"Laurence Parent's work is superb. He is without a doubt one of the
signature photographers of Texas. He has shot many of the iconic
images of Big Bend National Park-- images that have appeared in the
New York Times, Texas Highways, Texas Monthly, and Texas Parks
& Wildlife, as well as in books about the park and West Texas."
-- Jack Lowry, Editor, Texas Highways "Joe Nick Patoski's writing
in Big Bend National Park is compelling and knowledgeable, done
with great confidence and passion for the subject." -- Jan Reid,
author of The Bullet Meant for Me and editor of Rio Grande
Big Bend National Park is one of the few places left in America
where a person can literally get away from it all. Nestled in the
great bend of the Rio Grande that forms one of the most distinctive
features of the silhouette of Texas, the park is several hundred
miles from any large city. Within its 1,250 square miles of
mountains, canyons, desert, and river, Big Bend National Park
offers visitors respite from the stresses of urban living-- a place
for taking stock and charting new courses. That's one reason why
many people return to the park year after year.
This book is the first and only comprehensive photographic and
word portrait of Big Bend National Park. Laurence Parent presents a
magnificent photo gallery of park scenes. He portrays the mountain
ranges-- Chisos, Dead Horse, Rosillos, and Sierra del Carmen-- from
first light to moonrise and in all seasons and weather. He includes
dramatic images of Santa Elena, Mariscal, and Boquillas canyons, as
well as landmark features such as Mule Ears Peaks, Elephant Tusk,
and the Chisos Basin Window. Parent also portrays the
ephemeralbeauty of Big Bend wildflowers, including giant
bluebonnets and blooming prickly pear cactus, as well as the traces
of human habitation at ghost towns scattered around the park.
Joe Nick Patoski complements Parent's images with a masterfully
crafted word portrait of Big Bend National Park. Patoski describes
the powerful geologic and volcanic forces that created the
awe-inspiring landscape of the Big Bend. He reviews the park's
natural history and also its human history, from the prehistoric
hunter-gathers who ranged over the region to Cabeza de Vaca, who
was probably the first European to see Big Bend, to the creation of
the national park in the 1930s and 1940s. Patoski also summarizes
recent conservation efforts that have led to the protection of 2.1
million acres on both sides of the Rio Grande.
Although no single book could ever hope to contain the vastness
of Big Bend National Park between two covers, this one beautifully
captures its essence.
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