Main entry:

Gilpin, Laura.

Title & Author:

The Rio Grande, river of destiny; an interpretation of the river, the land, and the people.

Publication:

New York, Duell, Sloan and Pearce [1949]

Description:

xii, 243 pages (chiefly illustrations) maps 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-242).
Pt. 1: The source: The high country -- The upland valley -- The San Luis Valley -- Pt. 2: Midstream: The region of the gorge -- The Indian Pueblos and the prehistoric relics -- The heritage from Spain -- The middle valley -- Pt. 3: The border: El Paso-Juarez Valley -- The big bend country -- The hill country -- The delta.

Summary:

The Rio Grande: River of Destiny, is a monumental study of the Rio Grande and the people along its banks: "Near the once-fabulous, now-ghost town of Creede, Colorado, flow the springs and the trickles of melting snow which make the Rio Grande. Here at 14,000 feet, is born a river which irrigates 1,751,700 acres of farmland in the United States and Mexico. In the course of its violent, precipitous, meandering, laze descent to the Gulf of Mexico 1800 miles away, the Rio Grande is beauty and history and legend and economics and social problems - a touchstone river of American life, a river of destiny indeed." -- Excerpt from Book Jacket.

Subject:

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Rio Grande (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
Grande, Rio (Col.-Mexique et Tex.)
Grande, Vallée du rio (Col.-Mexique et Tex.)
North America Rio Grande
North America Rio Grande Valley
Rio Grande
Rio Grande (Fluss)

Form/genre:

Booksellers' stamps (Provenance) Santa Fe Book and Stationery Co. CtY-BR

Holdings:

Location: Library main 38587
Call No.: ID:88-B9389
Status: Available