Author: John Randolph Spears
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Illustrated Sketches of Death Valley and Other Borax Deserts of the Pacific Coast
Author: John Randolph Spears
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Death Valley and the Amargosa
Author: Richard E. Lingenfelter
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520908888
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
This is the history of Death Valley, where that bitter stream the Amargosa dies. It embraces the whole basin of the Amargosa from the Panamints to the Spring Mountains, from the Palmettos to the Avawatz. And it spans a century from the earliest recollections and the oldest records to that day in 1933 when much of the valley was finally set aside as a National Monument. This is the story of an illusory land, of the people it attracted and of the dreams and delusions they pursued-the story of the metals in its mountains and the salts in its sinks, of its desiccating heat and its revitalizing springs, and of all the riches of its scenery and lore-the story of Indians and horse thieves, lost argonauts and lost mine hunters, prospectors and promoters, miners and millionaires, stockholders and stock sharps, homesteaders and hermits, writers and tourists. But mostly this is the story of the illusions-the illusions of a shortcut to the gold diggings that lured the forty-niners, of inescapable deadliness that hung in the name they left behind, of lost bonanzas that grew out of the few nuggets they found, of immeasurable riches spread by hopeful prospectors and calculating con men, and of impenetrable mysteries concocted by the likes of Scotty. These and many lesser illusions are the heart of its history.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520908888
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
This is the history of Death Valley, where that bitter stream the Amargosa dies. It embraces the whole basin of the Amargosa from the Panamints to the Spring Mountains, from the Palmettos to the Avawatz. And it spans a century from the earliest recollections and the oldest records to that day in 1933 when much of the valley was finally set aside as a National Monument. This is the story of an illusory land, of the people it attracted and of the dreams and delusions they pursued-the story of the metals in its mountains and the salts in its sinks, of its desiccating heat and its revitalizing springs, and of all the riches of its scenery and lore-the story of Indians and horse thieves, lost argonauts and lost mine hunters, prospectors and promoters, miners and millionaires, stockholders and stock sharps, homesteaders and hermits, writers and tourists. But mostly this is the story of the illusions-the illusions of a shortcut to the gold diggings that lured the forty-niners, of inescapable deadliness that hung in the name they left behind, of lost bonanzas that grew out of the few nuggets they found, of immeasurable riches spread by hopeful prospectors and calculating con men, and of impenetrable mysteries concocted by the likes of Scotty. These and many lesser illusions are the heart of its history.
The United States Catalog
Author: George Flavel Danforth
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1208
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1208
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Timbisha Shoshone Homeland, Legislative
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Languages : en
Pages : 590
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Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
An Overview of the Cultural Resources of the Western Mojave Desert
Author: Edwin Gary Stickel
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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A Cultural Resource Overview for the Amargosa-Mojave Basin Planning Units
Author: Claude N. Warren
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Category : Amargosa Desert (Calif. and Nev.)
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
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Category : Amargosa Desert (Calif. and Nev.)
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-general's Office, United States Army
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 948
Book Description
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 948
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Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, United States Army
Author: Library of the Surgeon-General's Office (U.S.)
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Category : Medical libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 948
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Category : Medical libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 948
Book Description
Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office ...: v. 1-11. A-Mn. [Suppl. 1]. Synopsis of style ... v. 2. Suppl. 2. Congresses : tentative chronological and bibliographical reference list of national and international meetings of physicians, scientists, and experts (vol. 3); 1st addition (vol. 4). Suppl. 3. Bio-bibliography of XVI. century medical authors
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 944
Book Description
"Collection of incunabula and early medical prints in the library of the Surgeon-general's office, U.S. Army": Ser. 3, v. 10, p. 1415-1436.
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Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 944
Book Description
"Collection of incunabula and early medical prints in the library of the Surgeon-general's office, U.S. Army": Ser. 3, v. 10, p. 1415-1436.
The United States Catalog
Author:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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