The Mountains of California, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)
The Mountains of California, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

Author: John Muir

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-09-17

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 9781333640590

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Excerpt from The Mountains of California, Vol. 2 Minutes to an hour or two. One soon becomes so accustomed to see them that the noon sky seems empty and abandoned without them, as if Nature were forgetting something. When the glorious pearl and alabaster clouds of these noonday storms are being built I never give attention to anything else. No mountain or mountain range, however divinely clothed with light, has a more enduring charm than those eeting mountains Of the sky oating foun tains bearing water for every well, the angels of the streams and lakes; brooding in the deep azure, or sweeping softly along the ground over ridge and dome, over meadow, over forest, over garden and grove; lingering with cooling shad ows, refreshing every ower, and soothing rugged rock brows with a gentleness of touch and gesture wholly divine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

The Mountains of California (Classic Reprint)
The Mountains of California (Classic Reprint)

Author: John Muir

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-22

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9781331975335

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Excerpt from The Mountains of California The Mountains of California was written by John Muir in 1894. This is a 390 page book, containing 93522 words and 75 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A Natural and Civil History of California, Vol. 2 of 2
A Natural and Civil History of California, Vol. 2 of 2

Author: Miguel Venegas

Publisher:

Published: 2015-06-29

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 9781330491744

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Excerpt from A Natural and Civil History of California, Vol. 2 of 2: Containing an Accurate Description of That Country, Its Soil, Mountains, Harbours, Lakes, Rivers, and Seas; Its Animals, Vegetables, Minerals and Famous Fishery for Pearls The year 1717 began in the midst of the solicitudes and cares mentioned in the preceding volume. The indefatigable Salva-Tierra was now stooping beneath a weight of years and disorders; the stone, with which he had been long afflicted, became more violent; but his zeal would not allow him to remit his useful labours, except when he was not able to stand, and even then he took care to direct every particular with the greatest cars and attention. It was however too soon conspicuous, that his labours drew near their period. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Mountains of California
The Mountains of California

Author: John Muir

Publisher:

Published: 1894

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13:

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Famed naturalist John Muir (1838-1914) came to Wisconsin as a boy and studied at the University of Wisconsin. He first came to California in 1868 and devoted six years to the study of the Yosemite Valley. After work in Nevada, Utah, and Colorado, he returned to California in 1880 and made the state his home. One of the heroes of America’s conservation movement, Muir deserves much of the credit for making the Yosemite Valley a protected national park and for alerting Americans to the need to protect this and other natural wonders. The mountains of California (1894) is his book length tribute to the beauties of the Sierras. He recounts not only his own journeys by foot through the mountains, glaciers, forests, and valleys, but also the geological and natural history of the region, ranging from the history of glaciers, the patterns of tree growth, and the daily life of animals and insects. While Yosemite naturally receives great attention, Muir also expounds on less well known beauty spots.

The Land, Vol. 2
The Land, Vol. 2

Author: G. A. Barnes

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-27

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 9781527850507

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Excerpt from The Land, Vol. 2: Today and Tomorrow; February 1935 The California gully, or barranca, as it is more commonly known, presents problems of control that demand not only special methods of treatment, but a complete harmony of attack by the engineer and the ag ronomist. To appreciate properly the handicaps imposed upon the plants man it should be remembered that Southern California.would be little more than a desert were it n0t for irrigation. It is a country where rain seldom falls in the eight months from March to December, during which time all but the major watercourses are dry and barren wastes. Due to the extremely high mountains, with their sparsely vegetated and steep pitching watersheds, the winter storms sweep down with terrific force, taxing to the very limit all attempts to retard or control the erosive effects of the water. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Everlasting Whisper
The Everlasting Whisper

