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Download or read book Death Valley written by Grace Vail and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Death Valley in the American Southwest isn't a destination for those who don't enjoy the heat! Its scary name was given to it by a group of gold seekers who barely made it out of the valley alive. In fact, a few in their group weren't as lucky. Readers of this book will find out more about the unique landscape of this national park and about the animals and plants that have the vital adaptations needed to live there. Incredible photographs reflect why so many visitors make the trip to California and Nevada to experience Death Valley for themselves.
Book Synopsis The Explorer's Guide to Death Valley National Park, Third Edition by : T. Scott Bryan
Download or read book The Explorer's Guide to Death Valley National Park, Third Edition written by T. Scott Bryan and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2015-01-15 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1995, soon after Death Valley National Park became the fifty-third park in the U.S. park system, The Explorer's Guide to Death Valley National Park was the first complete guidebook available for this spectacular area. Now in its third edition, this is still the only book that includes all aspects of the park. Much more than just a guidebook, it covers the park's cultural history, botany and zoology, hiking and biking opportunities, and more. Information is provided for all of Death Valley's visitors, from first-time travelers just learning about the area to those who are returning for in-depth explorations. The book includes updated point-to-point logs for every road within and around the park, as well as more accurate map than those in any other publication. With extensive input from National Park Service resource management, law enforcement, and interpretive personnel, as well as a thorough bibliography for suggested reading, The Explorer's Guide to Death Valley National Park, Third Edition is the most up-to-date, accurate, and comprehensive guide available for this national treasure.
Book Synopsis R026: Guidebook: Las Vegas to Death Valley and return by : John W. Erwin
Download or read book R026: Guidebook: Las Vegas to Death Valley and return written by John W. Erwin and published by NV Bureau of Mines & Geology. This book was released on with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Explorer's Guide to Death Valley National Park, Fourth Edition by : T. Scott Bryan
Download or read book The Explorer's Guide to Death Valley National Park, Fourth Edition written by T. Scott Bryan and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2021-02-08 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1995, soon after Death Valley National Park became the fifty-third park in the US park system, The Explorer’s Guide to Death Valley National Park was the first complete guidebook available for this spectacular area. Now in its fourth edition, this is still the only book that includes all aspects of the park. Much more than just a guidebook, it covers the park’s cultural history, botany and zoology, hiking and biking opportunities, and more. Information is provided for all of Death Valley’s visitors, from first-time travelers just learning about the area to those who are returning for in-depth explorations. This new edition features a number of important changes—including information on the boundary and wilderness changes that resulted from the Dingell Act of 2019, the reopened Keane Wonder Mine area, the devastating flash flooding of Scotty’s Castle, scenic river designations, the Inn and Ranch resorts, renovated and now operated as the Oasis at Death Valley—as well as new maps and updated color photos. With extensive input from National Park Service resource management, law enforcement, and interpretive personnel, as well as a thorough bibliography for suggested reading, The Explorer’s Guide to Death Valley National Park, Fourth Edition is the most up-to-date, accurate, and comprehensive guide available for this national treasure.
Book Synopsis Death Valley and the Amargosa by : Richard E. Lingenfelter
Download or read book Death Valley and the Amargosa written by Richard E. Lingenfelter and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1988-01-11 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the history of Death Valley, where that bitter stream the Amargosa dies. It embraces the whole basin of the Amargosa from the Panamints to the Spring Mountains, from the Palmettos to the Avawatz. And it spans a century from the earliest recollections and the oldest records to that day in 1933 when much of the valley was finally set aside as a National Monument. This is the story of an illusory land, of the people it attracted and of the dreams and delusions they pursued-the story of the metals in its mountains and the salts in its sinks, of its desiccating heat and its revitalizing springs, and of all the riches of its scenery and lore-the story of Indians and horse thieves, lost argonauts and lost mine hunters, prospectors and promoters, miners and millionaires, stockholders and stock sharps, homesteaders and hermits, writers and tourists. But mostly this is the story of the illusions-the illusions of a shortcut to the gold diggings that lured the forty-niners, of inescapable deadliness that hung in the name they left behind, of lost bonanzas that grew out of the few nuggets they found, of immeasurable riches spread by hopeful prospectors and calculating con men, and of impenetrable mysteries concocted by the likes of Scotty. These and many lesser illusions are the heart of its history.
