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Book Synopsis America's Great Mountain Trails by : Tim Palmer
Download or read book America's Great Mountain Trails written by Tim Palmer and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2020 National Outdoor Book Award, this book is a hiker's inspirational bucket list embodied in a lavishly illustrated celebration of our nation's one hundred best mountain trails. America's mountain trails lure us to exquisite heights, from the Atlantic Coast in Maine to the Pacific edge in California and the Northwest. These rugged yet seductive pathways call to all who seek both solace and adventure, whether out for a day hike or an extended backpacking expedition. America's Great Mountain Trails introduces readers to one hundred hikes of a lifetime. The book covers some of our nation's most legendary trails and some that are scarcely known, but all can take us on journeys to remarkable places. Between the ancient Appalachians and the Pacific Coast's uplift lie the Rockies, Desert Range, Sierra Nevadas, Cascade Mountains, Olympics, and more. Beyond are the resoundingly wild terrain of Alaska and the islands of Hawaii and Puerto Rico, which ascend like dreamy visions from the sea. Readers get practical details about the length and difficulty of each hike, along with concise directions to each trailhead, tips about the best seasons to go, advice on permit requirements, and a selection of alternate routes. An appendix offers information about what must be done to protect these special places so they'll remain alluring and rewarding to all the generations ahead. With fascinating text and beautiful photography by Tim Palmer, America's Great Mountain Trails is sure to become the definitive reference book to the most outstanding mountain trails in America.
Book Synopsis America's Mountains by : Frank J. Staub
Download or read book America's Mountains written by Frank J. Staub and published by Mondo Pub. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the mountains of America, discussing what a mountain is, the different types of mountains and how they are formed, mountain climates, and plant and animal life of the mountains.
Download or read book Mountains of North America written by and published by Random House Value Publishing. This book was released on 1984 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :National Geographic Society (U.S.). Special Publications Division Publisher :Caxton Press ISBN 13 : Total Pages :218 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis America's Magnificent Mountains by : National Geographic Society (U.S.). Special Publications Division
Download or read book America's Magnificent Mountains written by National Geographic Society (U.S.). Special Publications Division and published by Caxton Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You will join in a traverse of North America's mighty mountains, feel their lashing winds, bitter cold and blowing snow. In contrast, you may take lessons for water skiing in other places.
Book Synopsis America's Mountains by : Marianne D. Wallace
Download or read book America's Mountains written by Marianne D. Wallace and published by America's Ecosystems. This book was released on 1999 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses prominent mountain chains in North America and the plants and animals found there, including the Appalachian Mountains, Rocky Mountains, and Cascades.
Book Synopsis Mountains of the United States by : Joyce Jeffries
Download or read book Mountains of the United States written by Joyce Jeffries and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mountains of the United States is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.3.9 and Literacy.L.3.4a. Full-page color photographs along with narrative nonfiction text introduces readers to the mountain ranges of the U.S. This book should be paired with Mighty U.S. Mountains" (9781477724859) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.
Book Synopsis How the Mountains Grew by : John Dvorak
Download or read book How the Mountains Grew written by John Dvorak and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The incredible story of the creation of a continent—our continent— from the acclaimed author of The Last Volcano and Mask of the Sun. The immense scale of geologic time is difficult to comprehend. Our lives—and the entirety of human history—are mere nanoseconds on this timescale. Yet we hugely influenced by the land we live on. From shales and fossil fuels, from lake beds to soil composition, from elevation to fault lines, what could be more relevant that the history of the ground beneath our feet? For most of modern history, geologists could say little more about why mountains grew than the obvious: there were forces acting inside the Earth that caused mountains to rise. But what were those forces? And why did they act in some places of the planet and not at others? When the theory of plate tectonics was proposed, our concept of how the Earth worked experienced a momentous shift. As the Andes continue to rise, the Atlantic Ocean steadily widens, and Honolulu creeps ever closer to Tokyo, this seemingly imperceptible creep of the Earth is revealed in the landscape all around us. But tectonics cannot—and do not—explain everything about the wonders of the North American landscape. What about the Black Hills? Or the walls of chalk that stand amongst the rolling hills of west Kansas? Or the fact that the states of Washington and Oregon are slowly rotating clockwise, and there a diamond mine in Arizona? It all points to the geologic secrets hidden inside the 2-billion-year-old-continental masses. A whopping ten times older than the rocky floors of the ocean, continents hold the clues to the long history of our planet. With a sprightly narrative that vividly brings this science to life, John Dvorak's How the Mountains Grew will fill readers with a newfound appreciation for the wonders of the land we live on.
