Author: Joe Yogerst
Publisher: Kingfisher
ISBN: 0753478668
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
• Which national park was America’s first, and what hot-water features will you find there? • In which national park would you find rock formations called the Witch’s Finger and the Devil’s Armchair? • And what exactly is a saguaro, almost 2 million of which can be found in its namesake national park? From the high peaks of the Rockies to the lows of Death Valley, from the Statue of Liberty in the East to the redwood forest of the West, and from the panoramic views of the Grand Canyon to getting up close and personal to wildlife in Yellowstone, Basher invites you to take a journey through some of the United States’ most spectacular national parks, recreation areas, and preserves—and take in a few national monuments while you’re at it! Paddle a canoe through the Everglades, zip down gypsum dunes at White Sands, and count the brown bears at Katmai. There’s no end to the natural wonders you’ll see. Perfect for home or school, Basher's highly original books make difficult concepts tangible, understandable, and even lovable. Chatty first-person text and stylish, contemporary character illustrations give a voice, personality, and story to each topic—a brilliant way to communicate science, history, and geography.
Basher History: National Parks
Author: Joe Yogerst
Publisher: Kingfisher
ISBN: 0753478668
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
• Which national park was America’s first, and what hot-water features will you find there? • In which national park would you find rock formations called the Witch’s Finger and the Devil’s Armchair? • And what exactly is a saguaro, almost 2 million of which can be found in its namesake national park? From the high peaks of the Rockies to the lows of Death Valley, from the Statue of Liberty in the East to the redwood forest of the West, and from the panoramic views of the Grand Canyon to getting up close and personal to wildlife in Yellowstone, Basher invites you to take a journey through some of the United States’ most spectacular national parks, recreation areas, and preserves—and take in a few national monuments while you’re at it! Paddle a canoe through the Everglades, zip down gypsum dunes at White Sands, and count the brown bears at Katmai. There’s no end to the natural wonders you’ll see. Perfect for home or school, Basher's highly original books make difficult concepts tangible, understandable, and even lovable. Chatty first-person text and stylish, contemporary character illustrations give a voice, personality, and story to each topic—a brilliant way to communicate science, history, and geography.
Publisher: Kingfisher
ISBN: 0753478668
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
• Which national park was America’s first, and what hot-water features will you find there? • In which national park would you find rock formations called the Witch’s Finger and the Devil’s Armchair? • And what exactly is a saguaro, almost 2 million of which can be found in its namesake national park? From the high peaks of the Rockies to the lows of Death Valley, from the Statue of Liberty in the East to the redwood forest of the West, and from the panoramic views of the Grand Canyon to getting up close and personal to wildlife in Yellowstone, Basher invites you to take a journey through some of the United States’ most spectacular national parks, recreation areas, and preserves—and take in a few national monuments while you’re at it! Paddle a canoe through the Everglades, zip down gypsum dunes at White Sands, and count the brown bears at Katmai. There’s no end to the natural wonders you’ll see. Perfect for home or school, Basher's highly original books make difficult concepts tangible, understandable, and even lovable. Chatty first-person text and stylish, contemporary character illustrations give a voice, personality, and story to each topic—a brilliant way to communicate science, history, and geography.
Basher History: States and Capitals
Author: Simon Basher
Publisher: Kingfisher
ISBN: 0753440083
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Basher History: States and Capitals is the follow-up title to the bestselling Basher History: U.S. Presidents. This unique and comprehensive guide to 50 states (plus DC and the six territories) presents each state in the hip Basher fashion. Who better than Basher to give each state a face, voice, and personality and to give kids a fun, unusual but really information-packed gazetteer of their country. From Alabama to Wyoming, and everywhere in between, each state boasts about why it is special, dishes fun facts not found elsewhere, and waxes poetics about its motto, state bird, flag, state flower, and more! Find out how Connecticut got to be called the Provision State, why Georgia is nuts about nuts and why Illinois is called the Land of Lincoln.
Publisher: Kingfisher
ISBN: 0753440083
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Basher History: States and Capitals is the follow-up title to the bestselling Basher History: U.S. Presidents. This unique and comprehensive guide to 50 states (plus DC and the six territories) presents each state in the hip Basher fashion. Who better than Basher to give each state a face, voice, and personality and to give kids a fun, unusual but really information-packed gazetteer of their country. From Alabama to Wyoming, and everywhere in between, each state boasts about why it is special, dishes fun facts not found elsewhere, and waxes poetics about its motto, state bird, flag, state flower, and more! Find out how Connecticut got to be called the Provision State, why Georgia is nuts about nuts and why Illinois is called the Land of Lincoln.
Great Basin National Park
Author: Jeremy Schmidt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781583690901
Category : Great Basin National Park (Nev.)
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781583690901
Category : Great Basin National Park (Nev.)
