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Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada

Author : Clarence King
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada written by Clarence King and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bona fide classic, originally published in 1872, Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada is still exciting reading. It describes the perils and pleasures experienced by Clarence King (1842-1901) while conducting the first geological survey of California in the 1860s. His language was equal to the marvels he found, and here with unfading brilliance are his accounts of scaling such mountains as Tyndall, Shasta, and Whitney. The chapters on the Yosemite Valley and surrounding High Sierras were written while he was surveying the boundaries of a newly designated national park. There are also delightful vignettes of western characters, including a Sierra artist and a family of Pike County hog farmers. &

Passing Strange

Author : Martha A. Sandweiss
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781594202001
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Passing Strange written by Martha A. Sandweiss and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Clarence King is a hero of nineteenth-century western history. Brilliant scientist and witty conversationalist, bestselling author and architect of the great surveys that mapped the West after the Civil War, King hid a secret from his Gilded Age cohorts and prominent Newport family: for thirteen years he lived a double life--as the celebrated white Clarence King and as a black Pullman porter and steelworker. Unable to marry the black woman he loved, the fair-haired, blue-eyed King passed as a Negro, revealing his secret to his wife Ada only on his deathbed. Historian Martha Sandweiss is the first writer to uncover the life that King tried so hard to conceal. She reveals the complexity of a man who, while publicly espousing a personal dream of a uniquely American amalgam of white and black, hid his love for his wife and their five biracial children"--Publisher description

Systematic Geology

Author : Clarence King
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 942 pages
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Download or read book Systematic Geology written by Clarence King and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 942 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Biographical Memoir of Clarence King, 1842-1901

Author : Samuel Franklin Emmons
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Biographical Memoir of Clarence King, 1842-1901 written by Samuel Franklin Emmons and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

King of the 40th Parallel

Author : James Gregory Moore
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804752237
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book King of the 40th Parallel written by James Gregory Moore and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book recounts the life and achievements of Clarence King, widely recognized as one of America's most gifted intellectuals of the nineteenth century, and a legendary figure in the American West. King led landmark precursory surveys that positioned him to become the founding director of the U.S. Geological Survey, the most important government science agency in the nation.

The Humboldt Current

Author : Aaron Sachs
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101201614
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book The Humboldt Current written by Aaron Sachs and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-07-31 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterly and beautifully written account of the impact of Alexander von Humboldt on nineteenth-century American history and culture The naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) achieved unparalleled fame in his own time. Today, however, he and his enormous legacy to American thought are virtually unknown. In The Humboldt Current, Aaron Sachs traces Humboldt's pervasive influence on American history through examining the work of four explorers—J. N. Reynolds, Clarence King, George Wallace, and John Muir—who embraced Humboldt's idea of a "chain of connection" uniting all peoples and all environments. A skillful blend of narrative and interpretation that also discusses Humboldt's influence on Emerson, Whitman, Thoreau, Melville, and Poe, The Humboldt Current offers a colorful, passionate, and superbly written reinterpretation of nineteenth-century American history.

Ramblings Through the High Sierra

Author : Joseph LeConte
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Ramblings Through the High Sierra written by Joseph LeConte and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Le Conte (1823-1901) of Georgia earned a medical degree at Columbia University but devoted most of his life to the study of the physical sciences. During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate "science department" and after the war moved to California, where he became Professor of Geology and Natural History at the new University of California. Ramblings through the High Sierra (1890) appeared in the Sierra Club Bulletin as Le Conte's edited version of a journal he kept in the summer of 1870, when several members of the first class of the University of California invited him to join them on a camping trip to the Yosemite Valley and the High Sierras. He describes their five week journey on horseback.

The Mountains of California

Author : John Muir
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The Mountains of California written by John Muir and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Famed naturalist John Muir (1838-1914) came to Wisconsin as a boy and studied at the University of Wisconsin. He first came to California in 1868 and devoted six years to the study of the Yosemite Valley. After work in Nevada, Utah, and Colorado, he returned to California in 1880 and made the state his home. One of the heroes of America's conservation movement, Muir deserves much of the credit for making the Yosemite Valley a protected national park and for alerting Americans to the need to protect this and other natural wonders. The mountains of California (1894) is his book length tribute to the beauties of the Sierras. He recounts not only his own journeys by foot through the mountains, glaciers, forests, and valleys, but also the geological and natural history of the region, ranging from the history of glaciers, the patterns of tree growth, and the daily life of animals and insects. While Yosemite naturally receives great attention, Muir also expounds on less well known beauty spots.

