Awards

• Winner of Friends of the Dallas Public Library Award, Texas Institute of Letters 2001 (United States)

Overview

A complex mosaic of post oak and blackjack oak forests interspersed with prairies, the Cross Timbers cover large portions of Southeastern Kansas, Eastern Oklahoma, and Northcentral Texas. Home to Native Americans, the landscape was considered a barrier to westward expansion in the 19th century until the introduction of the railroads and roads. This title describes the natural environment of the Cross Timbers and interprets the role that people have played in transforming the region. The author opens with a discussion of the natural history, including geography, geology, vegetation and climate and goes on to talk about the interaction between the people and the landscape.

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9780292725164

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This is the most important, original, and comprehensive regional study yet to appear of the amazing Cross Timbers region in North America... It will likely be the standard benchmark survey of the region for quite some time. -John Miller Morris, Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Texas at San Antonio

"""This is the most important, original, and comprehensive regional study yet to appear of the amazing Cross Timbers region in North America... It will likely be the standard benchmark survey of the region for quite some time."" -John Miller Morris, Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Texas at San Antonio"

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Richard V. Francaviglia is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Greater Southwestern Studies and the History of Cartography at the University of Texas at Arlington.

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