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
Watching over Yellowstone
Author: Thomas C. Rust
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700629610
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
When, in 1883, Congress charged the US Army with managing Yellowstone National Park, soldiers encountered a new sort of hostility: work they were untrained for, in a daunting physical and social environment where they weren’t particularly welcome. When they departed in 1918, America had a new sort of serviceman: the National Park Service Ranger. From the creation of Yellowstone National Park to the conclusion of the army’s superintendence, Watching over Yellowstone tells the boots-on-the-ground story of the US troops charged with imposing order on man and nature in America’s first national park. Yellowstone National Park had been created only fourteen years before Captain Moses Harris arrived at Mammoth Hot Springs with his company, Troop M of the First United States Cavalry, in August of 1886. And in those years, the underfunded, poorly supervised park had been visited freely by over-eager tourists, vandals, and poachers. Thomas C. Rust describes the task confronting Congress, military superintendents, and the common soldiers as the ever-increasing number of tourists, commercial interests, and politics stained the unruly park. At a time when the army was already undergoing a great transformation, the common soldiers were now struggling with unusual duties in unfamiliar terrain, often in unaccustomed proximity to the social elite who dominated the tourist class—fertile if uncertain ground for both the failures and the successes that eventually shaped the National Park Service’s ranger corps. What this meant for the average soldier emerges from the materials Rust consults: orders, circulars, inspection reports, court-martial cases, civilian accounts, and evidence from excavated soldier stations in the park. A nuanced social history from a rare ground-level perspective, his book captures an extraordinary moment in the story of America’s military and its national parks.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700629610
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
When, in 1883, Congress charged the US Army with managing Yellowstone National Park, soldiers encountered a new sort of hostility: work they were untrained for, in a daunting physical and social environment where they weren’t particularly welcome. When they departed in 1918, America had a new sort of serviceman: the National Park Service Ranger. From the creation of Yellowstone National Park to the conclusion of the army’s superintendence, Watching over Yellowstone tells the boots-on-the-ground story of the US troops charged with imposing order on man and nature in America’s first national park. Yellowstone National Park had been created only fourteen years before Captain Moses Harris arrived at Mammoth Hot Springs with his company, Troop M of the First United States Cavalry, in August of 1886. And in those years, the underfunded, poorly supervised park had been visited freely by over-eager tourists, vandals, and poachers. Thomas C. Rust describes the task confronting Congress, military superintendents, and the common soldiers as the ever-increasing number of tourists, commercial interests, and politics stained the unruly park. At a time when the army was already undergoing a great transformation, the common soldiers were now struggling with unusual duties in unfamiliar terrain, often in unaccustomed proximity to the social elite who dominated the tourist class—fertile if uncertain ground for both the failures and the successes that eventually shaped the National Park Service’s ranger corps. What this meant for the average soldier emerges from the materials Rust consults: orders, circulars, inspection reports, court-martial cases, civilian accounts, and evidence from excavated soldier stations in the park. A nuanced social history from a rare ground-level perspective, his book captures an extraordinary moment in the story of America’s military and its national parks.
Basher Science: The Complete Periodic Table
Author: Adrian Dingle
Publisher: Kingfisher
ISBN: 0753442205
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Do you confuse boron with barium or chlorine with fluorine? Fear not! Basher Science has come to the rescue by mixing science and art to create a unique periodic table. From unassuming oxygen to devious manganese, the incredible elements show you the periodic table as you've never seen it before. Basher Science: The Periodic Table gives a face, voice and personality to the chemical elements, making learning chemistry easy and a whole lot more fun. This new expanded edition reflects the latest discoveries, and now each of the 115 elements has not just a picture but an information-packed page all to itself. Basher's highly original books make difficult concepts tangible, understandable and even lovable. With his stylish, contemporary characters he communicates science brilliantly.
Publisher: Kingfisher
ISBN: 0753442205
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Do you confuse boron with barium or chlorine with fluorine? Fear not! Basher Science has come to the rescue by mixing science and art to create a unique periodic table. From unassuming oxygen to devious manganese, the incredible elements show you the periodic table as you've never seen it before. Basher Science: The Periodic Table gives a face, voice and personality to the chemical elements, making learning chemistry easy and a whole lot more fun. This new expanded edition reflects the latest discoveries, and now each of the 115 elements has not just a picture but an information-packed page all to itself. Basher's highly original books make difficult concepts tangible, understandable and even lovable. With his stylish, contemporary characters he communicates science brilliantly.
The Mather-Albright Years
Author: Lemuel A. Garrison
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 13
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 13
Book Description
Proceedings of the ... International Soil Correlation Meeting (ISCOM).
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soils
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soils
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Proceedings of the Fifth International Soil Correlation Meeeting [sic], ISCOM
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Podzol
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Podzol
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
"The Place where Hell Bubbled Up"
Author: David A. Clary
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Yellowstone National Park
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Yellowstone National Park
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
The Story of Big Bend National Park
Author: John Jameson
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292740425
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
Describes the development of Texas's Big Bend National Park, as well as the controversies that have shaped it over its first fifty years.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292740425
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
Describes the development of Texas's Big Bend National Park, as well as the controversies that have shaped it over its first fifty years.