Book Synopsis Death Valley National Park by : John Hamilton
Download or read book Death Valley National Park written by John Hamilton and published by ABDO Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-08-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Parks are part of the heritage of America, and this title examines one of the most compelling parks in the country, Death Valley National Park. Students will examine the ecosystems, geology, and the flora and fauna that makes Death Valley unique. Readers will learn this park's history from early human habitation through its designation as a national park, and examine the conflict between conservation and tourism that challenges efforts to preserve this national treasure for future generations. Includes original photos from award-winning author/photographer John Hamilton. ABDO & Daughters is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
Book Synopsis The Explorer’s Guide to Death Valley National Park, Second Edition by :
Download or read book The Explorer’s Guide to Death Valley National Park, Second Edition written by and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2009 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1995, soon after Death Valley National Park became the fifty-third park in the U.S. park system, The Explorer's Guide to Death Valley National Park was the first complete guidebook available for this spectacular area. Now in its second edition, this is still the only book that includes all aspects of the park. Much more than just a guidebook, it covers the park's cultural history, botany and zoology, hiking and biking opportunities, and more.
Book Synopsis The Twenty Mule Team of Death Valley by : Ted Faye
Download or read book The Twenty Mule Team of Death Valley written by Ted Faye and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ted Faye is a documentary filmmaker whose company, Gold Creek Films, specializes in stories of the West. Ted develops touring information, including audio CDs, signage, and brochures. He also helps communities to find and tell their stories. Ted was the historian to US Borax, and many images from this book are from the Borax collection at Death Valley National Park.
Book Synopsis The History of the Death Valley Region by : Michael Brown
Download or read book The History of the Death Valley Region written by Michael Brown and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-09-07 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive history of the Death Valley Region. Beginning with the native people who inhabited the area and the eventual discovery of the area by Europeans. The book details the history of the area from its initial development of mining and transportation to its eventual development into tourism and becoming a National Park. The book includes many maps and vintage photographs of the region.
Book Synopsis Death Valley Gold Rush by : Ted Faye
Download or read book Death Valley Gold Rush written by Ted Faye and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-17 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the mid-19th century to the 1930s, no place in America was more feared or mysterious than the stretch of desert on the California-Nevada border known as Death Valley. While today Death Valley National Park is seen as a place of natural beauty and scenic wonders, there were once rumors of vaporous gases so toxic that birds flying overhead would drop dead instantly. One of the first Americans to encounter this dreaded land was William Lewis Manly, who left his Wisconsin home for California's 1849 Gold Rush and who heroically saved those lost pioneers who would give Death Valley its name. Other pioneers in the early 20th century were Frank "Shorty" Harris, who made Death Valley's biggest gold strike; the Hoyt brothers, who, in 1908, struck it rich in a place called Skidoo; and in the 1920s, a con man named C.C. Julian, who used the valley's reputation to scam naive investors. There was a time when the entire country seemed to be consumed with news and tales of the Death Valley Gold Rush. Ted Faye is a documentary filmmaker, exhibit curator, and historical researcher on stories and people of the Death Valley region. Faye has worked with tourism boards on both the state and local levels to develop materials that tell the stories of their communities. He was a historian at US Borax, and many images from this book are from the Borax collection at Death Valley National Park.
Book Synopsis Historic Resource Study, a History of Mining in Death Valley National Monument by : Linda W. Greene
Download or read book Historic Resource Study, a History of Mining in Death Valley National Monument written by Linda W. Greene and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Death Valley National Park & Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge by : Joseph Albino
Download or read book Death Valley National Park & Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge written by Joseph Albino and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-04-06 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Dantes View one looks down into the Badwater Basin of Death Valley, with the Panamint Mountains across the Valley and Telescope Peak out of view to the left.
Book Synopsis What to Do in Death Valley by : Richard Hauser
Download or read book What to Do in Death Valley written by Richard Hauser and published by Hauser Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-28 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you visiting Death Valley and would like to find out about sightseeing opportunities, hiking trails, scenic drives and other popular activities in the area? "What To Do In Death Valley" is an up-to-date guide with plenty of attraction listings, images and maps that will give you lots of ideas for your upcoming trip and help you get to know the national park the way only locals do.
