Author : Edmund Berkeley
Publisher : University Alabama Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis George William Featherstonhaugh by : Edmund Berkeley
Download or read book George William Featherstonhaugh written by Edmund Berkeley and published by University Alabama Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "U.S. historians can read this book with considerable profit for the details it offers; general readers can enjoy it as a straightforward and informative biography." --Choice "For anyone interested in the history of American geology, knowledge of G. W. Featherstonhaugh (1780-1866) is both essential and hard to obtain. He was the force behind the first railroad in America; a pioneer in scientific agriculture; an essayist, poet, and novelist; a lobbyist; a linguist; and a daring diplomat who saved the king and queen of France from certain death. [Yet] his strongest tie was with the geology. [This] biography is interesting, well researched and well written. It is a balanced study of a complex man who did so much work and generated such controversy." --Earth Sciences History