Caprock Canyonlands is Dan Flores' personal narrative about the canyons and badlands of the southern High Plains, which extend from eastern New Mexico and western Oklahoma south through Texas to the Concho River. Describing a series of journeys into the canyonlands, he evokes the literally millions of years that shaped the region. This stereoscopic vision, encompassing geology, mythology, botany, art, history, literature, and other studies, establishes Flores' place among America's most skilled nature writers.
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In this splendid book, [Flores] combines his camera lens and an imaginative personal narrative to create a canyonlands encounter which will surprise, enlighten, and educate us to the long neglected Llano Estacado (Staked Plain) of West Texas.... You cannot help but be swept along with the magic of this country and Flores' longing for not only its preservation, but, indeed, its restoration. (New Mexico Historical Review )
Caprock Canyonlands is a gripping book. I recommend it without reservation. It's a book we need to read if we are to help save the beauty of the southern Plains.... This book is not only going to have a regional audience; it will create a much needed national debate on the preservation of the Southwest landscapes which we all love and hold dear. (Great Plains Quarterly ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Caprock Canyonlands is a gripping book. I recommend it without reservation. It's a book we need to read if we are to help save the beauty of the southern Plains.... This book is not only going to have a regional audience; it will create a much needed national debate on the preservation of the Southwest landscapes which we all love and hold dear. (Great Plains Quarterly ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Dan Flores is A. B. Hammond Professor of Western History at the University of Montana. He serves as general editor of the Environmental History series at Texas A&M University Press and is the author or coauthor of seven books, including Journal of an Indian Trader: Anthony Glass and the Texas Trading Frontier, 1790–1810, published by Texas A&M University Press in 1985. Flores received his PhD from Texas A&M University and currently divides his time between Missoula, Montana, and Santa Fe.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Hidden treasures,
This review is from: Caprock Canyonlands: Journeys into the Heart of the Southern Plains (M. K. Brown Range Life Series) (Paperback)
Having lived in the Caprock area of Texas for a few years I never knew what history and hidden geography were just beyond the flat, flat plain across the highway! After reading this book I must return to the Caprock to discover these things on my own! There is much beyond the state parks that Texans should claim as a part of their heritage and strive to better understand. Get this book and see if you don't agree!
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A Landmark Book,
By Drinkswater (Alpine, TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Caprock Canyonlands: Journeys into the Heart of the Southern Plains (M. K. Brown Range Life Series) (Paperback)
There was absolutely no precedent when this fine book was first published twenty years ago. For many people like myself who had been born and raised on the Southern High Plains, it gave meaning and context to a place that no one had ever bothered to point out, or tell us was worthy of respect. It gave well deserved, if belated, attention to a spectacular but neglected western landscape. It also spawned an unlikely bioregional movement rising out of an otherwise conservative, christian, closed-minded community. Flores was unapologetic about his love for the canyons of the High Plains, and for folks like me, it lent credibility to feelings I'd always had, but never had reason to articulate.
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Deep canyons and deep thoughts-more than a geology book,
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This review is from: Caprock Canyonlands: Journeys into the Heart of the Southern Plains (M. K. Brown Range Life Series) (Paperback)
I paid over-due fines on this book twice at the Austin library...I wouldn't return it until I was finished. It was worth it though. Flores writes in simple terms and speaks from the heart. This book educated me while causing me to reflect on my life...Imprinted DNA from old relatives...I've believed this for years.
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