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Blades in the Sky: Windmilling Through the Eyes of B. H. Tex Burdick Contributor(s): Baker, T Lindsay (Author) , Burdick, B H (Author) , Kelton, Elmer (Preface by)
Blades in the Sky: Windmilling Through the Eyes of B. H. Tex Burdick Contributor(s): Baker, T Lindsay (Author) , Burdick, B H (Author) , Kelton, Elmer (Preface by)
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Blades in the Sky: Windmilling Through the Eyes of B. H. Tex Burdick
Contributor(s): Baker, T Lindsay (Author) , Burdick, B H (Author) , Kelton, Elmer (Preface by)
US SRP: $20.00 US
Binding: Paperback
Copyright Date: 1992
Pub Date: January 15, 1992
Physical Info: 0.38" H x 9.5" L x 8.54" W (0.91 lbs) 107 pages
Battling blazing sun, gritty dust, dizzying heights, and unfriendly rattlesnakes the windmillers of Burdick & Burdick Company in El Paso crossed the Southwest during the Great Depression bringing windmills and water to the parched land. From 1923 to 1942, Burdick photographed his men at work. Those photos, paired with Baker's text, shape Burdick's memories into a fascinating story.
T. Lindsay Baker holds the W. K. Gordon Endowed Chair in Texas Industrial History at Tarleton State University. He has written more than twenty books on the history of the American West, a number of them dealing with energy topics, and he edits the quarterly Windmillers' Gazette newsletter on wind power history. A fellow of the Texas State Historical Association and a member of the Texas Institute of Letters, Baker and his wife live on a family farm in central Texas.
