The San Luis Valley : sand dunes and sandhill cranes
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Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2005.
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Alamosa Public Library - NONFICTION | 917.883 TWE | On Shelf | |
Baca Grande Public Library - COLORADO | COLO 917.883 TWE | On Shelf | |
Canon City Public Library - NONFICTION | 917.88 TWE | On Shelf | |
Del Norte Jr./Sr. High School - HISTORY | HIST LOCAL NF TWEIT | On Shelf | |
Ignacio Community Library - SOUTHWEST | SW 917.88 TWE | On Shelf |
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Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Colo.)
Natural history -- San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.)
San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.) -- Description and travel.
San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.) -- History, Local.
San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.) -- History.
San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.) -- Pictorial works.
Sandhill crane -- San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.)
Natural history -- San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.)
San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.) -- Description and travel.
San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.) -- History, Local.
San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.) -- History.
San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.) -- Pictorial works.
Sandhill crane -- San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.)
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Published
Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2005.
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Book
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x, 78 pages : illustrations, map ; 17 cm.
Language
English
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"Colorado's San Luis Valley is not a place for the timid. Sizzling hot in summer, frigid cold in winter, this huge landscape is humbling in its openness, a place defined by the rhythms of nature - and by the thrust and parry of male courting female in the ritual dance of sandhill cranes. These majestic birds arrive by the thousands twice a year to feed, rest, and socialize in the valley's wetlands - invisible except from the air - and their cries temper the constant wind." "Susan Tweit guides readers through this land of sand dunes and sandhill cranes, describing its natural features and tracing its human history from buffalo hunters and conquistadors to Hispanic farming communities and UFO observatories. And in stunning images, photographer Glenn Oakley brings his intimate feel for light and landscape to portraying not only the subtle beauty of this high-desert sanctuary but also the grandeur of the cranes in flight." "As an intimate look at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve and the San Luis Valley, this book reveals a desert place as seductive and sobering as existence itself."--BOOK JACKET
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Tweit, S. J., & Oakley, G. (2005). The San Luis Valley: sand dunes and sandhill cranes . University of Arizona Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Tweit, Susan J and Glenn Oakley. 2005. The San Luis Valley: Sand Dunes and Sandhill Cranes. University of Arizona Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Tweit, Susan J and Glenn Oakley. The San Luis Valley: Sand Dunes and Sandhill Cranes University of Arizona Press, 2005.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Tweit, Susan J., and Glenn Oakley. The San Luis Valley: Sand Dunes and Sandhill Cranes University of Arizona Press, 2005.
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