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Author : Henry Walsworth Kinney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book The Code of the Karstens written by Henry Walsworth Kinney and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Patrick Dean
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1643136437
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)
Download or read book A Window to Heaven written by Patrick Dean and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The captivating and heroic story of Hudson Stuck—an Episcopal priest—and his team's history-making summit of Denali. In 1913, four men made a months-long journey by dog sled to the base of the tallest mountain in North America. Several groups had already tried but failed to reach the top of a mountain whose size—occupying 120 square miles of the earth’s surface —and position as the Earth’s northernmost peak of more than 6,000 meters elevation make it one of the world’s deadliest mountains. Although its height from base to top is actually greater than Everest’s, it is Denali's weather, not altitude, that have caused the great majority of fatalities—over a hundred since 1903. Denali experiences weather more severe than the North Pole, with temperatures of forty below zero and winds that howl at 80 to 100 miles per hour for days at a stretch. But in 1913 none of this mattered to Hudson Stuck, a fifty-year old Episcopal priest, Harry Karstens, the hardened Alaskan wilderness guide, Walter Harper, and Robert Tatum, both just in their twenties. They were all determined to be the first to set foot on top of Denali. In A Window to Heaven, Patrick Dean brings to life this heart-pounding and spellbinding feat of this first ascent and paints a rich portrait of the frontier at the turn of the twentieth century. The story of Stuck and his team will lead us through the Texas frontier and Tennessee mountains to an encounter with Jack London at the peak of the Yukon Goldrush. We experience Stuck's awe at the rich Aleut and Athabascan indigenous traditions—and his efforts to help preserve these ways of life. Filled with daring exploration and rich history, A Window to Heaven is a brilliant and spellbinding narrative of success against the odds.
Author : Geographical Society of Philadelphia
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)
Download or read book Bulletin written by Geographical Society of Philadelphia and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. House. Appropriations
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1134 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Interior Department Appropriation Bill written by United States. Congress. House. Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 1134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1130 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Interior Department Appropriation Bill, 1928 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 1130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Park Fisher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Yale Review written by George Park Fisher and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tracy Sumner
Publisher : Northfield Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781881273141
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (731 download)
Download or read book Karsten's Way written by Tracy Sumner and published by Northfield Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Golf, anyone? Karsten's Way tells the story of an ingenious man who took a long shot to improve his game and the game of millions of golfers around the world. His goal: to help golfers play their best and enjoy the game.Read the dramatic life story of Karsten Solheim, inventor of the PING golf club - the club that revolutionized the game of golf. Solheim's rise from shoemaker to world-recognized golf club designer and manufacturer is one of American industry's greatest success stories.Understand how Karsten Solheim's faith in God propelled him toward success. His passion for quality and belief in himself and his ideas became the hallmarks of his success and that of his business, the Karsten Manufacturing Company. An inspiring read for anyone with ambitious dreams and a love for the exciting game of golf.
Author : Jeffrey Babcock
Publisher : Publication Consultants
ISBN 13 : 1594332711
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (943 download)
Download or read book Should I Not Return written by Jeffrey Babcock and published by Publication Consultants. This book was released on 2014-10-27 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Should I Not Return is the story of a young east coast climber, who joins his brother in Alaska to climb Mount McKinley. What set their climb apart from those before it, and even those afterward, was a disaster of such magnitude that it became know as North America's worst mountaineering tragedy. Prior to July of 1967 only four men had ever perished on Denali, and then, in one fell swoop, Denali--like Melville s, Great White Whale, Moby Dick--indiscriminately took the lives of seven men. The brothers survive one danger after another: a terrible train accident, a near drowning in the McKinley River, an encounter with a large grizzly, a 60 foot plunge into a gaping crevasse, swept away by a massive avalanche, and finally a climactic escape from the terror of 100 mph winds while descending from the summit. Should I Not Return is a one of a kind cliffhanger packed with danger, survival under the worst conditions, and heroism on the Last Frontier s most treasured trophy--the icy slopes of Denali, North America s tallest mountain--Mount McKinley.
Author : Bill Sherwonit
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 9780898867107
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (671 download)
Download or read book Denali written by Bill Sherwonit and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Denali, "The High One," (Alaska's Mount McKinley) has beguiled storytellers since time immemorial. In this wide- ranging anthology spanning 101 years of published writings - representing both the northern classics and little-known gems - editor Bill Sherwont gives us a taste of rich literary legacy.
