Riding The High Wire
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Riding The High Wire
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Author : Robert A. Trennert
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Release Date : 2011-05-18
Riding The High Wire written by Robert A. Trennert and has been published by University Press of Colorado this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-18 with History categories.
Riding the High Wire is the first comprehensive history of aerial mine tramways in the American West, describing their place in the evolution of mining after 1870. Robert A. Trennert shows how the mid-nineteenth century development of wire rope manufacturing made it possible for American entrepreneurs such as Andrew S. Hallidie and Charles Huson to begin erecting single-rope tramways in the 1870s and 1880s. Their inventions were followed by the more substantial double-rope systems imported from Europe. By the turn of the century, aerial tramways were common throughout western mining regions, hauling everything from gold and silver ore to coal and salt and changing the face of the industry. Aerial mine tramways proved to have a special fascination; people often rode them for a thrill, sometimes with disastrous results. They were also very temperamental, needed constant attention, and were prone to accidents. The years between 1900 and 1920 saw the operation of some of the west's most spectacular tramways, but the decline in high-country mining beginning in the 1920s--coupled with the development of more efficient means of transportation--made this technology all but obsolete by the end of the Second World War. Historians and the general reader will be equally enthralled by Trennert's fascinating story of the rise and fall of aerial mine tramways.
Riding The High Wire
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Author : Robert A. Trennert
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Release Date : 2001-08-15
Riding The High Wire written by Robert A. Trennert and has been published by University Press of Colorado this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-08-15 with History categories.
Riding the High Wire is the first comprehensive history of aerial mine tramways in the American West, describing their place in the evolution of mining after 1870. Robert A. Trennert shows how the mid-nineteenth century development of wire rope manufacturing made it possible for American entrepreneurs such as Andrew S. Hallidie and Charles Huson to begin erecting single-rope tramways in the 1870s and 1880s. Their inventions were followed by the more substantial double-rope systems imported from Europe. By the turn of the century, aerial tramways were common throughout western mining regions, hauling everything from gold and silver ore to coal and salt and changing the face of the industry. Aerial mine tramways proved to have a special fascination; people often rode them for a thrill, sometimes with disastrous results. They were also very temperamental, needed constant attention, and were prone to accidents. The years between 1900 and 1920 saw the operation of some of the west's most spectacular tramways, but the decline in high-country mining beginning in the 1920s--coupled with the development of more efficient means of transportation--made this technology all but obsolete by the end of the Second World War. Historians and the general reader will be equally enthralled by Trennert's fascinating story of the rise and fall of aerial mine tramways. "Professor Trennert has explored a new area of mining history, and is to be commended for his pioneering work." --Liston Leyendecker, author of The Griffith Family and the Founding of Georgetown.
Joe Strong On The High Wire
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Author : Vance Barnum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1916
Joe Strong On The High Wire written by Vance Barnum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1916 with Aerialists categories.
The Big Road
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Author : Highlander
language : en
Publisher: Archway Publishing
Release Date : 2023-04-26
The Big Road written by Highlander and has been published by Archway Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-26 with Fiction categories.
It is the 1940s as Garrison Yokum grows up in Betsy Layne, Kentucky. He enjoys sitting on the back porch with his cousins, watching trains haul coal to big cities, dreaming of what lies beyond the mountains, and traveling along the “big road,” also known as US Route 23, with his parents on Saturdays. But when Garrison is seven, work becomes even more difficult, dangerous, and precarious for his coal miner father, setting into motion a chain of events that ultimately leads them to Ann Arbor, Michigan, for a new life. From that point on, Route 23 becomes a focal point in Garrison’s life. Decades later and now approaching retirement, Garrison makes another life-changing decision as he nears completion of a documentary on the migration of families from rural east Kentucky to the cities along Route 23. After he sets out on a road trip with his professional photographer granddaughter and two student interns, Garrison explores and captures life along the long, important American highway that helped many families secure better futures beyond the mountains of southern Appalachia. The Big Road is a generational story that documents the experiences of those who migrated from southern Appalachia to bigger cities in the north by way of a memorable American highway.
Catalog Of Copyright Entries
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Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date :
Catalog Of Copyright Entries written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Copyright categories.
