Karánkaway Country / Roy Bedichek ; foreword by W. W. Newcomb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bedichek, Roy, 1878-1959, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural history--Texas.

Natural history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, [1974]

Summary:

This book focuses on on the natural history of a strip of coastal prairie lying roughly between Corpus Christi and Galveston.

Contents:

Intro

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Dedication

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Karánkaway Country

2. Last of the "Whoopers"

3. Wildlife Refuge

4. Dust

5. Coon Character

6. Camp in the Brush

7. Still in the Brush

8. Sky

9. Living in the Open

10. Bay-Shore Ramble

11. Cocks of the Booming Grounds

12. Swifts and Scissortails

13. Goats in Excess

14. Goats in Moderation

15. Silt

16. More Silt

17. "Little Waters"

18. Diseased Rivers

Index

Maps of Texas

Major Physiographic Features

Rainfall.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Bedichek, Roy Karánkaway Country

ISBN:

9780292762268

0292762267

OCLC:

1511483006