| Bridges Over the Brazos Contributor(s): McConal, Jon (Author), Sanders, Bob Ray (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 087565312X ISBN-13: 9780875653129 Publisher: Texas Christian University Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2005 Annotation: The Brazos River meanders 923 miles from the Texas Panhandle to the Gulf of Mexico, crossing the High Plains, the West Texas Lower Rolling Plains, the Western Cross Timbers, the Grand Prairie, and the Gulf Coastal Plain. Journalist John McConal has spent many hours hiking the river's banks and camping out on its sandbars, discovering the many bridges that cross the river, and studying maps and tracing the river's route. His friend Eddie Lane has canoed and camped the Brazos, even retracing the canoe journey made famous by John Graves in Goodbye to a River. The two drove more than four thousand miles to look at sixty-two bridges ranging from a private bridge made from oil-field pipe to modern concrete structures. They stood on the bridges and watched the river, sometimes loaded with trash, sometimes serene and gentle. They met the people who lived near the bridges, heard their stories, and ate in local cafes. This is the story of two men with a love of the outdoors and the Brazos River and the people they met along their journey. They hope readers, too, will want to take a few day trips and explore the Brazos and its bridges. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Essays & Travelogues |
| Dewey: 388.132 |
| LCCN: 2005010870 |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 6.06" W x 9.06" (0.94 lbs) 286 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Brazos River meanders 923 miles from the Texas Panhandle to the Gulf of Mexico, crossing the High Plains, the West Texas Lower Rolling Plains, the Western Cross Timbers, the Grand Prairie, and the Gulf Coastal Plain. Journalist Jon McConal has spent many hours hiking the river's banks and camping out on its sandbars, discovering the many bridges that cross the river, and studying maps and tracing the river's route. His friend Eddie Lane has canoed and camped the Brazos, even retracing the canoe journey made famous by John Graves in Goodbye to a River. The two drove more than four thousand miles to look at sixty-two bridges ranging from a private bridge made from oilfield pipe to modern concrete structures. They stood on the bridges and watched the river, sometimes loaded with trash, sometimes serene and gentle. They met the people who lived near the bridges, heard their stories, and ate in local caf s. This is the story of two men with a love of the outdoors and the Brazos River and the people they met along their journey. They hope readers, too, will want to take a few day trips and explore the Brazos and its bridges. |