God's Country or Devil's Playground: The Best Nature Writing from the Big Bend of Texas

Book Overview

The dramatic desert landscapes of the Big Bend country along the Texas-Mexico border reminded historian Walter Prescott Webb of an earth-wreck in which a great section of country was shaken down, turned over, blown up, and set on fire. By contrast, naturalist Aldo Leopold considered the region a mountainous paradise in which even the wild Mexican parrots had no greater concern than whether this new day which creeps slowly over the canyons is bluer...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292755805
• ISBN13: 9780292755802
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 347 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.7"