Author: Jackson Gregory

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-03-17

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9780243946938

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Excerpt from The Everlasting Whisper: A Tale of the California Wilderness II was springtime in the California Sierra. Never were skies bluer, never did the golden sun-flood steep the endless forest lands in richer life-giving glory. Ridge after ridge the mountains swept on and fell away upon one side until in the vague distances they sank to the monotonous level of the Sacramento Valley; down there it was already summer, and fields were hot and brown. Ridge after ridge the mountains stretched on the other side, rising steadily, growing ever more august and mighty and rocky; on their crests across the blue gorges the snow was dazzling white and winter held stubbornly on at altitudes of seven thousand feet. Thus winter, springtime, and ripe, f ruit-dmpping summer coexisted, touching fingers across the seventy miles that lie be tween the icy top of the Sierra and the burning lowlands. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Mountains of California
The Mountains of California

Author: John Muir

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-08-11

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 9781724913777

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The Mountains of California By John Muir, 1894 In his first book, "The Mountains of California," John Muir, famed naturalist, recounts his travels to the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Yosemite Valley. A captivating and vivid portrait of the raw beauty of nature, "The Mountains of California" compels the reader to see that which Muir describes for oneself and urges for the preservation of such national and natural treasures. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

An Excursion to California Over the Prairie, Rocky Mountains, and Great Sierra Nevada, Vol. 2 of 2
An Excursion to California Over the Prairie, Rocky Mountains, and Great Sierra Nevada, Vol. 2 of 2

Author: William Kelly

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-10-07

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 9781333878290

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Excerpt from An Excursion to California Over the Prairie, Rocky Mountains, and Great Sierra Nevada, Vol. 2 of 2: With a Stroll Through the Diggings and Ranches of That Country 100 miles long, coming, like the preceding, down the eastern ank of the Sierra Nevada, forms a lake of its own near its base: it contains salmon-trout, and forms. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

For California, Vol. 2: September, 1905 (Classic Reprint)
For California, Vol. 2: September, 1905 (Classic Reprint)

Author:

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-03-07

Total Pages: 22

ISBN-13: 9780364090602

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Excerpt from For California, Vol. 2: September, 1905 At the present time the Reclamation Fund amounts to about $28, 000, 000 and is increasing at the rate of a year. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Kings and Kern Canyons and the Giant Forest of California (Classic Reprint)
Kings and Kern Canyons and the Giant Forest of California (Classic Reprint)

Author: A. J. Wells

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-19

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 9780265503737

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Excerpt from Kings and Kern Canyons and the Giant Forest of California Then the ride up the floor of the canyon - that splendid fur row plowed by the glacier - through flowers and meadows, by lines of lateral moraines, among incense cedars and sugar pines, and beside smooth, hard granite walls lifted defiantly to the heavens to feet high, while the river, three times the volume of the Merced, shouts as if glad of its escape into sun shine out of the dark canyons where it was born - what sur prises the ride has, and what enjoyment! You must be a veteran of the mountains if you can make that journey for the fi.sr time without a tumult of emotion - or a crick in your neck from looking up. It is part of the spurious culture of today to be, or affect to be, proof against surprise, and to stifle emotion as a mark of crudeness, but happy the man who keeps fresh the founts of feeling in the presence of great Nature. He will enjoy these vast solitudes, and not be ashamed if the very greatness and splendor of what he sees wrings a cry of admiring wonder from his lips. Dr. Le Conte, critical, scholarly, inured to scenes of grandeur in the mountains, says of his experiences in this re gion: The trail becomes steeper and rougher, cascades and falls more frequent and more beautiful, and the scenery grander and more impressive, until finally as we approached the summit I could not refrain from screaming with delight. Standing on the narrow shelf at the summit of Mt. Stan ford overlooking the canyon, and feet above the sea, Dr. Jordan once said: I have never seen a more magnificent mountain panorama. I have seen the mountains of this continent from Alaska to Mexico, and I have tramped many mountain miles in the Alps, but such a comprehensive view of mountain masses and peaks and amphitheaters and can yons, of all the details of mountain sculpture on the tremendous scale that we are looking on now, I have never before seen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.