0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Browse All Departments
  • All Departments
Price
  • R250 - R500 (1)
  • -
Status
Brand

Showing 1 - 1 of 1 matches in All Departments

Exploring the Big Bend Country (Paperback): Peter Koch, June Cooper Price Exploring the Big Bend Country (Paperback)
Peter Koch, June Cooper Price
R512 R462 Discovery Miles 4 620 Save R50 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Photographer-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 Big Bend, Life in a Desert Wilderness and Desert Gold 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.

In this highly readable book, Koch's daughter June Cooper Price draws on the newspaper columns her father wrote for the Alpine Avalanche, 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.

This 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 soloved.

Free Delivery
Pinterest Twitter Facebook Google+
You may like...
Students Must Rise - Youth Struggle In…
Anne Heffernan, Noor Nieftagodien Paperback  (1)
R395 R309 Discovery Miles 3 090
Playseat Evolution Racing Chair (Black)
 (3)
R8,999 Discovery Miles 89 990
Nintendo Joy-Con Neon Controller Pair…
R1,899 R1,729 Discovery Miles 17 290
LG 20MK400H 19.5" Monitor WXGA LED Black
R1,826 R1,446 Discovery Miles 14 460
Loot
Nadine Gordimer Paperback  (2)
R383 R318 Discovery Miles 3 180
Lucky Metal Cut Throat Razer Carrier
R30 Discovery Miles 300
HP 250 G9 15.6" Celeron Notebook…
 (1)
R5,899 Discovery Miles 58 990
Pink Elasticated Fabric Plaster Roll on…
R23 Discovery Miles 230
Conforming Bandage
R4 Discovery Miles 40
Atlas - The Story Of Pa Salt
Lucinda Riley, Harry Whittaker Paperback R399 R180 Discovery Miles 1 800

 

Partners