The Explorer King

Download The Explorer King full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online The Explorer King ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

The Explorer King

Author : Robert Wilson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743289005
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Explorer King by : Robert Wilson

Download or read book The Explorer King written by Robert Wilson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-10-31 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this, one of the year's most compelling biographies, Robert Wilson paints a brilliant portrait of Clarence King -- a scientist-explorer whose mountain-scaling, desert-crossing, river-fording, blizzard-surviving adventures helped create the new West of the nineteenth century. A sort of Howard Hughes of the 1800s, Clarence King in his youth was an icon of the new America: a man of both action and intellect, who combined science and adventure with romanticism and charm. The Explorer King vividly depicts King's amazing feats and also uncovers the reasons for the shocking decline he suffered after his days on the American frontier. The Yale-educated King went west in 1863 at age twenty-one as a geologist-explorer. During the next decade he scaled the highest peaks of the Sierra Nevada, published a popular book now considered a classic of adventure literature, initiated a groundbreaking land survey of the American West, and ultimately uncovered one of the greatest frauds of the century -- the Great Diamond Hoax, a discovery that made him an international celebrity at a time when they were few and far between. Through King's own rollicking tales, some true, some embroidered, of scaling previously unclimbed mountain peaks, of surviving a monster blizzard near Yosemite, of escaping ambush and capture by Indians, of being chased on horseback for two days by angry bandits, Robert Wilson offers a powerful combination of adventure, history, and nature writing. He also provides the bigger picture of the West at this time, showing the ways in which the terrain of the western United States was measured and charted and mastered, and how science, politics, and business began to intersect and influence one another during this era. Ultimately, King himself would come to symbolize the collision of science and business, possibly the source of his downfall. Fascinating and extensive, The Explorer King movingly portrays the America of the nineteenth century and the man who -- for better or worse -- typified the soul of the era.

Dora and the Unicorn King

Author : Ellie Seiss
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781484410073
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (1 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Dora and the Unicorn King by : Ellie Seiss

Download or read book Dora and the Unicorn King written by Ellie Seiss and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-20 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nickelodeon's Dora the Explorer must help her friend Unicornio get to the castle and become the king of the Enchanted Forest.

The Secret Explorers and the Lost Whales

Author : SJ King
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 074402904X
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (44 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Secret Explorers and the Lost Whales by : SJ King

Download or read book The Secret Explorers and the Lost Whales written by SJ King and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive into the world of The Secret Explorers and learn about ocean life in this action-packed first installment in a brand-new fiction series. Meet The Secret Explorers! This group of brilliant kids comes together from all four corners of the globe to fix problems, solve mysteries, and gather knowledge all over the planet - and beyond. Whenever their help is needed, a special sign will appear on a door. They step through to the Exploration Station and receive their mission... In The Lost Whales, marine life expert Connor needs to use his underwater expertise to help save a pod of humpback whales that have lost their way. Along with space expert Roshni, he sets out in a submarine to search for a way to steer the whales back on track, but encounters unexpected problems along the way, including lost baby whales and a fleet of boats. Will The Secret Explorers manage to succeed in their mission? Packed with fun illustrations and facts about humpback whales, marine life, and how climate change is affecting the oceans, this thrilling adventure is perfect for emerging readers. The action-packed narrative keeps kids engaged and makes learning about the natural world fun.

Dora the Explorer Story Vision Book & DVD

Author : Hinkler Editors
Publisher : Hinkler Books
ISBN 13 : 9781741812244
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Dora the Explorer Story Vision Book & DVD by : Hinkler Editors

Download or read book Dora the Explorer Story Vision Book & DVD written by Hinkler Editors and published by Hinkler Books. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four stories in book and DVD format - the stories and pages come alive on the television screen for the younger child.

Crystal Kingdom Adventures!

Author : Emily Sollinger
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780606069106
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (691 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Crystal Kingdom Adventures! by : Emily Sollinger

Download or read book Crystal Kingdom Adventures! written by Emily Sollinger and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2009-07-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A greedy king has stolen all the color crystals in Crystal Kingdom, but Dora is there to help. A retelling the tentpole episode in language that's perfect for Dora fans

AZ and the Lost City of Ophir

Author : Andrew Zimmern
Publisher : Beaver's Pond Press
ISBN 13 : 9781643439860
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (398 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis AZ and the Lost City of Ophir by : Andrew Zimmern

