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Earth Abides
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Author : George.R. Stewart
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-06-30
Earth Abides written by George.R. Stewart and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-30 with Fiction categories.
In this profound ecological fable, a mysterious plague has destroyed the vast majority of the human race. Isherwood Williams, one of the few survivors, returns from a wilderness field trip to discover that civilization has vanished during his absence. Eventually he returns to San Francisco and encounters a female survivor who becomes his wife. Around them and their children a small community develops, living like their pioneer ancestors, but rebuilding civilization is beyond their resources, and gradually they return to a simpler way of life. A poignant novel about finding a new normal after the upheaval of a global crisis.
The Life And Truth Of George R Stewart
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Author : Donald M. Scott
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2012-09-21
The Life And Truth Of George R Stewart written by Donald M. Scott and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-21 with Literary Criticism categories.
Best known for his 1949 post-apocalyptic thriller Earth Abides, George R. Stewart (1895-1980) spent a lifetime wandering the American landscape and writing books about its geography and history. An English professor at the University of California at Berkeley, the exceptional scholar-author penned some of the most remarkable literary works of the 20th century, inventing several types of books along the way--including the road-geography book, micro-history, place-name history, ecological history, and the ecological novel. By weaving human and natural sciences and history into his books Stewart created works with a multi-disciplinary perspective on events and places that influenced numerous other writers, artists, and scientists, including Stephen King, Greg Bear, and Page Stegner. This volume considers George R. Stewart's rich oeuvre while chronicling a life-long quest to uncover the deepest truths about the man and his work.
George R Stewart
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Author : John Caldwell
language : en
Publisher: Boise State University Western Writers Series
Release Date : 1981
George R Stewart written by John Caldwell and has been published by Boise State University Western Writers Series this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with California categories.
Storm
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Author : George R. Stewart
language : en
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Release Date : 2021-08-17
Storm written by George R. Stewart and has been published by New York Review of Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-17 with Fiction categories.
A thrilling, innovative novel about the interplay between nature and humankind by the author of Names on the Land. With Storm, first published in 1941, George R. Stewart invented a new genre of fiction: the eco-novel. California has been plunged into drought throughout the summer and fall when a ship reports an unusual barometric reading from the far western Pacific. In San Francisco, a junior meteorologist in the Weather Bureau takes note of the anomaly and plots “an incipient little whorl” on the weather map, a developing storm, he suspects, that he privately dubs Maria. Stewart’s novel tracks Maria’s progress to and beyond the shores of the United States through the eyes of meteorologists, linemen, snowplow operators, a general, a couple of decamping lovebirds, and an unlucky owl, and the storm, surging and ebbing, will bring long-needed rain, flooded roads, deep snows, accidents, and death. Storm is an epic account of humanity’s relationship to and dependence on the natural world.
Ordeal By Hunger
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Author : George R. Stewart
language : en
Publisher: HMH
Release Date : 2013-09-30
Ordeal By Hunger written by George R. Stewart and has been published by HMH this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-30 with History categories.
“Compulsive reading—a wonderful account, both scholarly and gripping, of a horrifying episode in the history of the west.” —Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. The tragedy of the Donner party constitutes one of the most amazing stories of the American West. In 1846 eighty-seven people—men, women, and children—set out for California, persuaded to attempt a new overland route. After struggling across the desert, losing many oxen, and nearly dying of thirst, they reached the very summit of the Sierras, only to be trapped by blinding snow and bitter storms. Many perished; some survived by resorting to cannibalism; all were subjected to unbearable suffering. Incorporating the diaries of the survivors and other contemporary documents, George Stewart wrote the definitive history of that ill-fated band of pioneers; an astonishing account of what human beings may endure and achieve in the final press of circumstance.
Pickett S Charge
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Author : George R. Stewart
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 1987
Pickett S Charge written by George R. Stewart and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with History categories.
Presents a history of the decisive battle at Gettysburg based on military and personal accounts.
Names On The Land
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Author : George R. Stewart
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
Names On The Land written by George R. Stewart and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Names, Geographical categories.
U S 40 Cross Section Of The United States Of America
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Author : George Rippey Stewart
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1973
U S 40 Cross Section Of The United States Of America written by George Rippey Stewart and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with United States categories.
The California Trail
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Author : George R. Stewart
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 1983-01-01
The California Trail written by George R. Stewart and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983-01-01 with Fiction categories.
In 1841 and 1842 small groups of emigrants tried to discover a route to California passable by wagons. Without reliable maps or guides, they pushed ahead, retreated, detoured, split up, and regrouped, reaching their destination only at great cost of property and life. But they had found a trail, or cleared one, and by their mistakes had shown others how to take wagon trains across half a continent. By 1844 a great migration was in progress. Each successive party learned from those who went before where to cross rivers and mountains, when to rest, when to forge ahead, and how to find food and water. Increased experience was translated into better wagon designs, improved understanding of climate and terrain, and better-supplied and -organized caravans. George R. Stewart's California Trail describes the trail's year-by-year changes as weather conditions, new exploration, and the changing character of emigrants affected it. Successes and disasters (like the Donner party's fate) are presented in nearly personal detail. More than a history of the trail, this book tells how to travel it, what it felt like, what was feared and hoped for.
American Given Names
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Author : George R. Stewart
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1979
American Given Names written by George R. Stewart and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Places all the more common names in their historical and linguistic context, discussing each name's etymology and usage through history.