Author: Howard Ensign Evans
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195111842
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
We accompany naturalist Edwin James as he becomes the first man to climb Pike's Peak, and roam with him in his role as botanist, collecting a multitude of plant specimens, 140 of which were described by him and others as new.
The Natural History of the Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains (1819-1820)
Author: Howard Ensign Evans
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195111842
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
We accompany naturalist Edwin James as he becomes the first man to climb Pike's Peak, and roam with him in his role as botanist, collecting a multitude of plant specimens, 140 of which were described by him and others as new.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195111842
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
We accompany naturalist Edwin James as he becomes the first man to climb Pike's Peak, and roam with him in his role as botanist, collecting a multitude of plant specimens, 140 of which were described by him and others as new.
Account Of An Expedition From Pittsburgh To The Rocky Mountains, Performed In The Years 1819 And '20
Author: Edwin James
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
A Colorado History
Author: Carl Ubbelohde
Publisher: Pruett Publishing
ISBN: 9780871089427
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
For forty years, A Colorado History has provided a comprehensive and accessible panoramic history of the Centennial State. From the arrival of the Paleo-Indians to contemporary times, this enlarged edition leads readers on an extraordinary exploration of a remarkable place.
Publisher: Pruett Publishing
ISBN: 9780871089427
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
For forty years, A Colorado History has provided a comprehensive and accessible panoramic history of the Centennial State. From the arrival of the Paleo-Indians to contemporary times, this enlarged edition leads readers on an extraordinary exploration of a remarkable place.
A Naturalist's Years in the Rocky Mountains
Author: Howard Ensign Evans
Publisher: Big Earth Publishing
ISBN: 9781555663100
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Twenty elegant essays examine animal behavior--from hummingbirds to bumblebees, thatcher ants to wrens, owls to woodrats to wasps.
Publisher: Big Earth Publishing
ISBN: 9781555663100
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Twenty elegant essays examine animal behavior--from hummingbirds to bumblebees, thatcher ants to wrens, owls to woodrats to wasps.
Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, Performed in the Years 1819 and 1820
Author: Edwin James
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Continental Divide: A History of American Mountaineering
Author: Maurice Isserman
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393292525
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
This magesterial and thrilling history argues that the story of American mountaineering is the story of America itself. In Continental Divide, Maurice Isserman tells the history of American mountaineering through four centuries of landmark climbs and first ascents. Mountains were originally seen as obstacles to civilization; over time they came to be viewed as places of redemption and renewal. The White Mountains stirred the transcendentalists; the Rockies and Sierras pulled explorers westward toward Manifest Destiny; Yosemite inspired the early environmental conservationists. Climbing began in North America as a pursuit for lone eccentrics but grew to become a mass-participation sport. Beginning with Darby Field in 1642, the first person to climb a mountain in North America, Isserman describes the exploration and first ascents of the major American mountain ranges, from the Appalachians to Alaska. He also profiles the most important American mountaineers, including such figures as John C. Frémont, John Muir, Annie Peck, Bradford Washburn, Charlie Houston, and Bob Bates, relating their exploits both at home and abroad. Isserman traces the evolving social, cultural, and political roles mountains played in shaping the country. He describes how American mountaineers forged a "brotherhood of the rope," modeled on America’s unique democratic self-image that characterized climbing in the years leading up to and immediately following World War II. And he underscores the impact of the postwar "rucksack revolution," including the advances in technique and style made by pioneering "dirtbag" rock climbers. A magnificent, deeply researched history, Continental Divide tells a story of adventure and aspiration in the high peaks that makes a vivid case for the importance of mountains to American national identity.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393292525
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
This magesterial and thrilling history argues that the story of American mountaineering is the story of America itself. In Continental Divide, Maurice Isserman tells the history of American mountaineering through four centuries of landmark climbs and first ascents. Mountains were originally seen as obstacles to civilization; over time they came to be viewed as places of redemption and renewal. The White Mountains stirred the transcendentalists; the Rockies and Sierras pulled explorers westward toward Manifest Destiny; Yosemite inspired the early environmental conservationists. Climbing began in North America as a pursuit for lone eccentrics but grew to become a mass-participation sport. Beginning with Darby Field in 1642, the first person to climb a mountain in North America, Isserman describes the exploration and first ascents of the major American mountain ranges, from the Appalachians to Alaska. He also profiles the most important American mountaineers, including such figures as John C. Frémont, John Muir, Annie Peck, Bradford Washburn, Charlie Houston, and Bob Bates, relating their exploits both at home and abroad. Isserman traces the evolving social, cultural, and political roles mountains played in shaping the country. He describes how American mountaineers forged a "brotherhood of the rope," modeled on America’s unique democratic self-image that characterized climbing in the years leading up to and immediately following World War II. And he underscores the impact of the postwar "rucksack revolution," including the advances in technique and style made by pioneering "dirtbag" rock climbers. A magnificent, deeply researched history, Continental Divide tells a story of adventure and aspiration in the high peaks that makes a vivid case for the importance of mountains to American national identity.
On Earth's Remotest Bounds
Author:
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595320597
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595320597
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
A Bibliography of American Natural History: The institutions which have contributed to the rise and progress of American natural history, which were founded or organized between 1769 and 1844
Author: Max Meisel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliographical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliographical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Explorers of the American West
Author: Jay H. Buckley
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
With original primary source documents, this anthology brings readers into the vast unknown 19th-century American West—through the eyes of the explorers who saw it for the first time. This volume brings together book excerpts, maps, and illustrations from 12 explorers from the 19th century, highlighting their lives and contributions. Arranged chronologically, the 10 chapters focus on individual explorers, with biographies and background information about and document excerpts from each person. The chapters offer analyses of each document's relevance to the historical period, geographic knowledge, and cultural perspective. This guide shares the important contributions from explorers like Lewis and Clark, Zebulon Pike, Jedediah Smith, James P. Beckwourth, John C. Fremont, Susan Magoffin, and John Wesley Powell. It also nurtures readers' historical literacy by modeling historians' methods of analyzing primary sources. Readers will see new and familiar events from different perspectives, including that of a woman traveling along the Santa Fe Trail, one of the most famous African American mountain men, and a Civil War veteran, among many others.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
With original primary source documents, this anthology brings readers into the vast unknown 19th-century American West—through the eyes of the explorers who saw it for the first time. This volume brings together book excerpts, maps, and illustrations from 12 explorers from the 19th century, highlighting their lives and contributions. Arranged chronologically, the 10 chapters focus on individual explorers, with biographies and background information about and document excerpts from each person. The chapters offer analyses of each document's relevance to the historical period, geographic knowledge, and cultural perspective. This guide shares the important contributions from explorers like Lewis and Clark, Zebulon Pike, Jedediah Smith, James P. Beckwourth, John C. Fremont, Susan Magoffin, and John Wesley Powell. It also nurtures readers' historical literacy by modeling historians' methods of analyzing primary sources. Readers will see new and familiar events from different perspectives, including that of a woman traveling along the Santa Fe Trail, one of the most famous African American mountain men, and a Civil War veteran, among many others.
The institutions which have contributed to the rise and progress of American natural history, which were founded or organized between 1769 and 1844
Author: Max Meisel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliographical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 764
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliographical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 764
Book Description