Download or read book Promised Lands written by David M. Wrobel and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2002-10-31 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether seen as a land of opportunity or as paradise lost, the American West took shape in the nation's imagination with the help of those who wrote about it; but two groups who did much to shape that perception are often overlooked today. Promoters trying to lure settlers and investors to the West insisted that the frontier had already been tamed-that the only frontiers remaining were those of opportunity. Through posters, pamphlets, newspaper articles, and other printed pieces, these boosters literally imagined places into existence by depicting backwater areas as settled, culturally developed regions where newcomers would find none of the hardships associated with frontier life. Quick on their heels, some of the West's original settlers had begun publishing their reminiscences in books and periodicals and banding together in pioneer societies to sustain their conception of frontier heritage. Their selective memory focused on the savage wilderness they had tamed, exaggerating the past every bit as much as promoters exaggerated the present. Although they are generally seen today as unscrupulous charlatans and tellers of tall tales, David Wrobel reveals that these promoters and reminiscers were more significant than their detractors have suggested. By exploring the vast literature produced by these individuals from the end of the Civil War through the 1920s, he clarifies the pivotal impact of their works on our vision of both the historic and mythic West. In examining their role in forging both sense of place within the West and the nation's sense of the West as a place, Wrobel shows that these works were vital to the process of identity formation among westerners themselves and to the construction of a "West" in the national imagination. Wrobel also sheds light on the often elitist, sometimes racist legacies of both groups through their characterizations of Native Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Asian Americans. In the era Wrobel examines, promoters painted the future of each western place as if it were already present, while the old-timers preserved the past as if it were still present. But, as he also demonstrates, that West has not really changed much: promoters still tout its promise, while old-timers still try to preserve their selective memories. Even relatively recent western residents still tap into the region's mythic pioneer heritage as they form their attachments to place. Promised Lands shows us that the West may well move into the twenty-first century, but our images of it are forever rooted in the nineteenth.
Book Synopsis Death Valley Discovery by : Gary Morris
Download or read book Death Valley Discovery written by Gary Morris and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At 4:12 a.m. on August 27, 1983, Gary Morris began a nonstop run from Badwater at 283 feet below sea level in Death Valley. At seventy-eight hours and thirty-six minutes later, he reached the top of Mt. Whitney, 14,495 feet above sea level, the fourth person in history to do so. At mile 118, his crew shared the following inspiring poem. On December nights when the rain we needed months ago is still far off and the wind gropes through the desert in search of any tree to hold it those who live here all year round listen to the irresistible voice of loneliness and want only to be left alone local knowledge is to live in a place and know the place however barren some kinds of damage provide their own defense and we who stay in the ruins are secure against enemies and friends if you should see one of us in the distance as your caravan passes and if he is ragged and gesturing do not be mistaken he is not gesturing for rescue he is shouting go away From that moment until today, these words spoke volumes to this lone runner beside an empty road in the desert as he continues his quest for local knowledge to make and share an impact on our environment.
Book Synopsis Death Valley National Monument (N.M.), Natural and Cultural Resource Management Plan, Proposed (NV,CA) by :
Download or read book Death Valley National Monument (N.M.), Natural and Cultural Resource Management Plan, Proposed (NV,CA) written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Moon Death Valley National Park by : Jenna Blough
Download or read book Moon Death Valley National Park written by Jenna Blough and published by Moon Travel. This book was released on 2024-06-11 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trek across the salt flats, scale the towering rocks, and explore the marble canyons of this otherworldly landscape with Moon Death Valley National Park. Inside you'll find: Flexible Itineraries: Unique and adventure-packed ideas for day trips, a week on the road, families with kids, and more The Best Hikes in Death Valley: Detailed trail descriptions, mileage and elevation gains, and backpacking options Experience the Outdoors: Hike through forested trails to sweeping canyon views and discover abandoned mining camps, remote ghost towns, and hidden springs. Go four-wheeling in the backcountry and admire surreal salt flats, rock formations, and sculpted sand dunes, and find the best vistas for that perfect sunset photo-op How to Get There: Up-to-date information on gateway towns, park entrances, park fees, and tours Where to Stay: Spend the night in a nearby hotel, or sleep under the stars with campgrounds both inside and outside the park Planning Tips: When to go, what to pack, safety information, and how to avoid the crowds, with full-color photos and detailed maps throughout Expertise and Know-How: Explore the park with Death Valley expert Jenna Blough Experience the best of Death Valley National Park with Moon. Visiting more of North America's national parks? Try Moon Joshua Tree & Palm Springs. Trying to hit them all? Check out Moon USA National Parks. About Moon Travel Guides: Moon was founded in 1973 to empower independent, active, and conscious travel. We prioritize local businesses, outdoor recreation, and traveling strategically and sustainably. Moon Travel Guides are written by local, expert authors with great stories to tell—and they can't wait to share their favorite places with you. For more inspiration, follow @moonguides on social media.
