Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Crosby, Alexander L.

The Rio Grande Life for the Desert Alexander L. Crosby; Map by Fred Kliem - Champaign, Illinois Garrard Publishing Company 1966 - 96 p. - Rivers of the world .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The long journey -- A bridge of ice -- White men in steel -- Spain gives up -- West to Santa Fe -- Gunfire -- The railroads arrive -- Horned toads and peccaries -- Wild canyons -- Roads to remember.

Bringing its gift of water to the arid lands of Mexico and the United States, this peaceful river is the scene of history-making days in the story of the great Southwest

8 - 12 years


Rio Grande (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) --Rivers--Juvenile literature.
Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) --Rivers--Juvenile literature

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