Author: Ann Zwinger
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816548234
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
The Green River runs wild, free and vigourous from southern Wyoming to northeastern Utah. Edward Abbey wrote in these pages in 1975 that Anne Zwinger's account of the Green River and its subtle forms of life and nonlife may be taken as authoritative. 'Run, River, Run,' should serve as a standard reference work on this part of the American West for many years to come." —New York Times Book Review
Run, River, Run
Author: Ann Zwinger
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816548234
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
The Green River runs wild, free and vigourous from southern Wyoming to northeastern Utah. Edward Abbey wrote in these pages in 1975 that Anne Zwinger's account of the Green River and its subtle forms of life and nonlife may be taken as authoritative. 'Run, River, Run,' should serve as a standard reference work on this part of the American West for many years to come." —New York Times Book Review
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816548234
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
The Green River runs wild, free and vigourous from southern Wyoming to northeastern Utah. Edward Abbey wrote in these pages in 1975 that Anne Zwinger's account of the Green River and its subtle forms of life and nonlife may be taken as authoritative. 'Run, River, Run,' should serve as a standard reference work on this part of the American West for many years to come." —New York Times Book Review
Down the River
Author: Edward Abbey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780844672021
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780844672021
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
River Trilogy
Author: Jono Lineen
Publisher: East Lawrencetown, N.S. : Pottersfield Press
ISBN: 9781895900453
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Publisher: East Lawrencetown, N.S. : Pottersfield Press
ISBN: 9781895900453
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Down the Great River
Author: Willard W. Glazier
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mississippi River
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mississippi River
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Down the Mysterly River
Author: Bill Willingham
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9780765366344
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Top notch Boy Scout Max "the Wolf" cannot remember how he came to be in a strange forest, but soon he and three talking animals are on the run from the Blue Cutters, hunters who will alter the foursome's very essence if they can catch them.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9780765366344
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Top notch Boy Scout Max "the Wolf" cannot remember how he came to be in a strange forest, but soon he and three talking animals are on the run from the Blue Cutters, hunters who will alter the foursome's very essence if they can catch them.
Father Marquette and the Great Rivers
Author: August Derleth
Publisher: Ignatius Press
ISBN: 9780898706642
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
This Vision book for youth 9 - 15 years old tells the thrilling story of one of America's greatest missionaries who came down from Canada with explorer Louis Joliet to explore the mighty Mississippi River, the "great river" bordered by Indian tribes who killed white men on sight. Of the few who had dared explore this immense waterway, none had lived to return and report where it emptied. If he could travel to the mouth of the "great river," Fr. Marquette hoped to obtain new lands for France and new souls for Jesus Christ. He braved the dangers of tomahawks and tortures to bring the Word of God to the Indians of the New World. Rapids, floods, Indian superstitions, tribal warfare - these are only a few of the obstacles Father Marquette and Louis Joliet encountered in trying to meet their challenge. Illustrated.
Publisher: Ignatius Press
ISBN: 9780898706642
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
This Vision book for youth 9 - 15 years old tells the thrilling story of one of America's greatest missionaries who came down from Canada with explorer Louis Joliet to explore the mighty Mississippi River, the "great river" bordered by Indian tribes who killed white men on sight. Of the few who had dared explore this immense waterway, none had lived to return and report where it emptied. If he could travel to the mouth of the "great river," Fr. Marquette hoped to obtain new lands for France and new souls for Jesus Christ. He braved the dangers of tomahawks and tortures to bring the Word of God to the Indians of the New World. Rapids, floods, Indian superstitions, tribal warfare - these are only a few of the obstacles Father Marquette and Louis Joliet encountered in trying to meet their challenge. Illustrated.