Download or read book AZ and the Lost City of Ophir written by Andrew Zimmern and published by Beaver's Pond Press. This book was released on 2018-12-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Twelve-year-old AZ dreams of becoming the world's greatest explorer. Instead, he's stuck in summer school with just Odd Uncle Arthur for company. Little does AZ know that this summer will be his most thrilling--and dangerous--adventure yet. After a time-traveling mishap, AZ finds himself in Ophir, a lost city full of wonder, secrets... and cursed tombs. AZ must rely on his new friends and his gut to get him home. But first, he must summon the courage to guard magic artifacts from a repulsive villain. Will blood-thirsty crocodiles, turbulent rapids, and a stomach-churning feast stand in his way? Or does he have what it takes to join the Alliance of World Explorers?"--

Zak's King Arthur Adventure

Author : Adam Guillain
Publisher : Race Ahead with Reading
ISBN 13 : 9780778713982
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (139 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Zak's King Arthur Adventure by : Adam Guillain

Download or read book Zak's King Arthur Adventure written by Adam Guillain and published by Race Ahead with Reading. This book was released on 2014-09-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zak and his family are off for a vacation to the trailer park and Zak has brought his new metal detector. He hopes he can find some treasure! But when he unearths a broken sword, it leads to a much bigger adventure!

Nickelodeon Dora the Explorer Magical Story

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781472316882
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (168 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Nickelodeon Dora the Explorer Magical Story by :

Download or read book Nickelodeon Dora the Explorer Magical Story written by and published by . This book was released on 2013-08-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Read-Aloud Plays: Explorers

Author : Jeanette Sanderson
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780439251815
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (518 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Read-Aloud Plays: Explorers by : Jeanette Sanderson

Download or read book Read-Aloud Plays: Explorers written by Jeanette Sanderson and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2002-07 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bring history to life with these five exciting read-aloud plays. You'll find a play, background information, activities, and writing and discussion prompts on five explorers who helped shape our history: Christopher Columbus, Leif Eriksson, Cabeza de Vaca, Hernando de Soto, and Sieur de La Salle. The plays are perfect for struggling readers. For use with Grades 4-8.

Continental Divide: A History of American Mountaineering

Author : Maurice Isserman
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393292525
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Continental Divide: A History of American Mountaineering by : Maurice Isserman

Download or read book Continental Divide: A History of American Mountaineering written by Maurice Isserman and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2016-04-25 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This magesterial and thrilling history argues that the story of American mountaineering is the story of America itself. In Continental Divide, Maurice Isserman tells the history of American mountaineering through four centuries of landmark climbs and first ascents. Mountains were originally seen as obstacles to civilization; over time they came to be viewed as places of redemption and renewal. The White Mountains stirred the transcendentalists; the Rockies and Sierras pulled explorers westward toward Manifest Destiny; Yosemite inspired the early environmental conservationists. Climbing began in North America as a pursuit for lone eccentrics but grew to become a mass-participation sport. Beginning with Darby Field in 1642, the first person to climb a mountain in North America, Isserman describes the exploration and first ascents of the major American mountain ranges, from the Appalachians to Alaska. He also profiles the most important American mountaineers, including such figures as John C. Frémont, John Muir, Annie Peck, Bradford Washburn, Charlie Houston, and Bob Bates, relating their exploits both at home and abroad. Isserman traces the evolving social, cultural, and political roles mountains played in shaping the country. He describes how American mountaineers forged a "brotherhood of the rope," modeled on America’s unique democratic self-image that characterized climbing in the years leading up to and immediately following World War II. And he underscores the impact of the postwar "rucksack revolution," including the advances in technique and style made by pioneering "dirtbag" rock climbers. A magnificent, deeply researched history, Continental Divide tells a story of adventure and aspiration in the high peaks that makes a vivid case for the importance of mountains to American national identity.

The Secret Explorers and the Rainforest Rangers

Author : SJ King
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781518270628
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (76 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Secret Explorers and the Rainforest Rangers by : SJ King

Download or read book The Secret Explorers and the Rainforest Rangers written by SJ King and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Follow along with the Secret Explorers as they visit an amazing wildlife reserve and make lots of new friends, both human and animal! However, not everyone in the rainforest is as friendly, and the kids soon stumble across a terrible plot to burn an area of the rainforest to expand the palm oil plantation, which will destroy the orangutan habitat, and leave these lovable animals without a home"--

Dora and the Unicorn King (Dora the Explorer)

Author : Nickelodeon Publishing
Publisher : Nickelodeon Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1612634826
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (126 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Dora and the Unicorn King (Dora the Explorer) by : Nickelodeon Publishing

Download or read book Dora and the Unicorn King (Dora the Explorer) written by Nickelodeon Publishing and published by Nickelodeon Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-21 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nickelodeon's Dora the Explorer must help her friend Unicornio get to the castle and become the king of the Enchanted Forest.

