Riverwoods
Title | Riverwoods PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Kruvand |
Publisher | Texas A&M University Press |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 2018-09-05 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 162349673X |
In this stunning photographic tribute to one of Texas’ most intriguing and perhaps least understood rivers, Riverwoods: Exploring the Wild Neches takes readers on a unique adventure along, and sometimes into, the wild and murky waters of the Neches River. The Neches flows through the heart of East Texas, past primordial bottomland forests, timber and oil industries, and elusive denizens—humans, alligators, bobcats, and herons. Although the river and its watershed have inspired authors, artists, and photographers, it can also seem impenetrable, intimidating, or just plain unsightly to outsiders. Spending many days canoeing the river and nights camping on the banks, Charles Kruvand was drawn to the complicated allure of the Neches river and woods. Once common across the southeastern United States, the Neches bottomland forests exemplify an ecosystem that has almost passed out of existence. Thad Sitton, an East Texas native and noted historian, opens the book with an introduction to the historical, cultural, and ecological significance of the Neches River. He takes readers through time from early Native American inhabitants to Spanish and Anglo settlers to present-day East Texans. He also describes the environmental battles fought over preserving parts of the river woodlands surrounding the waterway and wildlife that have depended on the river for sustenance. Through beautiful photographs and stirring recollections of his trip along the river, Charles Kruvand weaves a rare portrait of one of the last wild rivers in Texas.
The River Wild
Title | The River Wild PDF eBook |
Author | Denis O'Neill |
Publisher | Skyhorse |
Pages | 234 |
Release | 2017-06-06 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1510715991 |
Based on the blockbuster movie starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Bacon. To help heal a marriage on the rocks, river-rafting expert Gail, her husband Tom, and their son embark on a white water adventure in Montana. Along the way, they encounter two inexperienced rafters supposedly looking for their friends downriver. Little do they know that the men are escaped convicts whose bid for freedom has a body count. Things take a turn when the young family learns that they are now the captives of two armed killers, and it becomes clear that there is much more at stake than a marriage. Desperate to evade both the police and federal marshals, the men force the family down the river and into the mouth of a deadly class 5 white-water rapid. Careening towards mortal peril, Gail and Tom must bond together to save their family from the brutality of nature and the savageness of man. This high-stakes thriller is both a testament to the power of mother nature and a classic adventure story that is perfect for fans of CJ Box and Craig Johnson. Denis O’Neill, the screenwriter for the movie The River Wild, brings the striking beauty of the film into his writing and ratchets up the danger that races forward to a breathtaking conclusion.
Let the River Run Wild!
Title | Let the River Run Wild! PDF eBook |
Author | Francis Edward Abernethy |
Publisher | Stephen F. Austin University Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9781622880287 |
The Neches River is not wild in its youth. It flows gently along pastures, under barb-wire fences, and through culverts lying under asphalt roads. It flows placidly through East Texas pastures and farm land, watering stock and nourishing the fringe trees along its margin. The river follows its valley and bottomland through thickets and dense woods, but its path is always narrow. Even when it floods, the water does not stray far from its banks. The young Neches nourishes the usual rural farmland population of deer, 'coons, 'possums and polecats, but nothing wild and scary, unless you count wild cat squirrels and scary water moccasins. When night falls, the river banks stir and scurry with wildlife sniffs and snorts and hogs rooting and frogs and toads in chorus. But the sound of the river is gentle. With over one hundred photographs and maps, Let the River Run Wild! transports readers along the wooded banks of the Neches in a photographic journey that highlights the flora and fauna inhabiting the woods along this coursing river from its narrow upper reaches that run from Lake Palestine dam to its mouth on Sabine Lake. Learn about the highly controversial fight to save the the upper Neches led by the Texas Conservation Alliance and why the Neches River is listed as number six on the most endangered rivers list, complied by the American Rivers organization.
Water Resources
Title | Water Resources PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on National Water Resources |
Publisher | |
Pages | 190 |
Release | 1960 |
Genre | Water resources development |
ISBN |
Hearings
Title | Hearings PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1148 |
Release | 1913 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Let the Mountains Talk, Let the Rivers Run
Title | Let the Mountains Talk, Let the Rivers Run PDF eBook |
Author | David Brower |
Publisher | Harper San Francisco |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 1996-03 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780062514301 |
The Mississippi River Floods
Title | The Mississippi River Floods PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control |
Publisher | |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 1916 |
Genre | Flood control |
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