High and Dry: The Texas-New Mexico Struggle for the Pecos River (Revised)

by G. Emlen Hall

Book Overview

Water law, water politics, and especially water shenanigans are at the center of this book about New Mexico and Texas dividing the Pecos River. On one level the story is about a twenty-year court case, Texas v. New Mexico, a monstrous law suit between two states sharing a common water source, a state boundary, and a long history of mutual enmity. On another level, this story is as big and far-reaching as the high plains drained by the Pecos: it...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826324304
• ISBN13: 9780826324306
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.9"