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White Sands : the history of a national monument

Title
White Sands : the history of a national monument / Dietmar Schneider-Hector.
Author
Schneider-Hector, Dietmar, 1949-
Publication
Albuquerque, N.M. : University of New Mexico Press, [1993], ©1993.

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Description
270 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Subject
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-243) and index.
Contents
1. The Great White Sands: Genesis of a Gypsiferous Sea -- 2. A Flora and Fauna to Match White Sands as a Vibrant Ecosystem -- 3. Paso Por Aqui: Passing Through Tough Country -- 4. Beyond Rainbow's End: Tom Charles, Arcadian Boosterism, and A. B. Fall's National Park Idea -- 5. A. B. Fall's Gypsum Phoenix: Tom Charles's Drawing Card Evolved as a National Monument -- 6. Being a Monument Isn't Such an Awful Fate: The Formative Years -- 7. Good Men and True: Managing a Monument in a Precarious Environment -- 8. The Best of a Bad Situation in the World's Largest Shooting Gallery -- 9. A Bold Vision: Struggling for a White Sands Wilderness -- 10. Retrospect: Beyond the Desert.
ISBN
0826314155
LCCN
92033665
OCLC
  • 26806926
  • ocm26806926
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries