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In the shadow of the Chinatis : a history of Pinto Canyon in the Big Bend / David W. Keller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Keller, David W., author.
- Series:
- Texas experience (Texas A & M University Press)
- Texas experience
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ranchers.
- History.
- Natural history.
- Canyons.
- Pinto Canyon (Tex.)--History.
- Pinto Canyon (Tex.).
- Canyons--Texas--Presidio County--History.
- Big Bend Region (Tex.)--History.
- Big Bend Region (Tex.).
- Chinati Mountains (Tex.)--History.
- Chinati Mountains (Tex.).
- Natural history--Texas--Big Bend Region.
- Ranchers--Texas--Pinto Canyon--History.
- Texas--Big Bend Region.
- Texas--Chinati Mountains.
- Texas--Presidio County.
- Texas--Pinto Canyon.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 352 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2019]
- Contents:
- The fault line
- The terrible mountains: the natural and the early history of Pinto Canyon
- Cañon del Pinto: the settling of Pinto Canyon
- Signal fires in the Chinatis: bandit raids and the Mexican Revolution
- El Camino Afuera: adjustments and departures
- Sangre del Cordero: drought, depression, and Texas Rangers
- Madre patria: Mexico, family, and ranching in the 1940s
- Tierra Seca: a parched land for lost dreams
- Tierra Perdida: a lost land
- No ranch for old men: changing times
- Only the land remains
- Notes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781623497354
- 1623497353
- OCLC:
- 1060180773
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