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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $60, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXUSW10A)
 
Naturalist's Big Bend, An Introduction to the Trees, Shrubs, Wildflowers, Mammals, Birds, Reptiles  •  Roland H. Wauer
FIELD GUIDE •  2002 •  PAPER  • 149 PAGES
A guide to commonly encountered plants and animals of Big Bend by the park's former chief naturalist with wildlife checklists, good descriptive information on the park and an extensive bibliography. Since it has few illustrations and most of those in black-and-white, the book is most useful as an introduction to the natural history of the park. (USW82, $15.95)
  Naturalist's Big Bend, An Introduction to the Trees, Shrubs, Wildflowers, Mammals, Birds, Reptiles
Land of the Desert Sun: Texas' Big Bend Country  •  D. Gentry Steele
NATURAL HISTORY •  1998 •  PAPER  • 152 PAGES
The evocative black-and-white photographs of this book capture the scale and magnificence of the desert landscapes of Big Bend. With a long introductory chapter on the region and 50 full-page photographs. (USW84, $19.95)
  Land of the Desert Sun: Texas' Big Bend Country
Desert Solitaire  •  Edward Abbey
NATURAL HISTORY •  1990 •  PAPER  • 289 PAGES • FAVORITE
A beloved classic, read aloud at campfires throughout the Southwest. It's one of the great works on the value of the desert, eloquent and laugh-out-loud funny. Although Abbey writes specifically about the Colorado Plateau and his experiences as a ranger at Arches National Park outside Moab Utah, his message is universal. Originally published in 1990. (DES02, $14.95)
  Desert Solitaire
Big Bend National Park Map  •  Trails Illustrated
MAP
This full-color topographic map of Big Bend at a scale of 1:1000,000 is printed on waterproof paper and includes information on Big Bend's major features. (USW91, $11.95)
  Big Bend National Park Map



Also Recommended
Exploring the Big Bend Country  •  Peter Koch   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Photographer-naturalist Peter Koch first visited the new Big Bend National Park in 1945 and ended up staying for the rest of his life. This fascinating blend of firsthand adventures, natural history and personal musings creates an unforgettable portrait of both Koch and the Big Bend region he so loved. (SWU231, $19.95)
 
 
Falcon Guide, Hiking Big Bend  •  Laurence Parent   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical guide to the hiking trails of Big Bend National Park, a 1,200-square mile tract of public land that sprawls across West Texas. With maps and black-and-white photographs. (USW85, $14.95)
 
 
The Big Bend, A History of the Last Texas Frontier  •  Ron C. Tyler   • HISTORY  •  A history of West Texas and Big Bend from Spanish exploration through pioneer days and the establishment of the national park. (USW90, $15.95)
 
 
The Spanish Frontier in North America  •  David Weber   • HISTORY  •  The definitive history of the Spanish colonial period in America. (NAM01, $30.00)
 
 
The Story of Big Bend National Park  •  John R. Jameson   • HISTORY  •  A short history of Big Bend National Park, covering the political and economic development of the park. (TEX43, $19.95)
 
 
Big Bend, A Homesteader's Story  •  J. Oscar Langford  •  Fred Gipson   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  First published in the 1950s, this is one man's chronicle of life along the Rio Grande in the first half of the 20th-century. Short and simply told, it's also a nice introduction to the landscapes of Big Bend National Park. (TEX44, $17.95)
 
 
Chronicles of the Big Bend, A Photographic Memoir of Life on the Border  •  W. D. Smithers  •  Kenneth B. Ragsdale   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Smithers captures the spirit of the Big Bend's frontier years of the early 20th century in this photographic portrait. (TEX54, $29.95)
 
 
For All Seasons, A Big Bend Journal  •  Roland H. Wauer  •  Nancy McGowan   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  These diary entries, compiled over 30 years, chronicle a year in Big Bend National Park. Wauer is the former chief naturalist at the park. (USW89, $19.95)
 
 
I'll Gather My Geese  •  Hallie Crawford Stillwell   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Stillwell details the difficulties and adventure of life on a Big Bend ranch circa 1916 in this plainly told memoir. (TEX55, $19.95)
 
 
Lizards on the Mantel, Burros at the Door: A Big Bend Memoir  •  Etta Koch  •  June Cooper Price   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A memoir drawn from the journals and letters of Etta Koch and her daughter, June Cooper Price, about city dwellers who settle in Big Bend during the 1940s. It is a tale of modern pioneer living, full of anecdote, as well as descriptions of the land and its inhabitants (USW111, $19.95)
 
 
The Best of the West, An Anthology of Classic Writing from the American West  •  Tony Hillerman   • ANTHOLOGY  •  A campfire collection of unforgettable portraits of the West, this anthology takes in travelers, homesteaders, Navajos, government officials, pioneers and authors as diverse as Meriwether Lewis, John Steinbeck and Edward Abbey. (USW87, $18.00)
 
 
Stray Tales of the Big Bend  •  Elton Miles  •  Bill Wright   • LITERATURE  •  Miles evokes Indian, Mexican and Anglo traditions that converge in this area in this collection of tales. (TEX53, $17.95)
 
 
Roadside Geology, Texas  •  Darwin Spearing   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  The geology of Texas as seen through the car window. (TEX51, $20.00)
 
 
A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians  •  Robert Stebbins   • FIELD GUIDE  •  The definitive field guide, with a special section on Baja's endemic species. (FG08, $22.00)
 
 
Birds of Texas  •  Peterson Field Guides   • FIELD GUIDE  •  The standard guide to the birds of Texas in the Peterson series, featuring color plates of each species. (USW92, $23.00)
 
 
The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America  •  David Sibley   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact, geographically-specific version of the Sibley Guide with all-new range maps, the same glorious illustrations and expanded, extremely valuable descriptions of each bird. (USW418, $19.95)
 
 
The TOS Handbook of Texas Birds  •  Brush Freeman  •  Mark W. Lockwood   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This annotated listing of 623 species by the Texas Ornithological Society includes range maps and a section of color photographs. (TEX80, $24.95)
 
 
Wildflowers of Texas  •  Geyata Ajilvsgi   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A field guide to 378 common wildflowers. (TEX29, $19.95)
 
 

 
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