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1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations |
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Preface / Francis P. Farquhar -- 1. The range -- 2. Through the forest, 1864 -- 3. The ascent of Mount Tyndall, 1864 -- 4. The descent of Mount Tyndall, 1864 -- 5. The Newtys of Pike, 1864 -- 6. Kaweah's run, 1864 -- 7. Around Yosemite walls, 1864 -- 8. A Sierra storm, 1864 -- 9. Merced ramblings, 1866 -- 10. Cut-off Copples's, 1870 -- 11. Shasta, 1870 -- 12. Shasta flanks, 1870 -- 13. Mount Whitney, 1871-1873 -- 14. The people -- Bibliographical notes |
| Summary |
A bona fide classic, originally published in 1872, Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada is still exciting reading. It describes the perils and pleasures experienced by Clarence King (1842-1901) while conducting the first geological survey of California in the 1860s. His language was equal to the marvels he found, and here with unfading brilliance are his accounts of scaling such mountains as Tyndall, Shasta, and Whitney. The chapters on the Yosemite Valley and surrounding High Sierras were written while he was surveying the boundaries of a newly designated national park. There are also delightful vignettes of western characters, including a Sierra artist and a family of Pike County hog farmers. King, who in 1879 became the first director of the United States Geological Survey, will always be remembered for Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada, which was praised by Wallace Stegner, Van Wyck Brooks, and Henry Seidel Canby as a watermark of frontier literature |
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"Bison books"--Page 1 |
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Originally published: Boston : J.R. Osgood and Co., 1872 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-320) |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
King, Clarence, 1842-1901 -- Travel -- Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
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King, Clarence, 1842-1901 fast |
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Mountaineering -- Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
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TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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TRAVEL -- Hikes & Walks.
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TRAVEL -- Budget.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism.
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TRAVEL -- Parks & Campgrounds.
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TRAVEL -- Reference.
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TRAVEL -- Road Travel.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Adventure.
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Mountaineering
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Travel
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Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) -- Description and travel
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| Subject |
United States -- Sierra Nevada
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autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Farquhar, Francis P. (Francis Peloubet), 1887-1974
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| ISBN |
0585274320 |
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9780585274324 |
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9783736419568 |
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3736419562 |
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