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- catalog abstract "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. King, who in 1879 became the first director of the United States Geological Survey, will always be remembered for Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada, which was praised by Wallace Stegner, Van Wyck Brooks, and Henry Seidel Canby as a watermark of frontier literature.".
- catalog contributor b10265742.
- catalog contributor b10265743.
- catalog coverage "Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) Description and travel.".
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "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. King, who in 1879 became the first director of the United States Geological Survey, will always be remembered for Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada, which was praised by Wallace Stegner, Van Wyck Brooks, and Henry Seidel Canby as a watermark of frontier literature.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p.317-320).".
- catalog description "Preface / Francis P. Farquhar -- 1. The range -- 2. Through the forest, 1864 -- 3. The ascent of Mount Tyndall, 1864 -- 4. The descent of Mount Tyndall, 1864 -- 5. The Newtys of Pike, 1864 -- 6. Kaweah's run, 1864 -- 7. Around Yosemite walls, 1864 -- 8. A Sierra storm, 1864 -- 9. Merced ramblings, 1866 -- 10. Cut-off Copples's, 1870 -- 11. Shasta, 1870 -- 12. Shasta flanks, 1870 -- 13. Mount Whitney, 1871-1873 -- 14. The people -- Bibliographical notes.".
- catalog extent "320 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada.".
- catalog identifier "0803277830 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press,".
- catalog relation "Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada.".
- catalog spatial "Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) Description and travel.".
- catalog spatial "Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)".
- catalog subject "917.94/4 21".
- catalog subject "F868.S5 K542 1997".
- catalog subject "King, Clarence, 1842-1901 Journeys Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)".
- catalog subject "King, Clarence, 1842-1901 Travel Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)".
- catalog subject "Mountaineering Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface / Francis P. Farquhar -- 1. The range -- 2. Through the forest, 1864 -- 3. The ascent of Mount Tyndall, 1864 -- 4. The descent of Mount Tyndall, 1864 -- 5. The Newtys of Pike, 1864 -- 6. Kaweah's run, 1864 -- 7. Around Yosemite walls, 1864 -- 8. A Sierra storm, 1864 -- 9. Merced ramblings, 1866 -- 10. Cut-off Copples's, 1870 -- 11. Shasta, 1870 -- 12. Shasta flanks, 1870 -- 13. Mount Whitney, 1871-1873 -- 14. The people -- Bibliographical notes.".
- catalog title "Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada / by Clarence King ; edited and with a preface by Francis P. Farquhar.".
- catalog type "text".