Texas Rivers

Graves, John

ISBN 10: 0292701985 / ISBN 13: 9780292701984

Published by University of Texas Press, 2002

About this Item

"First University of Texas Press edition, 2003" stated, originally published by the Texas Parks and Wildlife in 2002, Signed by John Graves on the full title page, slight dusting to top edge of text block - a 3/8" long spot of fading to bottom edge of rear board, dj now enclosed in mylar wrap shows two 1/4" tears to top left edge of front panel - 3/8" tear to top edge of spine - a tiny scuff to upper fold rear panel to flap, color photographs with many reproduced full page and a number of 2-page spreads with a map.

Seller Inventory # FSR-1416-A

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Texas Rivers
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0292701985
• ISBN 13: 9780292701984
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Meinzer, Wyman (photographs by)
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

In Goodbye to a River, John Graves defined what it means to know a river—as a real place, as a landscape of memory and imagination, and as "a piece of country, [that] hunted and fished and roamed over, felt and remembered, can be company enough." Readers who've taken the canoe trip down the Brazos with him have long wished to travel other rivers with John Graves. Those journeys now begin in Texas Rivers.

This book marries the work of two Texas legends. John Graves brings to Texas Rivers his ability to weave history, geography, and culture into a vibrant portrait of a land and its people. Through photographs of rare beauty, Wyman Meinzer reveals the rivers as few will ever see them in person, distilling decades of experience in capturing light on film into a tour de force presentation of Texas landscapes.

In essays on the Canadian, Pecos, Llano, Clear Fork of the Brazos, Neches, and Sabinal rivers, Graves captures the essence of what makes each river unique. While the Canadian is a river of the plains that runs through big ranch country, the Neches is a forest stream heavily impacted by human encroachment. The Llano and the Sabinal remain largely unspoiled, though the forces of change ebb and flow about them. The Pecos shows ripples of its Old West heritage, while the Clear Fork of the Brazos flows through country still living in those times. Meinzer's photographs offer a stunning visual counterpoint to Graves's word portraits, and, together, they show clearly that rivers have been central to the development of the unique character of Texas.

About the Author

John Graves (1920–2013) lived and wrote in Glen Rose, Texas, in the Hard Scrabble country that inspired so much of his work. A recipient of many honors for his writing (including a National Book Award nomination for Goodbye to a River), he is a former president of the Texas Institute of Letters and a past holder of a Guggenheim and a Rockefeller Fellowship.

Wyman Meinzer has published numerous books of photographs of Texas and has the distinction of having been named Texas State Photographer by the Texas Legislature. His work appears in magazines nationwide; he is a frequent contributor to Texas Highways and Texas Parks & Wildlife.