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The Texas Legacy Project : stories of courage and conservation / edited by David Todd and David Weisman ; foreword by Carter Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Louise Lindsey Merrick natural environment series.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Texas Legacy Project.
- Conservation of natural resources--Texas--History--20th century.
- Conservation of natural resources.
- Environmentalists--Texas--Interviews.
- Environmentalists.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A city dweller's vacant lot . . . A rancher's back forty . . . A hiker's favorite park . . . When the places that we love are threatened, we can be stirred to action. In Texas, people of all stripes and backgrounds have fought hard to safeguard the places they hold dear. To find and preserve these stories of courage and perseverance, the Conservation History Association of Texas launched the Texas Legacy Project in 1998, traveling thousands of miles to conduct hundreds of interviews with people from all over the state. These remarkable oral histories now reside in an incomparable online and physical archive of video, audio, text, and other materials that record these extraordinary efforts by veteran conservationists and ordinary citizens to preserve the natural legacy of Texas. This book holds stories from more than sixty people who represent a variety of causes, communities, and walks of life--from a West Texas grocer fighting nuclear waste to an Austin lobbyist pressing for green energy. Each speaks from the heart in personal reminiscences and first-hand accounts of battles fought for land and wildlife, for public health, and for a voice in media and politics. These impassioned accounts remind us of the importance of protecting and conserving the natural resources in our own backyards . . . wherever they may be. "The Texas Legacy Project" is a companion to the interactive website www.texaslegacy.org. Records of the archive are available at the Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin. "Five dollars of the cost of this book goes to environmentally friendly materials and processes."
- Contents:
- Terry O'Rourke
- Billy Platt, Sr.
- Rob Lee
- Brandt Mannchen
- Geraldine Watson
- Scooter Cheatham
- Richard Donovan
- Jim Hightower
- Sissy Farenthold
- A.R. 'Babe' Schwartz
- Maria Berriozabál
- Bob Burleson
- Andy Sansom
- Carlos Truan
- Al Brothers
- Felix Cox
- Jesse Grantham
- Ted Eubanks
- Roy Malveaux
- Ernie Cortes
- Genevieve Vaughan
- Leroy Matthiesen
- Carol Cullar
- Jim Earhart
- Ruth Lofgren
- Marvin Legator
- Pat Suter
- Carl Frentress
- Craig McDonald
- Susan Mika
- Terry Hershey
- Ned Fritz
- Billie Woods
- Sharron Stewart
- Reggie James
- Susan Curry
- Dennis Holbrook
- Jeanne Gramstorff
- Benito Trevino
- Malcolm Beck
- Larhea Pepper
- Walt Davis
- Bill Neiman
- Maria 'Meg' Guerra
- Daniel Quinn
- John Graves
- Ben Sargent
- Ann Hamilton
- Phyllis Glazer
- Midge Erskine
- Bill Addington
- Susana Almanza
- Tootsie Herndon
- Lanell Anderson
- Richard Letourneau
- Diane Wilson
- John Echols
- Beverly Gattis
- Gerald North
- Mary Anne Piacentini
- Laverne Williams
- Tom 'Smitty' Smith.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1-60344-511-0
- OCLC:
- 773584528
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