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Saving the Big Thicket : from exploration to preservation, 1685-2003 / James J. Cozine, Jr. ; foreword and afterword by Pete A.Y. Gunter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cozine, James.
- Series:
- Temple Big Thicket series ; no. 4.
- Temple Big Thicket S., No. 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental protection--Texas--Big Thicket.
- Environmental protection.
- Historic preservation--Texas--Big Thicket.
- Historic preservation.
- Big Thicket (Tex.)--History.
- Big Thicket (Tex.).
- Big Thicket (Tex.)--Environmental conditions.
- Big Thicket National Preserve (Tex.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (313 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Denton : Big Thicket Association/University of North Texas Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Big Thicket of East Texas, which at one time covered over two million acres, served as a barrier to civilizations throughout most of historic times. This text is a classic account of the region's history and a play-by-play narrative of the prolonged fight for the Big Thicket Preserve.
- Contents:
- The Indians' assault
- The Spanish assault
- The Anglo assault
- A timber bonanza
- Oil exploration in the Big Thicket
- The drive for preservation
- The Yarborough years
- Urbanites and intellectuals
- Consensus and compromise.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- "Number 4 in the Temple Big Thicket Series."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-57441-420-8
- 1-4337-1038-2
- 1-4175-9059-9
- OCLC:
- 187394842
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