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For eighty-seven miles, the swift and shallow Blanco River winds through the Texas Hill Country. Its water is clear and green, darkened by frequent pools. But Spanish explorers named it the White River for the pale limestone they encountered along its banks and dramatic bluffs. Over the last two yea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ferguson, Wes (Author)
Other Authors: Botter, Jacob Croft, 1976- (Illustrator), Sansom, Andrew (Editor, writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2017]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ferguson, Wes > Travel > Texas > Blanco River.
Travel.
Blanco River (Tex.) > Description and travel.
Blanco River (Tex.) > History.
Recits de voyages.
Travel writing.
History.
travelog (performed works genre)
travelers' writings.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • The White River
  • The suburbs
  • The battles of the Blanco
  • The headwaters
  • The upper Blanco
  • The town, not the river
  • River intruders
  • The river rises
  • Into Wimberley
  • Li'l ark
  • Halifax Ranch
  • An ancient sea
  • The end of the river
  • Where buffalo roamed
  • The deluge begins
  • The Wimberley flood
  • Recovery.

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