The Awesome Lives Of Tommy Twicer Part Two
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Author : Steve Juke
language : en
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
Release Date : 2022-07-29
The Awesome Lives Of Tommy Twicer Part Two written by Steve Juke and has been published by Austin Macauley Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-29 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
Tomas and Anastasia have settled in the model village of Oakdale in the Sirhowy Valley in Monmouthshire, South Wales, and have assumed the names of Thomas and Ann Thomas who are the owners of Tommy Twicer's Amazing Animal Dance Circus. It is the continuation of Tomas's desire to become a great showman and he is set to create the best circus in the world with his troupe of amazing animals. He will promote Kanga Bruce, the boxing kangaroo, who will certainly get a shot at the world title. All is going to plan, especially as he now has the help of Merlin, the magician. Read and enjoy and please help save Abercwmzoo.
Ancient Places
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Author : Jack Nisbet
language : en
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
Release Date : 2015-05-19
Ancient Places written by Jack Nisbet and has been published by Sasquatch Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-19 with History categories.
These are the genesis stories of a region. In Ancient Places, Jack Nisbet uncovers touchstones across the Pacific Northwest that reveal the symbiotic relationship of people and place in this corner of the world. From rural Oregon, where a controversy brewed over the provenance and ownership of a meteor, to the great floods 15,000 years ago that shaped what is now Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, this is a compelling collection of stories about the natural and human history of our region.
Pegasus
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Author : Danielle Steel
language : en
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Release Date : 2014-10-28
Pegasus written by Danielle Steel and has been published by Delacorte Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-28 with Fiction categories.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In a rich historical novel of family and World War II, #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel unfurls a powerful saga that spans generations and continents. This is a story of courage, friendship, and fate as two families face the challenges of war . . . and the magnificent stallion that will link them forever. PEGASUS Nicolas von Bingen and Alex von Hemmerle, titled members of the German aristocracy, have been best friends since childhood. Both widowers, they are raising their children—Nick’s two lively boys and Alex’s adored teenage daughter—in peace and luxury on the vast Bavarian estates that have belonged to their families for generations. While Nick indulges in more glamorous pursuits, Alex devotes himself to breeding the renowned white Lipizzaner horses that enthrall audiences throughout Europe with their ability to dance and spin on command, majestic creatures whose bloodlines are rare and priceless. But it is Nicolas’s bloodline that changes everything, when his father receives a warning from a high-ranking contact inside the Wehrmacht. A secret from the past has left the family vulnerable to the rising tide of Nazism: Nick’s mother, whom he never knew, was of Jewish descent. Suddenly Nicolas must flee Germany, wrenching his sons away from the only home they have known, sailing across the Atlantic for a new life in America. Their survival will depend on a precious gift from Alex, their only stake for the future: eight purebred horses, two of them stunning Lipizzaners. In Florida, where Nicolas joins the Ringling Brothers Circus, he becomes Nick Bing, with Alex’s prize white stallion—now named Pegasus—the centerpiece of the show. In this extraordinary book, Danielle Steel tells the story of a family reinventing itself in America, while the country they left behind is engulfed in flames and madness, and men like Alex von Hemmerle are forced to make unbearable choices. Alex’s daughter will find sanctuary in England. In America, Nick will find love, his sons will find a future, and their left-behind world will eventually find them. A novel of hope and sacrifice, of tragedy, challenge, and rebirth, Pegasus is a brilliant family chronicle that unfolds across half a century—a masterwork from one of our most beloved writers.
Voyages Into The Unknown
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Author : Bruce Moen
language : en
Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing
Release Date : 1997-08-01
Voyages Into The Unknown written by Bruce Moen and has been published by Hampton Roads Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-08-01 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
The author says, "I'm just an ordinary human being whose curiousity about human existence beyond death led me to extraordinary experience. . . . If there is any difference between you and me it is only that my curiousity has already led me to exlore and know what lies beyond death in the Afterlife." This fascinating volume recounts the story of some of his voyages past the edge of life, using techniques learned at The Monroe Institute. Moen describes for the reader how to access this knowledge for themselves and to learn what the Afterlife really is.
Riding With The Blue Moth
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Author : Bill Hancock
language : en
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Release Date : 2006
Riding With The Blue Moth written by Bill Hancock and has been published by Sports Publishing LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Bicycle touring categories.
After the death of his son, Will, in the 2001 airplane crash that took the lives of nine additional members of the Oklahoma State basketball team and support staff, Hancock's 2,747-mile journey from the Pacific to the Atlantic became more than just a distraction. It became a pilgrimage. Photos.