Clarence King
Author: Thurman Wilkins
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Published: 1988
Total Pages: 552
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Author: Thurman Wilkins
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Published: 1988
Total Pages: 552
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Published: 1878
Total Pages: 942
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Published: 1872
Total Pages: 310
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA 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. &
Author: Martha A. Sandweiss
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9781594202001
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Clarence King is a hero of nineteenth-century western history. Brilliant scientist and witty conversationalist, bestselling author and architect of the great surveys that mapped the West after the Civil War, King hid a secret from his Gilded Age cohorts and prominent Newport family: for thirteen years he lived a double life--as the celebrated white Clarence King and as a black Pullman porter and steelworker. Unable to marry the black woman he loved, the fair-haired, blue-eyed King passed as a Negro, revealing his secret to his wife Ada only on his deathbed. Historian Martha Sandweiss is the first writer to uncover the life that King tried so hard to conceal. She reveals the complexity of a man who, while publicly espousing a personal dream of a uniquely American amalgam of white and black, hid his love for his wife and their five biracial children"--Publisher description
Author: Thurman Wilkins
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Published: 1958
Total Pages: 474
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Published: 1907
Total Pages: 31
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Published: 1953
Total Pages: 1022
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Published: 1903
Total Pages: 32
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Samuel Franklin Emmons
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2023-07-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781020468315
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a biographical account of Clarence King, a prominent American geologist and mountaineer. It delves into his personal and professional life, highlighting his contributions to the field of geology. It offers a unique look into the life of a fascinating and influential figure. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.