{"product_id":"exploring-the-big-bend-country-paperback-softback-9780292716551","title":"Exploring the Big Bend Country (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292716551","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eExploring the Big Bend Country\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter Koch (Author), June Cooper Price (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292716551\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 February 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhotographer-naturalist Peter Koch first visited the new Big Bend National Park in February, 1945, on assignment to take promotional pictures for the National Park Service. He planned to spend a couple of weeks-and ended up staying for the rest of his life. Koch's magnificent photographs and documentary film-lectures \u003ci\u003eBig Bend, Life in a Desert Wilderness\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDesert Gold\u003c\/i\u003e introduced the park to people across the United States, drawing thousands of visitors to the Big Bend. His photographs and films of the region remain among the best ever produced, and are an invaluable visual record of the first four decades of Big Bend National Park.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this highly readable book, Koch's daughter June Cooper Price draws on the newspaper columns her father wrote for the \u003ci\u003eAlpine Avalanche\u003c\/i\u003e, supplemented by his photographs, journal entries, and short pieces by other family members, to present Peter Koch's vision of the Big Bend. The book opens with his first \"big adventure,\" a six-day photographic trip through Santa Elena Canyon on a raft made from agave flower stalks. From there, Koch takes readers hiking on mountain trails and driving the scenic loop around Fort Davis. He also describes \"wax smuggling\" and other ways of making a living on the Mexican border; ranching in the Big Bend; the prehistory and Native Americans of the region; collaborating with botanist Barton Warnock on books of Trans-Pecos wildflowers; and the history and beauty of Presidio County, the Rio Grande, and the Chihuahuan Desert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis fascinating blend of firsthand adventures, natural history, and personal musings on anthropology and history creates an unforgettable portrait of both Peter Koch and the Big Bend region he so loved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Santa Elena Canyon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Mountain Trails \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eBetsy Koch Clark: Dad and I Hike in the Chisos\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Fort Davis and the Scenic Loop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Smuggling and Other Career Paths\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Longhorns and Pronghorns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. The Search for Early Man \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eBetsy Koch Clark: Arranging the Snake\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Desert Diversity \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ePatricia Koch: My Hot Springs Flood Story\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Working with Warnock \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eDon Dhonau: The Single Blooming Flower\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. Presidio County\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. Wild and Scenic RÍ\u003cbr\u003eo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. Silence of the Desert\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnnotated Bibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530854002968,"sku":"9780292716551","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/exploring-the-big-bend-country-paperback-softback-9780292716551","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}