In the Shadow of the Chinatis A History of Pinto Canyon in the Big Bend【電子書籍】[ David W. Keller ]

＜p＞Winner, 2020 Al Lowman Memorial Prize for Best Book on Texas County or Local History＜/p＞ ＜p＞There is a deep and abiding connection between humans and the land in Pinto Canyonーa remote and rugged place near the border with Mexico in the Texas Big Bend. Here the land assumes a certain primacy, defined not by the ephemera of plants and animals but by the very bedrock that rises far above the silvery flow of Pinto Creekー looming masses that break the horizon into a hundred different vistas. Yet, over time, people managed to survive and sometimes even thrive in this harsh environment.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞In the Shadow of the Chinatis＜/em＞ combines the rich narratives of history, natural history, and archeology to tell the story of the landscape as well as the people who once inhabited it. Settling the land was difficult, staying on it even more so, but one family proved especially resilient. Rising above their meager origins, the Prietos eventually amassed a 12,000-acre ranch in the shadow of the．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る