Ribbons

Grand Central Publishing · 2006 · Book

A magnificent volume of photographs by Walter W. Nelson exploring a remote and unknown canyon in the Big Bend of Texas, with text by Douglas Preston. The book documents the extraordinary geological formations, springs, plants, animals, and the sweeping history of the canyon spanning from its birth fifty million years ago through the various historical periods including Clovis mammoth hunters, Spanish explorers, Apache wars, and pioneers.