Author: Appalachian Mountain Club Books
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781929173877
Category : Canoes and canoeing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Completely revised and updated, this is the definitive guide to more than 2000 miles of river in southern New England, making it the ideal resource for whitewater and flat water kayakers and canoeists.
AMC River Guide
Author: Appalachian Mountain Club Books
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781929173877
Category : Canoes and canoeing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Completely revised and updated, this is the definitive guide to more than 2000 miles of river in southern New England, making it the ideal resource for whitewater and flat water kayakers and canoeists.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781929173877
Category : Canoes and canoeing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Completely revised and updated, this is the definitive guide to more than 2000 miles of river in southern New England, making it the ideal resource for whitewater and flat water kayakers and canoeists.
Consumer's Resource Handbook
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Consumer protection
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Consumer protection
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Old Wheelways
Author: Robert L. McCullough
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262552493
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
How American bicyclists shaped the landscape and left traces of their journeys for us in writing, illustrations, and photographs. In the later part of the nineteenth century, American bicyclists were explorers, cycling through both charted and uncharted territory. These wheelmen and wheelwomen became keen observers of suburban and rural landscapes, and left copious records of their journeys—in travel narratives, journalism, maps, photographs, illustrations. They were also instrumental in the construction of roads and paths (“wheelways”)—building them, funding them, and lobbying legislators for them. Their explorations shaped the landscape and the way we look at it, yet with few exceptions their writings have been largely overlooked by landscape scholars, and many of the paths cyclists cleared have disappeared. In Old Wheelways, Robert McCullough restores the pioneering cyclists of the nineteenth century to the history of American landscapes. McCullough recounts marathon cycling trips around the Northeast undertaken by hardy cyclists, who then describe their journeys in such magazines as The Wheelman Illustrated and Bicycling World; the work of illustrators (including Childe Hassam, before his fame as a painter); efforts by cyclists to build better rural roads and bicycle paths; and conflicts with park planners, including the famous Olmsted Firm, who often opposed separate paths for bicycles. Today's ubiquitous bicycle lanes owe their origins to nineteenth century versions, including New York City's “asphalt ribbons.” Long before there were “rails to trails,” there was a movement to adapt existing passageways—including aqueduct corridors, trolley rights-of-way, and canal towpaths—for bicycling. The campaigns for wheelways, McCullough points out, offer a prologue to nearly every obstacle faced by those advocating bicycle paths and lanes today. McCullough's text is enriched by more than one hundred historic images of cyclists (often attired in skirts and bonnets, suits and ties), country lanes, and city streets.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262552493
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
How American bicyclists shaped the landscape and left traces of their journeys for us in writing, illustrations, and photographs. In the later part of the nineteenth century, American bicyclists were explorers, cycling through both charted and uncharted territory. These wheelmen and wheelwomen became keen observers of suburban and rural landscapes, and left copious records of their journeys—in travel narratives, journalism, maps, photographs, illustrations. They were also instrumental in the construction of roads and paths (“wheelways”)—building them, funding them, and lobbying legislators for them. Their explorations shaped the landscape and the way we look at it, yet with few exceptions their writings have been largely overlooked by landscape scholars, and many of the paths cyclists cleared have disappeared. In Old Wheelways, Robert McCullough restores the pioneering cyclists of the nineteenth century to the history of American landscapes. McCullough recounts marathon cycling trips around the Northeast undertaken by hardy cyclists, who then describe their journeys in such magazines as The Wheelman Illustrated and Bicycling World; the work of illustrators (including Childe Hassam, before his fame as a painter); efforts by cyclists to build better rural roads and bicycle paths; and conflicts with park planners, including the famous Olmsted Firm, who often opposed separate paths for bicycles. Today's ubiquitous bicycle lanes owe their origins to nineteenth century versions, including New York City's “asphalt ribbons.” Long before there were “rails to trails,” there was a movement to adapt existing passageways—including aqueduct corridors, trolley rights-of-way, and canal towpaths—for bicycling. The campaigns for wheelways, McCullough points out, offer a prologue to nearly every obstacle faced by those advocating bicycle paths and lanes today. McCullough's text is enriched by more than one hundred historic images of cyclists (often attired in skirts and bonnets, suits and ties), country lanes, and city streets.
