King of the 40th Parallel
King of the 40th Parallel

Author: James Gregory Moore

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 9780804752237

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This book recounts the life and achievements of Clarence King, widely recognized as one of America's most gifted intellectuals of the nineteenth century, and a legendary figure in the American West. King led landmark precursory surveys that positioned him to become the founding director of the U.S. Geological Survey, the most important government science agency in the nation.

Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada
Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada

Author: Clarence King

Publisher:

Published: 1872

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13:

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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. &