Author: Roderick Heather
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ISBN: 9781789555004
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Gordon 'Indiana' MacCreagh led a remarkable life as an intrepid adventurer, explorer and big-game hunter. He was also a prolific author whose writing entertained millions around the world. He travelled extensively overseas and led expeditions to the Amazon and Ethiopia in search of the Ark of the Covenant.
Indiana MacCreagh
Author: Roderick Heather
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781789555004
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Gordon 'Indiana' MacCreagh led a remarkable life as an intrepid adventurer, explorer and big-game hunter. He was also a prolific author whose writing entertained millions around the world. He travelled extensively overseas and led expeditions to the Amazon and Ethiopia in search of the Ark of the Covenant.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781789555004
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Gordon 'Indiana' MacCreagh led a remarkable life as an intrepid adventurer, explorer and big-game hunter. He was also a prolific author whose writing entertained millions around the world. He travelled extensively overseas and led expeditions to the Amazon and Ethiopia in search of the Ark of the Covenant.
White Waters and Black
Author: Gordon MacCreagh
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226500188
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
With a wicked eye for absurdities, Gordon MacCreagh recounts his adventures with eight "Eminent Scientificos" as they set out to explore the Amazon in 1923 without any idea of what lies ahead of them: rapids, malaria, monkey stew, and "dangerous savages." A combination of Twain's The Innocents Abroad and a cautionary tale for explorers, this is one of the most honest accounts ever written of a scientific expedition.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226500188
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
With a wicked eye for absurdities, Gordon MacCreagh recounts his adventures with eight "Eminent Scientificos" as they set out to explore the Amazon in 1923 without any idea of what lies ahead of them: rapids, malaria, monkey stew, and "dangerous savages." A combination of Twain's The Innocents Abroad and a cautionary tale for explorers, this is one of the most honest accounts ever written of a scientific expedition.
This Land Is Your Land
Author: Michael J. Lannoo
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022635850X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Field biology is enjoying a resurgence due to several factors, the most important being the realization that there is no ecology, no conservation, and no ecosystem restoration without an understanding of the basic relationships between species and their environments—an understanding gleaned only through field-based natural history. With this resurgence, modern field biologists find themselves asking fundamental existential questions such as: Where did we come from? What is our story? Are we part of a larger legacy? In This Land Is Your Land, seasoned field biologist Michael J. Lannoo answers these questions and more in a tale rooted in the people and institutions of the Midwest. It is a story told from the ground up, a rubber boot–based natural history of field biology in America. Lannoo illuminates characters such as John Wesley Powell, William Temple Hornaday, and Olaus and Adolph Murie—homegrown midwestern field biologists who either headed east to populate major research centers or went west to conduct their fieldwork along the frontier. From the pioneering work of Victor Shelford, Henry Chandler Cowles, and Aldo Leopold to contemporary insights from biologists such as Jim Furnish and historians such as William Cronon, Lannoo’s unearthing of American—and particularly midwestern—field biologists reveals how these scientists influenced American ecology, conservation biology, and restoration ecology, and in turn drove global conservation efforts through environmental legislation and land set-asides. This Land Is Your Land reveals the little-known legacy of midwestern field biologists, whose ethos and discoveries have enabled us to preserve and understand not just their land, but all lands.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022635850X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Field biology is enjoying a resurgence due to several factors, the most important being the realization that there is no ecology, no conservation, and no ecosystem restoration without an understanding of the basic relationships between species and their environments—an understanding gleaned only through field-based natural history. With this resurgence, modern field biologists find themselves asking fundamental existential questions such as: Where did we come from? What is our story? Are we part of a larger legacy? In This Land Is Your Land, seasoned field biologist Michael J. Lannoo answers these questions and more in a tale rooted in the people and institutions of the Midwest. It is a story told from the ground up, a rubber boot–based natural history of field biology in America. Lannoo illuminates characters such as John Wesley Powell, William Temple Hornaday, and Olaus and Adolph Murie—homegrown midwestern field biologists who either headed east to populate major research centers or went west to conduct their fieldwork along the frontier. From the pioneering work of Victor Shelford, Henry Chandler Cowles, and Aldo Leopold to contemporary insights from biologists such as Jim Furnish and historians such as William Cronon, Lannoo’s unearthing of American—and particularly midwestern—field biologists reveals how these scientists influenced American ecology, conservation biology, and restoration ecology, and in turn drove global conservation efforts through environmental legislation and land set-asides. This Land Is Your Land reveals the little-known legacy of midwestern field biologists, whose ethos and discoveries have enabled us to preserve and understand not just their land, but all lands.
Dr. Muncing, Exorcist (Fantasy and Horror Classics)
Author: Gordon Maccreagh
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473386306
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Many of the earliest occult stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473386306
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Many of the earliest occult stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
A Souvenir of Muncie, Indiana
Author: Central Indiana Gas Company (Muncie, Indiana)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Story of the Magic City
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Category : Muncie (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Category : Muncie (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Abe Martin, of Brown County, Indiana
Author: Kin Hubbard
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Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 170
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Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
The Diary of Calvin Fletcher, Volume 6: 1857-1860
Author: Calvin Fletcher
Publisher: Indiana Historical Society
ISBN: 0871950235
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
Calvin Fletcher, born in Vermont in 1798, came to Indiana from Ohio in 1821, and in the next forty-five years made a fortune, raised eleven children, and was a pillar of the community. This pioneer Indianapolis lawyer, banker, and philanthropist kept a diary for most of his long life, and in it he recorded both the growth of his family and his community. Whether complaining, criticizing, observing shrewdly, or agonizing, Fletcher emerges as both a complex and unforgettable human being. Each of the set's nine volumes has a preface, chronology, and index. Volume nine includes a cumulative index.
Publisher: Indiana Historical Society
ISBN: 0871950235
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
Calvin Fletcher, born in Vermont in 1798, came to Indiana from Ohio in 1821, and in the next forty-five years made a fortune, raised eleven children, and was a pillar of the community. This pioneer Indianapolis lawyer, banker, and philanthropist kept a diary for most of his long life, and in it he recorded both the growth of his family and his community. Whether complaining, criticizing, observing shrewdly, or agonizing, Fletcher emerges as both a complex and unforgettable human being. Each of the set's nine volumes has a preface, chronology, and index. Volume nine includes a cumulative index.
Feeding Our Families
Author: Eleanor Arnold
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Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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The Strike at Shane's
Author: James S. Shelton
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Category : Animal welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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Category : Animal welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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