Walking the Llano: A Texas Memoir of Place

by Shelley Armitage

Book Overview

When American explorers crossed the Texas Panhandle, they dubbed it part of the "Great American Desert." A "sea of grass," the llano appeared empty, flat, and barely habitable. Contemporary developments-cell phone towers, oil rigs, and wind turbines-have only added to this stereotype. Yet in this lyrical ecomemoir, Shelley Armitage charts a unique rediscovery of the largely unknown land, a journey at once deeply personal and far-reaching in its...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806159634
• ISBN13: 9780806159638
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"