Exploring the edges of Texas - Davis, Walt (Texas A & M University Press, 2010)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-260) and index
Prairie pathfinder -- Island in the desert -- Walking to El Paso -- Letters from the ghost mountains -- Wild and scenic river -- Border botanist -- The great feather fight -- Bird lady of the Texas coast -- Ivory bills on Buffalo Bayou -- Searching for longleaf pine -- Exploring Bear River -- Red River trading post -- A singular object from Texas -- Death in the red beds -- Panhandle petrified zoo -- From buried city to chill hill -- Epilogue
The ultimate road trip, celebrating the remarkable history, natural history and diversity of the Lone Star State.~Robert McCracken Peck, The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia