Have one to sell? Sell yours here

Tell the Publisher!
I'd like to read this book on Kindle

Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here, or download a FREE Kindle Reading App.

Padre Island National Seashore [Paperback]

Joseph Brown (Author)

Available from these sellers.

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1990

Padre Island National Seashore on the south Texas coast preserves eighty miles of white sand-and-shell beaches, windswept dunes, wild grasslands, tidal flats teeming with life, and warm offshore waters. The park on the Gulf Coast of Texas is America's longest barrier island, and boasts the greatest stretch of undeveloped coastal wilderness in the continental United States.

#outer_postBodyPS { display: none; } #psGradient { display: none; } #psPlaceHolder { display: none; } #psExpand { display: none; } Padre Island National Seashore on the south Texas coast preserves eighty miles of white sand-and-shell beaches, windswept dunes, wild grasslands, tidal flats teeming with life, and warm offshore waters. The park on the Gulf Coast of Texas is America's longest barrier island, and boasts the greatest stretch of undeveloped coastal wilderness in the continental United States.

Product Details

Paperback: 64 pages
Publisher: Western Natl Parks Assoc (June 1990)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0911408908
ISBN-13: 978-0911408904
Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 9.5 x 0.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,630,628 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

More About the Author

› Visit Amazon's Joseph E. Brown Page

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

There are no customer reviews yet.

Create your own review

Video reviews

Amazon now allows customers to upload product video reviews. Use a webcam or video camera to record and upload reviews to Amazon.

Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!

Inside This Book (learn more)

First Sentence:
Imagine for a moment that you are an astronaut, peering down from space on the eastern half of the United States. Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
foredune ridge, ghost crab, national seashore, grass flats, barrier islands

Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Padre Island, Laguna Madre, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Coast, Mansfield Channel, Malaquite Beach, Bird Island Basin, Corpus Christi, National Park Service, United States, Karankawa Indians, Rio Grande, Rancho Nuevo, Big Shell Beach

New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats

Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!

Citations (learn more)

2 books cite this book:

The Laguna Madre of Texas and Tamaulipas (Gulf Coast Books, sponsored by Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi) by John W. Tunnell Jr. on 5 pages
Chasing Birds across Texas: A Birding Big Year (Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment Series) by Mark Thomas Adams in Back Matter

Books on Related Topics (learn more)

How to Read a North Carolina Beach by Orrin H. Pilkey

Discusses:

Beaches and Coasts by Richard A. Davis

Discusses:

The Laguna Madre of Texas and Tamaulipas by John W. Tunnell Jr.

Discusses:

Islands at the Edge of Time by Gunnar Hansen

Discusses:

Tag this product

(What's this?)

Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items.

Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store

If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store. Learn more

.jsOffDisplayBlock { display: block; } .jsOffDisplayInline { display: inline; } .jsOffVisibility { visibility: visible; } .jsOnDisplayBlock { display: none; } .jsOnDisplayNoneBlock { display: block; } .jsOnDisplayNoneInline { display: inline; } .jsOnDisplayInline { display: none; } .jsOnVisibility { visibility: hidden; } .jqOnDisplayBlock { display: none; } .jqOnDisplayInline { display: none; } .jqOnVisibility { visibility: hidden; } .jqOnDisplayNoneBlock { display: block; } .jqOnDisplayNoneInline { display: inline; }

Customer Discussions

This product's forum

Discussion	Replies	Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight

Start a new discussion

Topic:

First post:

Receive e-mail when new posts are made

Prompts for sign-in

Guidelines

Active discussions in related forums

Discussion	Replies	Latest Post
History forum Why is there so much anti-Semitism on the American Left today?	9541	25 seconds ago
History forum Can Liberal Americans still support the Arab Spring? It's not what you think it is - and most likely it never was	111	4 minutes ago
History forum Here's one for you to think about....	14	13 minutes ago
History forum What should the Vietnam war be called?	151	37 minutes ago
History forum A Place for the Pro-Israeli Posters	5013	1 hour ago
History forum Why Do So Many People Automatically and Angrily Condemn Historical Revisionism?	2549	1 hour ago
Travel forum Have You Written a Travel Book?	13	3 hours ago
Travel forum Tell me about the places you have traveled	23	11 hours ago