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Parks for Texas : enduring landscapes of the new deal / James Wright Steely.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Steely, James Wright, author.
- Series:
- Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Parks--Texas--History.
- Parks.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (325 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, [1999]
- Summary:
- The first comprehensive history of the founding and building of the Texas state park system.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Series Page
- Frontispiece
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Photo Sections
- List of Tables
- Author's Note
- Color Section
- List of Terms and Abbreviations
- Prologue, 1883-1932: See Texas First
- 1. 1933: The Worst of Times, the Best of Times
- Interlude. The CCC: A Well-Grounded, Well-Rounded Plan
- 2. 1933: Assuming Full Responsibility
- 3. 1934-1935: Colp and Neff Smite the Rock
- 4. 1936-1938: Celebrating a Century of Progress
- 5. 1939-1942: New Priorities
- 6. 1942-1945: The End of the Beginning
- Epilogue, Post-1945: The Road to the Future
- Appendixes
- A. State Park Catalog, through 1945
- B. List of State Parks Accepted by the Legislature, 1927
- C. Texas Congressional Districts, 1935
- D. State Parks of Texas, 1945
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780292758841
- 0292758847
- OCLC:
- 1393309144
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