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Author | : Margaret A. Bickers |
Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 2014-11-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1625110286 |
Red Water, Black Gold: The Canadian River in Texas 1920–1999 tells the story of the Canadian River in the Texas Panhandle. It is a tale of grand designs, high hopes, deep holes, politics, fishing, follies, foibles, and environmental change. Although efforts had been made to tap the Canadian River’s waters before 1920, the discovery of oil in the Panhandle gave new urgency to the search for permanent water supplies. Additionally, the spread of groundwater irrigation amid the discovery of the limits of Ogallala Aquifer spurred regional interests to tap the Canadian. But overestimates of the river’s flow and unfamiliarity with the critical role groundwater played in maintaining that flow led to complications and frustrations, culminating in a lawsuit over the location of the banks of a seemingly waterless river. This book is a valuable addition to the water history of Texas and the American West and to the growing body of worldwide regional water histories. Combining traditional historical sources with hydrology, climatology, and geology, Red Water, Black Gold complicates the traditional story of top-down water management as well as telling the thus-far untold story of the Canadian River in Texas.
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Author | : Antoinette Moses |
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Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 2007-01 |
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Author | : Arthur Catherall |
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Release | : 1939 |
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Author | : Ekow Eshun |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2007-12-18 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0307425010 |
At the age of thirty-three, Ekow Eshun—born in London to African-born parents—travels to Ghana in search of his roots. He goes from Accra, Ghana’s cosmopolitan capital city, to the storied slave forts of Elmina, and on to the historic warrior kingdom of Asante. During his journey, Eshun uncovers a long-held secret about his lineage that will compel him to question everything he knows about himself and where he comes from. From the London suburbs of his childhood to the twenty-first century African metropolis, Eshun’s is a moving chronicle of one man’s search for home, and of the pleasures and pitfalls of fashioning an identity in these vibrant contemporary worlds.
Author | : Leo G. Haase |
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Total Pages | : 6 |
Release | : 1927 |
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Author | : Kenny Arthur Franks |
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Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Petroleum industry and trade |
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Author | : James Hanley |
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Total Pages | : 3 |
Release | : 1937 |
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Author | : Edward Burchall Lung |
Publisher | : Literary Licensing, LLC |
Total Pages | : 466 |
Release | : 2011-10-01 |
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ISBN | : 9781258178314 |