River of Contrasts: The Texas Colorado

by Margie Crisp

Writer and artist Margie Crisp has traveled the length of Texas' Colorado River, which rises in Dawson County, south of Lubbock, and flows 860 miles southeast across the state to its mouth on the Gulf of Mexico at Matagorda Bay. Echoing the truth of Heraclitus's ancient dictum, the river's character changes dramatically from its dusty headwaters on the High Plains to its meandering presence on the coastal prairie. The Colorado is the longest river...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1603444661
• ISBN13: 9781603444668
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.1" x 10.2"