The Baldwin genealogy from 1500 to 1881

Author : C.C. Baldwin
Publisher : Рипол Классик
ISBN 13 : 5874721363
Total Pages : 989 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book The Baldwin genealogy from 1500 to 1881 written by C.C. Baldwin and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1991 with total page 989 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

All the Great Prizes

Author : John Taliaferro
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416597417
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book All the Great Prizes written by John Taliaferro and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first full-scale biography of John Hay since 1934: From secretary to Abraham Lincoln to secretary of state for Theodore Roosevelt, Hay was an essential American figure for more than half a century. John Taliaferro’s brilliant biography captures the extraordinary life of Hay, one of the most amazing figures in American history, and restores him to his rightful place. Private secretary to Lincoln and secretary of state to Theodore Roosevelt, Hay was both witness and author of many of the most significant chapters in American history—from the birth of the Republican Party, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, to the prelude to World War I. As an ambassador and statesman, he guided many of the country’s major diplomatic initiatives at the turn of the twentieth century: the Open Door with China, the creation of the Panama Canal, and the establishment of America as a world leader. Hay’s friends are a who’s who of the era: Mark Twain, Horace Greeley, Henry Adams, Henry James, and virtually every president, sovereign, author, artist, power broker, and robber baron of the Gilded Age. His peers esteemed him as “a perfectly cut stone” and “the greatest prime minister this republic has ever known.” But for all his poise and polish, he had his secrets. His marriage to one of the wealthiest women in the country did not prevent him from pursuing the Madame X of Washington society, whose other secret suitor was Hay’s best friend, Henry Adams. All the Great Prizes, the first authoritative biography of Hay in eighty years, renders a rich and fascinating portrait of this brilliant American and his many worlds.

Up and Down California in 1860-1864

Author : William Henry Brewer
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520027626
Total Pages : 630 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (276 download)

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Download or read book Up and Down California in 1860-1864 written by William Henry Brewer and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1974 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The journal seems to contain information for everyone regardless of one's interest...Each page of this almost six hundred page journal is crammed with facts and descriptions. So much of interest is contained in every entry that each re-reading will reveal many interesting incidents or observations not quite grasped on the first perusal....This book will be a valuable source to all students of California or United States history and to the casual readers as well.

Clarence King

Author : Thurman Wilkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258207755
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Clarence King written by Thurman Wilkins and published by . This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clarence King Was A Geologist Who Played A Major Part In Uncovering California's Great Diamond Hoax Of The Early 1870s. This Book Covers The Prominent Role King Played In The Fortieth Parallel Survey, His Experiences In Mountaineering, Cattle Ranching, European Travel, And More.

Archeology of Mississippi

Author : Calvin Smith Brown
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Archeology of Mississippi written by Calvin Smith Brown and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Huntington Family in America

Author : Huntington Family Association
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1232 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Huntington Family in America written by Huntington Family Association and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Descriptive Geology

Author : A. 1840-1917 Hague
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781378939819
Total Pages : 964 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (398 download)

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Download or read book Descriptive Geology written by A. 1840-1917 Hague and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2018-03-02 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Role of Women in the History of Geology

Author : Cynthia V. Burek
Publisher : Geological Society of London
ISBN 13 : 9781862392274
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (922 download)

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Download or read book The Role of Women in the History of Geology written by Cynthia V. Burek and published by Geological Society of London. This book was released on 2007 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a first as it unravels the diverse roles women have played in the history and development of geology as a science predominantly in the UK, Ireland and Australia, and selectively in Germany, Russia and US. The volume covers the period from the late eighteenth century to the present day and shows how the roles that women have played changed with time. These included illustrators, museum collectors and curators, educationalists, researchers and geologists. Originally as wives, sisters or mothers many were assistants to their male relatives. This book looks at all these forgotten women and for the first time historians and scientists together explore the contribution they made to this male-dominated subject.

Genealogy of the Descendants of John Eliot, "apostle to the Indians," 1598-1905

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Author : Wilimena Hannah Eliot Emerson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Genealogy of the Descendants of John Eliot, "apostle to the Indians," 1598-1905 written by Wilimena Hannah Eliot Emerson and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: