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Prairie time : a Blackland portrait / Matt White.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- White, Matt.
- Series:
- Sam Rayburn series on rural life ; no. 10.
- Sam Rayburn series on rural life ; no. 10
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- White, Matt--Travel--Texas--Blacklands.
- White, Matt.
- Natural history--Texas--Blacklands.
- Natural history.
- Prairie plants--Texas--Blacklands.
- Prairie plants.
- Blacklands (Tex.)--Description and travel.
- Blacklands (Tex.).
- Blacklands (Tex.)--Biography.
- Blacklands (Tex.)--Environmental conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (266 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In its most extensive prime, the Texas Blackland Prairie formed a twelve-million-acre grassy swath across the state from near San Antonio north to the Red River. Perhaps less than one tenth of one percent of this vast prairie remain--small patches tucked away here and there, once serving as hay meadows or sprouting from rock too stony to plow. Matt White's connections with both prairie plants and prairie people are evident in the stories of discovery and inspiration he tells as he tracks the ever dwindling parcels of tallgrass prairie in northeast Texas. In his search, he stumbles upon some unexpected fragments of virgin land, as well as some remarkable tales of both destruction and stewardship. Helping us understand what a prairie is and how to appreciate its beauty and importance, White also increases our awareness of prairies, past and present, so that we might champion their survival in whatever small plots remain.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Series Editor's Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Grass""; ""Soil""; ""Fire and Rain""; ""Buffalo""; ""A Tale of Two Prairies""; ""The Garden of Eden""; ""The Lost Prairies""; ""Dancing Chickens""; ""Wide Leaf False Aloe""; ""Living History""; ""Julian Reverchon�s Prairie""; ""Where the Pavement Ends""; ""A Girl Named Daphne""; ""Manifest Destiny""; ""The BeebLoud Glade""; ""Prairie Harvest""; ""The Tallgrass Capital of Texas""; ""Survival of the Fittest""; ""Stalking the Wild Prairie Grass""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-299-05351-3
- 1-60344-556-0
- OCLC:
- 715188387
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