Consumer's Resource Handbook
Author: United States. Office of Consumer Affairs. Consumer Information Division
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Consumer affairs departments
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Abstract: A tabulation is presented of organizations, contacts, addresses, and telephone numbers of private, state, and federal resources to assist the general public in obtaining information and assistance to solve problems, when direct attempts to the local dealer have failed. Federal offices and trade associations are arranged by topic (e.g., aging, environmental, labeling, product safety and quality); federal agencies and regional offices; federal information centers; handicapped services; state offices; better business bureaus; and corporate consumer contacts also are included. (wz).
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Consumer affairs departments
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Abstract: A tabulation is presented of organizations, contacts, addresses, and telephone numbers of private, state, and federal resources to assist the general public in obtaining information and assistance to solve problems, when direct attempts to the local dealer have failed. Federal offices and trade associations are arranged by topic (e.g., aging, environmental, labeling, product safety and quality); federal agencies and regional offices; federal information centers; handicapped services; state offices; better business bureaus; and corporate consumer contacts also are included. (wz).
Rhode Island 39 Club
Author: Martin Podskoch
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997101959
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
After writing two best-selling travel books, Adirondack 102 Club and Connecticut 169 Club, CT author Martin Podskoch turned to his neighboring state and published RHODE ISLAND 39 CLUB Your Passport and Guide to Exploring Rhode Island. He again encourages readers to veer off the beaten path and discover Rhode Islands secret and lovely places that main roads do not reveal. With 39 invites to scenic vistas, picnic sites, fresh-water swimming holes, salt-water beaches, museums, amazing architecture, 400+ years of history, and local eateries of every description for fun in The Ocean States 39 towns and cities. The book is laid out in a crisp, inviting format. Locals in each town wrote a short history and interesting places to visit. Podskoch encourages readers to meet locals and businesses etc. and get their passport book signed or stamped. Visit all towns and earn Rhody Red patch award at annual dinner where all are invited to attend.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997101959
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
After writing two best-selling travel books, Adirondack 102 Club and Connecticut 169 Club, CT author Martin Podskoch turned to his neighboring state and published RHODE ISLAND 39 CLUB Your Passport and Guide to Exploring Rhode Island. He again encourages readers to veer off the beaten path and discover Rhode Islands secret and lovely places that main roads do not reveal. With 39 invites to scenic vistas, picnic sites, fresh-water swimming holes, salt-water beaches, museums, amazing architecture, 400+ years of history, and local eateries of every description for fun in The Ocean States 39 towns and cities. The book is laid out in a crisp, inviting format. Locals in each town wrote a short history and interesting places to visit. Podskoch encourages readers to meet locals and businesses etc. and get their passport book signed or stamped. Visit all towns and earn Rhody Red patch award at annual dinner where all are invited to attend.
Something Upstairs
Author: Avi
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545214912
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
When he moves from Los Angeles to Providence, Rhode Island, Kenny discovers that his new house is haunted by the spirit of a black slave boy who asks Kenny to return with him to the early nineteenth century and prevent his murder by slave traders.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545214912
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
When he moves from Los Angeles to Providence, Rhode Island, Kenny discovers that his new house is haunted by the spirit of a black slave boy who asks Kenny to return with him to the early nineteenth century and prevent his murder by slave traders.
Routledge Companion to Cycling
Author: Glen Norcliffe
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000575403
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Routledge Companion to Cycling presents a comprehensive overview of an artefact that throughout the modern era has been a bellwether indicator of the major social, economic and environmental trends that have permeated society The volume synthesizes a rapidly growing body of research on the bicycle, its past and present uses, its technological evolution, its use in diverse geographical settings, its aesthetics and its deployment in art and literature. From its origins in early modern carriage technology in Germany, it has generated what is now a vast, multi-disciplinary literature encompassing a wide range of issues in countries throughout the world.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000575403
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Routledge Companion to Cycling presents a comprehensive overview of an artefact that throughout the modern era has been a bellwether indicator of the major social, economic and environmental trends that have permeated society The volume synthesizes a rapidly growing body of research on the bicycle, its past and present uses, its technological evolution, its use in diverse geographical settings, its aesthetics and its deployment in art and literature. From its origins in early modern carriage technology in Germany, it has generated what is now a vast, multi-disciplinary literature encompassing a wide range of issues in countries throughout the world.
Pettengill's Newspaper Directory and Advertisers' Hand-book
Author: Pettengill, firm, Newspaper Advertising Agents
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Advertising
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Advertising
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
King's Handbook of the United States
Author: Moses Foster Sweetser
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 946
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 946
Book Description
Appletons' Hand-Book of American Travel
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382146150
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382146150
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.