I would have expected better editorial review.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2019
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Arthur Digbee
3.0 out of 5 stars A brief, conventional history of Big Bend National Park
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2010
Roderick Nash called for a history of each of our national parks. That provides the justification for Jameson's brief book, which neatly checks this important but underappreciated park off the Nash list.

Jameson hits the issues you want in a park history, from park creation to contemporary management. He doesn't manage to come up with a compelling overall narrative, nor does he place this park in a wider temporal, intellectual, or political context. If you're interested in Big Bend NP, and especially if you're visiting and want some background, this book will serve you well.
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Andrew Jameson
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book and I swear I'm not related to the ...
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2014
Great book and I swear I'm not related to the author. Wink wink. Nudge Nudge.

Heartfelt and based on the author's adventures in the most underrated park in the nation.
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