| Description |
1 online resource (x, 188 pages) |
| Series |
River books |
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River books (Series)
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| Contents |
Foreword / by Andrew Sansom -- Inspiration / by Ben Masters -- The team (River Rats) / by Ben Masters -- The river / by Colin McDonald -- The Forgotten Reach: El Paso to Presidio -- Starting line to Sonic Ranch / by Jay Kleberg -- Politicians / by Ben Masters -- The Forgotten Reach / by Ben Masters -- The Big Bend: Presidio to Boquillas -- The mustangs / by Ben Masters -- Learning to ride / by Heather Mackey -- Me and C-Star / by Filipe Deandrade -- Desert bighorn sheep / by Ben Masters -- The draw of the Big Bend / by Austin Alvarado -- Black bear / by Ben Masters -- The yellow-billed cuckoo / by Heather Mackey -- The international park idea / by Jay Kleberg -- The river canyon country: Boquillas to Laredo -- Boquillas / by Heather Mackey -- The wild and scenic river stretch / by Austin Alvarado -- The Madison wreck / by Korey Kazmarek -- Native American art with Keith Bowden / by Hillary Pierce -- Lake Amistad / by Heather Mackey -- Crossers / by Ben Masters -- The Rio Grande Valley: Laredo to the Gulf -- A landowner's viewpoint / by Becky Jones -- The Santa Ana Rally / by Hillary Pierce -- The National Butterfly Center / by Heather Mackey -- Ocelots / by Katy Baldock -- Roma, Captain Richard King, and the river / by Jay Kleberg -- The maquiladora / by Ben Masters -- The respite center / by Hillary Pierce -- Immigration story / by Jenny Alvarado -- The river's end -- Lower Rio Grande Valley: the last stand / by Jay Kleberg -- The final paddle / by Ben Masters |
| Summary |
When a team of five explorers embarked on a 1,200-mile journey down the Rio Grande, the river that marks the southern boundary of Texas and the US-Mexico border, their goal was to experience and capture on film the rugged landscapes of this vast frontier before the controversial construction of a border wall changed this part of the river forever.??The crew?Texas filmmaker Ben Masters, Brazilian immigrant Filipe DeAndrade, Texas conservationist Jay Kleberg, wildlife biologist Heather Mackey, and Guatemalan-American river guide Austin Alvarado?began the trip in El Paso, pedaling mountain bikes through the city?s dry river bed. Their path took them on horseback through the Big Bend, down the Wild and Scenic stretch of the river in canoes, and back to bikes from Laredo to Brownsville. They paddled the last ten miles through a forest of river cane to the Gulf of Mexico.??As they made their way to the Gulf, they met and talked with the people who know and live on the river?border patrol, wildlife biologists, ranchers, politicians, farmers, social workers, locals, and travelers. They climbed the wall (in twenty seconds). They encountered rare black bears, bighorn sheep, and birds of all kinds. And they sought to understand the complexities of immigration, the efficacy of a wall, and the impact of its construction on water access, wildlife, and the culture of the borderlands.??The River and the Wall is both a wild adventure on a spectacular river and a sobering commentary on the realities of walling it off |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 08, 2019) |
| Subject |
Border security -- Environmental aspects -- Texas -- Lower Rio Grande Valley
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Natural history -- Texas -- Lower Rio Grande Valley
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Natural history
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Travel
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| SUBJECT |
Rio Grande (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) -- Description and travel
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Lower Rio Grande Valley (Tex.) -- Description and travel
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| Subject |
North America -- Rio Grande
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Texas -- Lower Rio Grande Valley
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Alvarado, Austin, author
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| LC no. |
2018054369 |
| ISBN |
9781623497811 |
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1623497817 |
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