Passing Strange

Author : Martha A. Sandweiss
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440686157
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Passing Strange by : Martha A. Sandweiss

Download or read book Passing Strange written by Martha A. Sandweiss and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-02-05 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read Martha A. Sandweiss's posts on the Penguin Blog The secret double life of the man who mapped the American West, and the woman he loved Clarence King was a late nineteenth-century celebrity, a brilliant scientist and explorer once described by Secretary of State John Hay as "the best and brightest of his generation." But King hid a secret from his Gilded Age cohorts and prominent family in Newport: for thirteen years he lived a double life-the first as the prominent white geologist and writer Clarence King, and a second as the black Pullman porter and steelworker named James Todd. The fair, blue-eyed son of a wealthy China trader passed across the color line, revealing his secret to his black common-law wife, Ada Copeland, only on his deathbed. In Passing Strange, noted historian Martha A. Sandweiss tells the dramatic, distinctively American tale of a family built along the fault lines of celebrity, class, and race- a story that spans the long century from Civil War to civil rights.

With La Salle the Explorer

Author : Virginia Watson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis With La Salle the Explorer by : Virginia Watson

Download or read book With La Salle the Explorer written by Virginia Watson and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Photographs of Environmental Phenomena

Author : Gisela Parak
Publisher : transcript Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3839430852
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (394 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Photographs of Environmental Phenomena by : Gisela Parak

Download or read book Photographs of Environmental Phenomena written by Gisela Parak and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2015-08-31 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since well before the debates about global warming and climate change, images have played an important part in bringing changes in nature and the environment to the attention of the general public. Moreover, most of these images have historic precursors. Gisela Parak illuminates how the synergy of photography and science gave rise to a class of photographs of environmental phenomena in the history of the United States of America, and how these images supported and instructed the scientific pursuit of knowledge, and were furthermore used as a persuasive means for directing public opinion.

Peak Pursuits

Author : Caroline Schaumann
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 030025282X
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Peak Pursuits by : Caroline Schaumann

Download or read book Peak Pursuits written by Caroline Schaumann and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interdisciplinary cultural history of exploration and mountaineering in the nineteenth century European forays to mountain summits began in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries with the search for plants and minerals and the study of geology and glaciers. Yet scientists were soon captivated by the enterprise of climbing itself, enthralled with the views and the prospect of “conquering” alpine summits. Inspired by Romantic notions of nature, early mountaineers idealized their endeavors as sublime experiences, all the while deliberately measuring what they saw. As increased leisure time and advances in infrastructure and equipment opened up once formidable mountain regions to those seeking adventure and sport, new models of masculinity emerged that were fraught with tensions. This book examines how written and artistic depictions of nineteenth-century exploration and mountaineering in the Andes, the Alps, and the Sierra Nevada shaped cultural understandings of nature and wilderness in the Anthropocene.

Geographic Personas

Author : Blake Allmendinger
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496226925
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Geographic Personas by : Blake Allmendinger

Download or read book Geographic Personas written by Blake Allmendinger and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2021-06 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as the American West underwent a series of transformations, certain pivotal figures also undertook a process of self-transformation. Geographic Personas reveals a practice of public performance, impersonation, deception, and fraud, exposing the secret lives of men and women who capitalized on changes occurring in the region. These changes affected the arts; land ownership; scientific exploration; definitions of race, gender, and sexual orientation; and relations between the United States and other countries throughout the world. In addition to well-known figures such as Clarence King and Willa Cather, Geographic Personas examines lesser-known players in the performative process of westward expansion, including Isadora Duncan, the founder of modern American dance; Polish actress Helena Modjeska; Adolf Hitler’s favorite author, Karl May; Japanese poet Yone Noguchi; Sylvester Long, a mixed-race star of Native American silent films whose mother was born into slavery; and the perpetrator of the greatest land grant hoax in U.S. history. While scholars have written about the environmental, demographic, and economic changes that occurred in the West during the nineteenth century, Allmendinger adds a crucial piece to this dialogue. He brings to light the experiences of artists, dancers, film stars, con men, and criminals in stories of self-transformation that are often sad, tragic, and poignant.