Llano Estacado: An Island in the Sky (Voice in the American West)
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (795 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0896726827 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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This enormous island of grass covers approximately 32,000 square miles of arid prairie used primarily today for ranching and farming. From the Inside Flap The Llano Estacado, Coronado's legendary "staked plains," comprises all or part of thirty-three counties in Texas and four in New Mexico. It lies atop the vast Ogalalla Aquifer--its primary source of water--and partially covers the oil-bearing Permian Basin. Look at the Llano with eyes open to possibility, and you will encounter the unexpected, a keener understanding of the ways in which landscape and life are always inescapably intertwined, thrumming, as Barry Lopez suggests, the eternal questions: Where are we? And where do we go from here? . Yet the idiosyncrasies and ideals, the successes and failures, the strangeness and beauty and power of the land and its people beckon fresh discovery. The artists and writers gathered here are hardly the fi
Yet the idiosyncrasies and ideals, the successes and failures, the strangeness and beauty and power of the land and its people beckon fresh discovery. Its population, outside of four mid-sized cities, is sparse.The Llano has always required and appealed to discerning eyes. It covers approximately 32,000 square miles of arid prairie used primarily today for ranching and farming. It lies atop the vast Ogalalla Aquifer--its primary source of water--and partially covers the oil-bearing Permian Basin. The artists and writers gathered here are hardly the first to have felt the pull of this place or the urgency to capture its essence. Look at the Llano with eyes open to possibility, and you will encounter the unexpected, a keener understanding of the ways in which landscape and life are always inescapably intertwined, thrumming, as Barry Lopez suggests, the eternal questions: Where are we? And where do we go from here?. Stand at the rim of Palo Duro Canyon or look down from any vista along the caprock, and let your imagination take over. Beneath an endless canopy of blue, you find yourself at the edge of
"A handsome volume that is moderately successful in communicating a "sense of place" - but where is the map?" according to R. M. Peterson. The Llano Escatado spans much of northwestern Texas and eastern New Mexico. It is an elevated plain of sun, grass, and sky. It "stretches for 250 miles north to south, two hundred miles east to west, and is culturally and geographically an island." It makes a mark on those who traverse it and takes the measure of those who live there.The notion behind LLANO ESCATADO: AN ISLAND IN THE SKY was to try to capture the Llano Escatado's "sense of place" through photographs and text. The book features photographs of the Llano by six different photo
. He lives in Oregon. A former archivist at the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University, Stephen Bogener is currently professor of history at West Texas A&M University in Canyon.William Tydeman is an archivist at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library at Texas Tech University, where he oversees the Sowell Family Collection in Literature, Community and the Natural World.Award-winning author Barry Lopez is the Visiting Distinguished Scholar at Texas Tech Un