Big Bend National Park

This book is the first and only comprehensive photographic and word portrait of Big Bend National Park. Laurence Parent presents a magnificent photo gallery of park scenes. He portrays the mountain ranges-Chisos, Dead Horse, Rosillos, and Sierra del Carmen- from first light to moonrise and in all seasons and weather. He includes dramatic images of Santa Elena, Mariscal, and Boquillas canyons, as well as landmark features such as Mule Ears Peaks, Elephant Tusk, and the Chisos Basin Window. Parent also portrays the ephemeral beauty of Big Bend wildflowers, including giant bluebonnets and blooming prickly pear cactus, as well as the traces of human inhabitation at ghost towns scattered around the park. Although no single book could ever hope to contain the vastness of Big Bend National Park between two covers, this one beautifully captures its essence.