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Author Cozine, James.

Title Saving the Big Thicket : from exploration to preservation, 1685-2003 / James J. Cozine, Jr. ; foreword and afterword by Pete A.Y. Gunter
Published Denton : Big Thicket Association/University of North Texas Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 289 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Temple Big Thicket series ; no. 4.
Contents The Indians' assault -- The Spanish assault -- The Anglo assault -- A timber bonanza -- Oil exploration in the Big Thicket -- The drive for preservation -- The Yarborough years -- Urbanites and intellectuals -- Consensus and compromise
Summary The Big Thicket of East Texas, which at one time covered over two million acres, served as a barrier to civilizations throughout most of historic times. This text is a classic account of the region's history and a play-by-play narrative of the prolonged fight for the Big Thicket Preserve
Notes "Number 4 in the Temple Big Thicket Series."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Environmental protection -- Texas -- Big Thicket
Historic preservation -- Texas -- Big Thicket
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Sustainable Development.
NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Ecology
Environmental protection
Historic preservation
SUBJECT Big Thicket (Tex.) -- History
Big Thicket (Tex.) -- Environmental conditions
Big Thicket National Preserve (Tex.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013970
Subject Texas -- Big Thicket
Texas -- Big Thicket National Preserve
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2004005846
ISBN 1417590599
9781417590599
1574411756
9781574411751
1433710382
9781433710384
9781574414202
1574414208