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Author : John Kirk Townsend
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (124 download)
Download or read book Townsend's Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River written by John Kirk Townsend and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Kirk Townsend
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781290167291
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (672 download)
Download or read book Townsend's Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River written by John Kirk Townsend and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Author : John K. Townsend
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ISBN 13 : 9780649388301
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (883 download)
Download or read book Townsend's Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River written by John K. Townsend and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-25 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Kirk Townsend
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781545380697
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (86 download)
Download or read book Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River written by John Kirk Townsend and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-15 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This epic travelogue by doctor and naturalist John Kirk Townsend follows his progress across the danger-fraught wilderness of North America in the 1830s. Townsend was one of thousands of young, adventurous men who ventured westwards. Many of these fellows were trappers and hunters who sought to earn a living finding and selling the pelts of animals. These 'mountain men' were among the first white people to ever witness the Rocky Mountains in person. The ruggedness of these land would claim the lives of many, especially in the initial years when the landscapes were uncharted and unknown. Unlike most of the men who blazed a trail in those early days, Townsend was a man of science trained in medicine. For this he was a valuable asset to other travelers, for whom injury and illness was a frequent fact of life. From these travels, Townsend honed his observational skills as a naturalist; he became famous for collecting and cataloguing numerous new animals, particularly exotic birds native to North America. Beginning his trek in the city of St. Louis, and bidding farewell to the last of the human comforts of urban life, Townsend immediately sets to telling of life going west. He sets a descriptive tone; telling the reader about the Native American tribes, their customs and dress, and the many creatures large and small he would spot along his route. This narrative is valuable for offering a glimpse of the Western frontier as it was long ago; individuals who would otherwise be forgotten and lost to time are described and given life by Townsend. The priests, merchants, trappers and Native Americans he encounters are brought to life, and together they imbue this travelogue with a unique, historical richness.
Author : Reuben Gold Thwaites
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Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Wyeth's Oregon...and Townsend's narrative of a journey across the Rocky Mountains...v.22-25, Travels in the interior of North America; by Maximilian, prince of Wied...v.26, Flagg's The far West...pt.1 written by Reuben Gold Thwaites and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Kirk Townsend
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Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River, and a Visit to the Sandwich Islands, Chili, &c written by John Kirk Townsend and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Kirk Townsend
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ISBN 13 : 9781104884901
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (849 download)
Download or read book Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River (1839) written by John Kirk Townsend and published by . This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Author : John Townsend
Publisher : Applewood Books
ISBN 13 : 1429005513
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Townsend's Narrative written by John Townsend and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noted naturalist and ornithologist describes his journey over the Rockies. The nature of his field, so to speak, informs his work heavily.
Author : Jaipreet Virdi
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226835626
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)
Download or read book Osiris, Volume 39 written by Jaipreet Virdi and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2024-09-02 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a powerful new vision of the history of science through the lens of disability studies. Disability has been a central—if unacknowledged—force in the history of science, as in the scientific disciplines. Across historical epistemology and laboratory research, disability has been “good to think with”: an object of investigation made to yield generalizable truths. Yet disability is rarely imagined to be the source of expertise, especially the kind of expertise that produces (rational, neutral, universal) scientific knowledge. This volume of Osiris places disability history and the history of science in conversation to foreground disability epistemologies, disabled scientists, and disability sciencing (engagement with scientific tools and processes). Looking beyond paradigms of medicalization and industrialization, the volume authors also examine knowledge production about disability from the ancient world to the present in fields ranging from mathematics to the social sciences, resulting in groundbreaking histories of taken-for-granted terms such as impairment, infirmity, epidemics, and shōgai. Some contributors trace the disabling impacts of scientific theories and practices in the contexts of war, factory labor, insurance, and colonialism; others excavate racial and settler ableism in the history of scientific facts, protocols, and collections; still others query the boundaries between scientific, lay, and disability expertise. Contending that disability alters method, authors bring new sources and interpretation techniques to the history of science, overturn familiar narratives, apply disability analyses to established terms and archives, and discuss accessibility issues for disabled historians. The resulting volume announces a disability history of science.
