02958nam 2200613Ia 450 991045640730332120200520144314.01-58729-240-8(CKB)111004365706744(EBL)1026913(SSID)ssj0000122344(PQKBManifestationID)11143252(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000122344(PQKBWorkID)10122020(PQKB)11701904(MiAaPQ)EBC1026913(OCoLC)44954140(MdBmJHUP)muse23948(Au-PeEL)EBL1026913(CaPaEBR)ebr10603803(OCoLC)843635955(EXLCZ)9911100436570674419951005d1996 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCircling back[electronic resource] chronicle of a Texas river valley /by Joe C. Truett ; foreword by Wayne FranklinIowa City, IA University of Iowa Press19961 online resource (230 p.)The American land and life seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-87745-531-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-212).Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. The Angelina Country; 2. Clovis; 3. Corn; 4. Hole-in-the-Rock; 5. Trade Winds; 6. A Beast in Hand; 7. Off the End of a Gun; 8. Farewell, Angelina; 9. Beef Trail; 10. Frontier's End; 11. John Henry and the Iron Horse; 12. Fannie; 13. Mr. Ford's Car; 14. Hard Times and Little Animals; 15. Poppin' Johnny; 16. Wires; 17. Power Brokers; 18. The End of the River; 19. Corporate State; 20. Field to Field; 21. The Price of Subsidy; 22. Hope; Bibliography "There was so much space." These words epitomize ecologist Joe Truett's boyhood memories of the Angelina River valley in East Texas. Years and miles later, back home for the funeral of his grandfather, Truett began a long meditation on the world Corbett Graham had known and he himself had glimpsed, a now-vanished world where wild hogs and countless other animals rustled through the leaves, cows ate pinewoods grass instead of corn, oaks and hickories and longleaf pines were untouched by the corporate ax, and the river flowed freely. Truett's meditation resulted in this clear-sighted poAmerican land and life series.EcologistsUnited StatesBiographyNatural historyTexasAngelina River ValleyAngelina River Valley (Tex.)BiographyElectronic books.EcologistsNatural history976.4/18063/092BTruett Joe C(Joe Clyde),1941-920147MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456407303321Circling back2064002UNINA