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4 unusual facts about Goodbye to a River


Brazos River

Of these three, Granbury was the last to be completed, in 1969, and its proposed construction in the mid-1950s became the impetus for John Graves' book, Goodbye to a River.

Camp El Tesoro

The proposed construction of the dam in the mid-1950s was the impetus for John Graves' book, Goodbye to a River, in which Graves mentions El Tesoro.

De Cordova Bend Dam

The proposed construction of the De Cordova Bend Dam in the mid-1950s became the impetus for John Graves' book, Goodbye to a River.

Texas Monthly

In the 1980s, Texas Monthly Press published such books as Goodbye to a River and Hank the Cowdog and authors such as Bud Shrake, Stephen Harrigan and Gary Cartwright.



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