On The Border
Subtitle: An Environmental History Of San Antonio
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: October 25, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780822941637
Subjects: American history; Local history; The Environment; United States - State & Local - West; Management; History - U.S; United States - State & Local - General; History: American; Texas; Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; History; Water-supply; Environmental policy; Land use; San Antonio
First sentence: All he wanted was bait for fishing, but when the young man cracked open a mussel he had pulled up from the shallow waters of the San Antonio River he was startled to "discover a pearl imbedded in the unhappy bivalve."