Book Synopsis Towns of the Sandia Mountains by : Mike Smith
Download or read book Towns of the Sandia Mountains written by Mike Smith and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite their seemingly impenetrable western facade, the Sandia Mountains of central New Mexico have been home to humankind for millennia. Ancient cultures ventured into these peaks for the creeks, game, and shelter. The Spanish established protective outposts along the canyons and intermarried with local tribes. Civil War soldiers passed through en route to their infamous battle at Glorieta Pass. Navajos marched around the mountains' southern end after the confinement that ended their Long Walk. Anglo settlers cleared the hilly land and built cabins. And tuberculosis patients moved up into primitive resorts, hoping that the mountains' abundant sunshine and fresh air would help them heal. Today the tiny resorts and traditional hamlets of the Sandias are established villages and communitiesAa-Carnuel, Tijeras, San Antonio, Cedar Crest, Sandia Park, San Antonito, Placitas, and othersAa-and the rough dirt roads that once saw the passing of ox carts are highways and even an interstate. The area's history lives on, however, in crumbling adobe walls, bits of rust, fading memories, and in this photographic retrospective.
Book Synopsis Mount Mitchell and the Black Mountains by : Timothy Silver
Download or read book Mount Mitchell and the Black Mountains written by Timothy Silver and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2003-12-04 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year, thousands of tourists visit Mount Mitchell, the most prominent feature of North Carolina's Black Mountain range and the highest peak in the eastern United States. From Native Americans and early explorers to land speculators and conservationists, people have long been drawn to this rugged region. Timothy Silver explores the long and complicated history of the Black Mountains, drawing on both the historical record and his experience as a backpacker and fly fisherman. He chronicles the geological and environmental forces that created this intriguing landscape, then traces its history of environmental change and human intervention from the days of Indian-European contact to today. Among the many tales Silver recounts is that of Elisha Mitchell, the renowned geologist and University of North Carolina professor for whom Mount Mitchell is named, who fell to his death there in 1857. But nature's stories--of forest fires, chestnut blight, competition among plants and animals, insect invasions, and, most recently, airborne toxins and acid rain--are also part of Silver's narrative, making it the first history of the Appalachians in which the natural world gets equal time with human history. It is only by understanding the dynamic between these two forces, Silver says, that we can begin to protect the Black Mountains for future generations.
Book Synopsis Mineral Resources of the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains ... by : United States. Department of the Treasury
Download or read book Mineral Resources of the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains ... written by United States. Department of the Treasury and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Mountain World by : David Francis Costello
Download or read book The Mountain World written by David Francis Costello and published by Thomas Y. Crowell. This book was released on 1975 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Thunder in the Mountains: Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War by : Daniel J. Sharfstein
Download or read book Thunder in the Mountains: Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War written by Daniel J. Sharfstein and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Beautifully wrought and impossible to put down, Daniel Sharfstein’s Thunder in the Mountains chronicles with compassion and grace that resonant past we should never forget.”—Brenda Wineapple, author of Ecstatic Nation: Confidence, Crisis, and Compromise, 1848–1877 After the Civil War and Reconstruction, a new struggle raged in the Northern Rockies. In the summer of 1877, General Oliver Otis Howard, a champion of African American civil rights, ruthlessly pursued hundreds of Nez Perce families who resisted moving onto a reservation. Standing in his way was Chief Joseph, a young leader who never stopped advocating for Native American sovereignty and equal rights. Thunder in the Mountains is the spellbinding story of two legendary figures and their epic clash of ideas about the meaning of freedom and the role of government in American life.
Download or read book Mountains written by Seymour Simon and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1997-09-22 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the trademark Simon style, carefully selected color photos, drawings, and a clear and informative text tell the story of Earth's mountains: their formation, relative sizes, ecology, and influence on weather....Simon may have done more than any other living author to help us understand and appreciate the beauty of our planet and our universe;
Book Synopsis The Mountains of America, from Alaska to the Great Smokies by : Franklin Russell
Download or read book The Mountains of America, from Alaska to the Great Smokies written by Franklin Russell and published by Random House Value Publishing. This book was released on 1981 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis America's Top 10 Mountains by : Jenny Tesar
Download or read book America's Top 10 Mountains written by Jenny Tesar and published by Blackbirch Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 1997-08 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses ten of America's most unique mountains : Grand Teton, Magazine Mountain, Mauna Kea, Mount Elbert, Mount MnKinley, Mount Mitchell, Mount Rainer, Mount Saint Elias, Mount Washington, and Mount Whitney.
Book Synopsis Planet Earth by : William K. Smithey
Download or read book Planet Earth written by William K. Smithey and published by Smithmark Publishers. This book was released on 1991 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Mountains That Remade America by : Craig H. Jones
Download or read book The Mountains That Remade America written by Craig H. Jones and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From ski towns to national parks, fresh fruit to environmental lawsuits, the Sierra Nevada has changed the way Americans live. Where there was gold to be mined (and where there was not) redefined land, mineral, and water laws. Where rain falls (and where it doesn’t) determines whose fruit grows on trees and whose appears on slot machines. All this emerges from the geology of the range and how it changed history, and in so doing, changed the country. The Mountains That Remade America combines geology with history to show how the particular forces and conditions that created the Sierra Nevada have effected broad outcomes and influenced daily life in the United States in the past and continue to do so today. Drawing connections between events in historical geology and contemporary society, Craig H. Jones makes geological science accessible and shows the vast impact this mountain range has had on the American West.