Jefferson's America
Author: Julie M. Fenster
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307956547
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
The surprising story of how Thomas Jefferson commanded an unrivaled age of American exploration—and in presiding over that era of discovery, forged a great nation. At the dawn of the nineteenth century, as Britain, France, Spain, and the United States all jockeyed for control of the vast expanses west of the Mississippi River, the stakes for American expansion were incalculably high. Even after the American purchase of the Louisiana Territory, Spain still coveted that land and was prepared to employ any means to retain it. With war expected at any moment, Jefferson played a game of strategy, putting on the ground the only Americans he could: a cadre of explorers who finally annexed it through courageous investigation. Responsible for orchestrating the American push into the continent was President Thomas Jefferson. He most famously recruited Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who led the Corps of Discovery to the Pacific, but at the same time there were other teams who did the same work, in places where it was even more crucial. William Dunbar, George Hunter, Thomas Freeman, Peter Custis, and the dauntless Zebulon Pike—all were dispatched on urgent missions to map the frontier and keep up a steady correspondence with Washington about their findings. But they weren’t always well-matched—with each other and certainly not with a Spanish army of a thousand soldiers or more. These tensions threatened to undermine Jefferson’s goals for the nascent country, leaving the United States in danger of losing its foothold in the West. Deeply researched and inspiringly told, Jefferson’s America rediscovers the robust and often harrowing action from these seminal expeditions and illuminates the president’s vision for a continental America.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307956547
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
The surprising story of how Thomas Jefferson commanded an unrivaled age of American exploration—and in presiding over that era of discovery, forged a great nation. At the dawn of the nineteenth century, as Britain, France, Spain, and the United States all jockeyed for control of the vast expanses west of the Mississippi River, the stakes for American expansion were incalculably high. Even after the American purchase of the Louisiana Territory, Spain still coveted that land and was prepared to employ any means to retain it. With war expected at any moment, Jefferson played a game of strategy, putting on the ground the only Americans he could: a cadre of explorers who finally annexed it through courageous investigation. Responsible for orchestrating the American push into the continent was President Thomas Jefferson. He most famously recruited Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who led the Corps of Discovery to the Pacific, but at the same time there were other teams who did the same work, in places where it was even more crucial. William Dunbar, George Hunter, Thomas Freeman, Peter Custis, and the dauntless Zebulon Pike—all were dispatched on urgent missions to map the frontier and keep up a steady correspondence with Washington about their findings. But they weren’t always well-matched—with each other and certainly not with a Spanish army of a thousand soldiers or more. These tensions threatened to undermine Jefferson’s goals for the nascent country, leaving the United States in danger of losing its foothold in the West. Deeply researched and inspiringly told, Jefferson’s America rediscovers the robust and often harrowing action from these seminal expeditions and illuminates the president’s vision for a continental America.
River of Song
Author: Elijah Wald
Publisher: St Martins Press
ISBN: 9780312200596
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Explores American music
Publisher: St Martins Press
ISBN: 9780312200596
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Explores American music
Down the Wild River North
Author: Constance Helmericks
Publisher: Epicenter Press
ISBN: 1935347896
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
In suburban Arizona, 1964, Connie Helmericks announced to her two daughters, 12-year-old Ann and 14-year-old Jean, "We're going to make a canoe expedition to the Arctic Ocean." And for two successive summers, that's exactly what they did. Down the Wild River North is the vividly told story of their adventures in the remote northern reaches of Canada and the Arctic, in a twenty-foot canoe, amidst a wondrous and vast landscape. A wilderness adventure, and a story of family bonds and spiritual renewal.
Publisher: Epicenter Press
ISBN: 1935347896
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
In suburban Arizona, 1964, Connie Helmericks announced to her two daughters, 12-year-old Ann and 14-year-old Jean, "We're going to make a canoe expedition to the Arctic Ocean." And for two successive summers, that's exactly what they did. Down the Wild River North is the vividly told story of their adventures in the remote northern reaches of Canada and the Arctic, in a twenty-foot canoe, amidst a wondrous and vast landscape. A wilderness adventure, and a story of family bonds and spiritual renewal.
The Last River
Author: Todd Balf
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 9780609606254
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
A chronicle of a kayak team's quest to make the first descent through the dangerous Tsangpo Gorge describes how the four expert members of the team took on an adventure that ended in tragedy.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 9780609606254
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
A chronicle of a kayak team's quest to make the first descent through the dangerous Tsangpo Gorge describes how the four expert members of the team took on an adventure that ended in tragedy.