Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada /

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 marv...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: King, Clarence, 1842-1901
Otros Autores: Farquhar, Francis P. (Francis Peloubet), 1887-1974
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1997]
Temas:
King, Clarence, > 1842-1901 > Travel > Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
King, Clarence, > 1842-1901
Mountaineering > Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
TRAVEL > Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
TRAVEL > Hikes & Walks.
TRAVEL > Budget.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Ecotourism.
TRAVEL > Parks & Campgrounds.
TRAVEL > Reference.
TRAVEL > Road Travel.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Adventure.
Mountaineering
Travel
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) > Description and travel.
Nevada, Sierra (Calif. et Nev.) > Descriptions et voyages.
United States > Sierra Nevada
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Autobiographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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