Author : Michael P. Branch
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780820325484
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (254 download)
Download or read book Reading the Roots written by Michael P. Branch and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading the Roots is an unprecedented anthology of outstanding early writings about American nature--a rich, influential, yet critically underappreciated body of work. Rather than begin with Henry David Thoreau, who is often identified as the progenitor of American nature writing, editor Michael P. Branch instead surveys the long tradition that prefigures and anticipates Thoreau and his literary descendants. The selections in Reading the Roots describe a diversity of landscapes, wildlife, and natural phenomena, and their authors represent many different nationalities, cultural affiliations, religious views, and ideological perspectives. The writings gathered here also range widely in terms of subject, rhetorical form, and disciplinary approach--from promotional tracts and European narratives of contact with Native Americans to examples of scientific theology and romantic nature writing. The volume also includes a critical introduction discussing the cultural, scientific, and literary value of early American nature writing; headnotes that contextualize all authors and selections; and a substantial bibliography of primary and secondary sources in the field. Reading the Roots at last makes early American landscapes--and a range of literary responses to them--accessible to scholars, students, and general readers.
Author : Manchester Public Libraries (Manchester, England)
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Total Pages : 1670 pages
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Download or read book Catalogue of the Books in the Manchester Free Library written by Manchester Public Libraries (Manchester, England) and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 1670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Catalogue ... has been prepared with a view to accomplish two objects. One, to offer an inventory of all the books on the shelves of the Reference Department of the Manchester Free Library: the other, to supply ... a ready Key both to the subjects of the books, and to the names of the authors." - v. 1, the compiler to the reader.
Author : Dawn E. Duensing
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824854675
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)
Download or read book Hawai‘i’s Scenic Roads written by Dawn E. Duensing and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hawai‘i's Scenic Roads examines a century of overland transportation from the Kingdom's first constitutional government until World War II, discovering how roads in the world's most isolated archipelago rivaled those on the U.S. mainland. Building Hawai‘i's roads was no easy feat, as engineers confronted a unique combination of circumstances: extreme isolation, mountainous topography, torrential rains, deserts, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and on Haleakalā, freezing temperatures. By investigating the politics and social processes that facilitated road projects, this study explains that foreign settlers wanted roads to "civilize" the Hawaiians and promote western economic development, specifically agriculture. Once sugar became the dominant driver in the economy, civic and political leaders turned their attention to constructing scenic roads. Viewed as "commercial enterprises," scenic byways became an essential factor in establishing tourism as Hawai‘i's "third crop" after sugar and pineapple. These thoroughfares also served as playgrounds for the islands' elite residents and wealthy visitors who could afford the luxury of carriage driving, and after 1900, motorcars. Duensing's provocative analysis of the 1924 Hawai‘i Bill of Rights reveals that roads played a critical role in redefining the Territory of Hawai‘i's status within the United States. Politicians and civic leaders focused on highway funding to argue that Hawai‘i was an "integral part of the Union," thus entitled to be treated as if it were a state. By accepting this "Bill of Rights," Congress confirmed the territory's claim to access federal programs, especially highway aid. Washington's subsequent involvement in Hawaii increased, as did the islands' dependence on the national government. Federal money helped the territory weather the Great Depression as it became enmeshed in New Deal programs and philosophy. Although primarily an economic protest, the Hawai‘i Bill of Rights was a crucial stepping stone on the path to eventual statehood in 1959. The core of this book is the intriguing tales of road projects that established the islands' most renowned scenic drives, including the Pali Highway, byways around Kīlauea Volcano, Haleakalā Highway, and the Hāna Belt Road. The author's unique approach provides a fascinating perspective for understanding Hawai‘i's social dynamics, as well as its political, environmental, and economic history.
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Publisher : Reprint Services Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0781264545
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (812 download)
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ISBN 13 : 078126457X
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Author : Daniel Patterson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 031334681X
Total Pages : 446 pages
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Download or read book Early American Nature Writers written by Daniel Patterson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-11-30 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time when the environment is of growing concern to students and general readers, nature writing is especially meaningful. This book profiles the literary careers of 52 early American nature writers, such as John James Audubon, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Caroline Stansbury Kirkland, Thomas Jefferson, Henry David Thoreau, and Mabel Osgood Wright. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and discusses the writer's life and works. Entries close with primary and secondary bibliographies, and the encyclopedia ends with suggestions for further reading. Global warming, pollution, and other issues have made the environment a topic of constant discussion these days. Many environmental concerns were treated by early American nature writers, who recognized the beauty of the natural world in an age of commercial expansion. Some of the most famous writers of the 18th and 19th centuries wrote about nature, and their works are stylistic masterpieces. At a time when students are being encouraged to read and write about nonfiction, these masterworks of early American nature writing are all the more important. This book gives students and general readers a welcome introduction to early American nature writers.