Author : Cyrille Fijnaut
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9004633456
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)
Download or read book Undercover Police Surveillance in Comparative Perspective written by Cyrille Fijnaut and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2023-08-14 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States and Europe have recently experienced a significant expansion in the use of undercover police tactics and technological means of surveillance. In a democratic society, such tactics raise significant questions for public policy and social research. New and sophisticated forms of crime and social control (and their internationalization) represent an important and neglected topic. Realizing this, the leading scholars in this field created a European and American working group for the comparative study of police surveillance. This collaborative, landmark volume reports the results of their work. It is the first book ever devoted to the comparative study of the topic and includes articles on the historical development of covert policing in Europe and its spread to the United States (where it was extended and recently exported back to Europe), plus detailed accounts of the use of covert tactics in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Iceland, Sweden, Canada and the United States. Audience: Social scientists, historians, policy makers, lawyers, and criminal justice practitioners
Author : Geographical Society of Philadelphia
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia written by Geographical Society of Philadelphia and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bill Sherwonit
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
ISBN 13 : 0882409182
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (824 download)
Download or read book To The Top of Denali written by Bill Sherwonit and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this revised and updated third edition, Bill Sherwonit brings to life the adventure, heroism, triumph, and tragedy of climbing North America's highest peak, Denali. He offers great insight and tales of daring adventure for both experienced climbers and armchair explorers who wonder why people climb mountains. The book contains stores about some of the best known personalities associated with the mountain from Bradford Washburn to Vern Tejas. Sherwonit has added new records and climbing data along with some stories of new faces who have attempted the climb. He also updated the Park Service rules regarding climbing Denali.
Author : Tracy Salcedo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493028928
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Historic Denali National Park and Preserve written by Tracy Salcedo and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating our national parks Denali National Park celebrates its centennial anniversary in 2017 The park attracts more than 400,000 visitors annually More than 60 historic photographs throughout Historic Denali National Park is a vibrant narrative that covers different parts of the park’s history, from the Native Americans and the early explorers to park visitors today. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Denali National Park and learn more about one of America’s greatest treasures.
Author : Traveler T Terpening
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN 13 : 9781841622989
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (229 download)
Download or read book Alaska written by Traveler T Terpening and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2010 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only guide to feature the destinations in Alaska accessible by rail, car and ferry written by an author who grew up in Alaska and continues to live there today.
Author : Lew Freedman
Publisher : Epicenter Press
ISBN 13 : 193534787X
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (353 download)
Download or read book Denali Ranger written by Lew Freedman and published by Epicenter Press. This book was released on 2017-09 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roger Robinson has been Denali mountaineering for over forty years and has worked as a ranger for most of this time. Robinson has climbed Denali, at 20,310 feet, numerous times, leading patrols and rescues on the mountain and experiencing a series of adventures on one of the best-known and formidable mountains in the world, a mountain that for many is the symbol of Alaska, the 49th state.
Author : James M. Tabor
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393066851
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters written by James M. Tabor and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2008-06-17 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award Grand Prize Winner, Banff Mountain Book Festival "Forever on the Mountain grips even non-climbers with its harrowing scenes of thorny relationships tested by extraordinary circumstances." —Washington Post In 1967, seven young men, members of a twelve-man expedition led by twenty-four-year-old Joe Wilcox, were stranded at 20,000 feet on Alaska’s Mount McKinley in a vicious Arctic storm. Ten days passed while the storm raged, yet no rescue was mounted. All seven perished in what remains the most tragic expedition in American climbing history. Revisiting the event in the tradition of Norman Maclean’s Young Men and Fire, James M. Tabor uncovers elements of controversy, finger-pointing, and cover-up that make this disaster unlike any other.
Author : Lonn Taylor
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806167769
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)
Download or read book Child of the Sun written by Lonn Taylor and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2020-09-24 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historian Lonn Taylor built a career as a curator in history museums, including the Smithsonian Institution. In retirement he wrote weekly columns on the people and places of Texas, signed the “Rambling Boy,” that were distributed widely in print and on the radio. This book stands out from his numerous other books on historical and literary topics: it’s the only one he wrote about himself and the last book he wrote before he died in June 2019. It describes how his experience of growing up in the Philippines from 1947 to 1955 shaped his entire life by teaching him the destructive power of war. In the Philippines, his father was employed as a civil engineer building and rebuilding roads and bridges in the war-devastated islands. “I lived most of my daily life in a well-protected bubble of white colonialism,” he says in this memoir of his youth, “and thought nothing about it.” Despite that “well-protected bubble,” Taylor was aware of the ruins all around him, the ravages of bombs and artillery shells, and of his Filipino neighbors unbowed by their loss of wealth and privilege, or their confinement and starvation in Japanese internment camps. The manifest strengths and resilience of a society blended of Malay, Chinese, Spanish, and American cultures made him a lifelong believer in the benefits of multiculturalism—even as he bore witness to the islands’ postcolonial woes: a feudal agricultural system maintained by landlords with private armies, corruption so endemic that even post office clerks expected tips for selling stamps, and deadly outbreaks of personal violence. As an American child in the Philippines, and then, inevitably, an outsider in the postwar America he returned to at fifteen, Taylor honed a keen and varied sense of difference in class, culture, and language. This nuanced understanding can be heard throughout Child of the Sun as Taylor reflects on his innocent years, conveying with hard-earned worldliness and wisdom all the beauty and lasting conflict of a lost world and time.
