The Cast Iron Forest : : A Natural and Cultural History of the North American Cross Timbers / / Richard V. Francaviglia.
A complex mosaic of post oak and blackjack oak forests interspersed with prairies, the Cross Timbers covers a north-south belt of southern Kansas, eastern Oklahoma, and North Central Texas. Home to Native Americans over several thousand years, the Cross Timbers became a barrier to westward expansion...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2000 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Corrie Herring Hooks Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I "THE NATURAL CURIOSITIES OF THE COUNTRY"
- CHAPTER 2 "THROUGH FORESTS OF CAST IRON"
- CHAPTER 3 "THE DESTROYING AXE OF THE PIONEER"
- CHAPTER 4 "NOW WE HAVE THE MODERN CROSS TIMBERS"
- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION "THE DELIGHTFUL SCENERY WE HAVE TRAVERSED"
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX