Big Bend: A Homesteader's Story

by Jo Langford

Fred Gipson (Secondary Author)

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To the wild and fabulous country where the Rio Grande makes its big bend, J. O. Langford came in 1909 with his wife and daughter in search of health and a home. High on a bluff overlooking the spot where Tornillo Creek pours its waters into the turbulent Rio Grande, the Langfords built their home, a rude structure of adobe blocks in a land reputed to be inhabited only by bandits and rattlesnakes.

Big Bend is the story of the Langfords' life in the rugged and spectacularly beautiful country which they came to call their own. Langford's account is told with the help of Fred Gipson, author of Old Yeller and Hound Dog Man.

  • ISBN10 0292788398
  • ISBN13 9780292788398
  • Publish Date 5 July 2010 (first published 1 January 1974)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University of Texas Press
  • Format eBook (EPUB)
  • Language English