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Hard Road West
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Author : Keith Heyer Meldahl
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2012-01-11
Hard Road West written by Keith Heyer Meldahl and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-11 with Science categories.
The dramatic journeys of the 19th century Gold Rush come to life in this geologist’s tour of the American West and the events that shaped the land. In 1848, news of the discovery of gold in California triggered an enormous wave of emigration toward the Pacific. The dramatic terrain these settlers crossed is so familiar to us now that it is hard to imagine how frightening—even godforsaken—its sheer rock faces and barren deserts once seemed to them. Hard Road West brings their perspective vividly to life, weaving together the epic overland journey of the covered wagon trains and the compelling story of the landscape they encountered. Taking readers along the 2,000-mile California Trail, Keith Meldahl uses settler’s diaries and letters—as well as his own experiences on the trail—to reveal how the geology and geography of the West shaped our nation’s westward expansion. He guides us through a landscape of sawtooth mountains, following the meager streams that served as lifelines through an arid land, all the way to California itself, where colliding tectonic plates created breathtaking scenery and planted the gold that lured travelers west in the first place. “Alternates seamlessly between vivid accounts of the 19th-century journey and lucid explanations of the geological events that shaped the landscape traveled.”—Library Journal
Rough Hewn Land
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Author : Keith Heyer Meldahl
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2013-05
Rough Hewn Land written by Keith Heyer Meldahl and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05 with History categories.
"Rough-Hewn Land tells the geologic story of the American West--the story of its rocks, rivers, mountains, earthquakes, and mineral wealth, including gold. It tells it by taking you on a 1000-mile-long field trip across the rough side of the continent from the California coast to the Rocky Mountains. This book puts you on the outcrop, geologic hammer in hand, to explore the evidence for how the spectacular, rough-hewn lands of the West came to be. When North America broke free from Eurasia and Africa some 200 million years ago, it triggered a cascade of violent geologic events that shaped the West we see today. As the west-moving continent crunched across the seabed of the ancient Pacific, islands and assorted pieces of ocean floor collected against its prow to build California--and plant gold there too. Meanwhile, mountains squeezed upward from California to Colorado, and vast quantities of molten rock seeded the crust with precious metals while spewing volcanic fire across the land. Later, the land stretched like an accordion to form the washboard-like Basin and Range province and Great Basin within it, while California began to crackle along the San Andreas fault. Throughout the West today, a near-constant drumroll of earthquakes testifies to a world still reshaping itself in response to the ceaseless movements of the Earth's tectonic plates. Rough-Hewn Land weaves these stories into the human history of the West. As we follow the adventures of John C. Frémont, Mark Twain, the Donner party, and other historic characters, we see how geologic forces have shaped human experience, just as they direct the fate of the West today"--
Hard Road West
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Author : Keith Heyer Meldahl
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2008-09-15
Hard Road West written by Keith Heyer Meldahl and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-15 with History categories.
Taking readers along the 2,000-mile California Gold Trail, Meldahl uses the diaries and letters of the 1849 settlers to reveal how geology and topography directly affected our nations westward expansion.
Hard Road West
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Author : Gwen Moffat
language : en
Publisher: Orion
Release Date : 1981
Hard Road West written by Gwen Moffat and has been published by Orion this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with West (U.S.) categories.
Journey To The West
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Author : Wu Cheng'en
language : en
Publisher: Asiapac Books Pte Ltd
Release Date : 2018-08-14
Journey To The West written by Wu Cheng'en and has been published by Asiapac Books Pte Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-14 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
The bestselling Journey to the West comic book by artist Chang Boon Kiat is now back in a brand new fully coloured edition. Journey to the West is one of the greatest classics in Chinese literature. It tells the epic tale of the monk Xuanzang who journeys to the West in search of the Buddhist sutras with his disciples, Sun Wukong, Sandy and Pigsy. Along the way, Xuanzang's life was threatened by the diabolical White Bone Spirit, the menacing Red Child and his fearsome parents and, a host of evil spirits who sought to devour Xuanzang's flesh to attain immortality. Bear witness to the formidable Sun Wukong's (Monkey God) prowess as he takes them on, using his Fiery Eyes, Golden Cudgel, Somersault Cloud, and quick wits! Be prepared for a galloping read that will leave you breathless!
Taking The Hard Road
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Author : Mary Jo Maynes
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2000-11-09
Taking The Hard Road written by Mary Jo Maynes and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-11-09 with History categories.
Taking the Hard Road is an engaging history of growing up in working-class families in France and Germany during the Industrial Revolution. Based on a reading of ninety autobiographical accounts of childhood and adolescence, the book explores the far-reaching historical transformations associated with the emergence of modern industrial capitalism. According to Mary Jo Maynes, the aspects of private life revealed in these accounts played an important role in historical development by actively shaping the authors' social, political, and class identities. The stories told in these memoirs revolve around details of everyday life: schooling, parent-child relations, adolescent sexuality, early experiences in the workforce, and religious observances. Maynes uses demographics, family history, and literary analysis to place these details within the context of historical change. She also draws comparisons between French and German texts, men's and women's accounts, and narratives of social mobility and political militancy.
Surf Sand And Stone
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Author : Keith Heyer Meldahl
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2015-10-13
Surf Sand And Stone written by Keith Heyer Meldahl and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-13 with Science categories.
"Meldahl tells the scientific story of the Southern California coast by blending research from geology and oceanography with a compelling narrative and clear illustrations that take readers out in the field with the author to learn about the processes that have generated the coast as it exists today and how the region will change in the future. The author's geographic scope spans from San Diego to Point Conception, taking in coastal portions of San Diego, Orange, Ventura, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara counties"--Provided by publisher.
The War On The West
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Author : Douglas Murray
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2022-04-26
The War On The West written by Douglas Murray and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-26 with Political Science categories.
An Instant New York Times Bestseller! China has concentration camps now. Why do Westerners claim our sins are unique? It is now in vogue to celebrate non-Western cultures and disparage Western ones. Some of this is a much-needed reckoning, but much of it fatally undermines the very things that created the greatest, most humane civilization in the world. In The War on the West, Douglas Murray shows how many well-meaning people have been fooled by hypocritical and inconsistent anti-West rhetoric. After all, if we must discard the ideas of Kant, Hume, and Mill for their opinions on race, shouldn’t we discard Marx, whose work is peppered with racial slurs and anti-Semitism? Embers of racism remain to be stamped out in America, but what about the raging racist inferno in the Middle East and Asia? It’s not just dishonest scholars who benefit from this intellectual fraud but hostile nations and human rights abusers hoping to distract from their own ongoing villainy. Dictators who slaughter their own people are happy to jump on the “America is a racist country” bandwagon and mimic the language of antiracism and “pro-justice” movements as PR while making authoritarian conquests. If the West is to survive, it must be defended. The War on the West is not only an incisive takedown of foolish anti-Western arguments but also a rigorous new apologetic for civilization itself.
Hard Road West
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Author : Gwen Moffat
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Hard Road West written by Gwen Moffat and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Large type books categories.
The Hard Road To Klondike
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Author : Michael MacGowan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
The Hard Road To Klondike written by Michael MacGowan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Born in 1865 in Donegal, the eldest of twelve children in a poverty-stricken family, Michael MacGowan left home as a young man to work in Scotland, but soon headed for America and, he hoped, some kind of success. He worked his way across the country