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Marfa flights : aerial views of Big Bend Country / Paul V. Chaplo ; foreword by T. Lindsay Baker ; introduction by Lawrence John Francell.
- Title
- Marfa flights : aerial views of Big Bend Country / Paul V. Chaplo ; foreword by T. Lindsay Baker ; introduction by Lawrence John Francell.
- Author
- Chaplo, Paul V.
- Publication
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2014]
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- Description
- 174 pages : color illustrations; 26 cm.
- Summary
- From inside book cover: "In Marfa Flights: Aerial View of Big Bend Country, photographer Paul V. Chaplo takes readers on an unforgettable sky excursion over Big Bend."
- Series Statement
- Tarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities ; number twenty-six
- Uniform Title
- Project Muse UPCC books
- Tarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities no. 26.
- Subject
- Landscapes > Big Bend Region > Pictorial works
- Landscape photography > Big Bend Region
- Aerial photography > Big Bend Region
- Photography, Artistic
- Aerial photography
- Landscape photography
- Landscapes
- Big Bend Region (Tex.) > Pictorial works
- Big Bend National Park (Tex.) > Pictorial works
- Texas > Big Bend National Park
- Texas > Big Bend Region
- Genre/Form
- Pictorial works
- Pictorial works.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The journey begins: the flight from Marfa, Texas -- Along Texas Highway 118: heading south from Alpine, Texas -- Into the heart of Big Bend National Park: exploring the Chisos Mountains -- Looking for water: across Tornillo Flats to Ernst Tinaja -- The Rio Grande: flying upstream to Smoky Creek -- Canyons and drug lords: the Rio Grande upstream from Santa Elena village to Lajitas -- In search of ghost towns: flying inland to the Lone Star and Mariposa quicksilver mines -- Into the devil's playground: flying north from Terlingua to Alamo de Cesario Creek -- Over the land of plenty: orbiting Green Valley and Paradise Valley -- Stepping into enchantment: crossing the threshold of the Sierra Vieja to magical Capote Falls and Candelaria -- Up the starry stairway: exploring the pristine Davis Mountains and McDonald Observatory.
- ISBN
- 9781623491680 (flexbound : alk. paper)
- 1623491681 (flexbound : alk. paper)
- 9781623491789 (ebook)
- 1623491789 (ebook)
- LCCN
- ^^2014000912
- OCLC
- 869367549
- SCSB-10933141
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library