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- 2005053598 abstract "A portrait of a scientist-explorer whose mountain-scaling, desert-crossing, river-fording, blizzard-surviving adventures helped create the new West of the nineteenth century. King in his youth was an icon of the new America: a man of both action and intellect, who combined science and adventure with romanticism and charm. He went west in 1863 at age 21 as a geologist-explorer. During the next decade he scaled the Sierra Nevada, published a book now considered an adventure classic, initiated a groundbreaking land survey, and ultimately uncovered one of the greatest frauds of the century--the Great Diamond Hoax--making him an international celebrity at a time when there were few. The book also provides the bigger picture of the West at this time, showing the ways in which the terrain was measured and charted and mastered, and how science, politics, and business began to intersect and influence one another during this era.--From publisher description.".
- 2005053598 contributor B10165212.
- 2005053598 coverage "West (U.S.) Intellectual life.".
- 2005053598 created "c2006.".
- 2005053598 date "2006".
- 2005053598 date "c2006.".
- 2005053598 dateCopyrighted "c2006.".
- 2005053598 description "A portrait of a scientist-explorer whose mountain-scaling, desert-crossing, river-fording, blizzard-surviving adventures helped create the new West of the nineteenth century. King in his youth was an icon of the new America: a man of both action and intellect, who combined science and adventure with romanticism and charm. He went west in 1863 at age 21 as a geologist-explorer. During the next decade he scaled the Sierra Nevada, published a book now considered an adventure classic, initiated a groundbreaking land survey, and ultimately uncovered one of the greatest frauds of the century--the Great Diamond Hoax--making him an international celebrity at a time when there were few. The book also provides the bigger picture of the West at this time, showing the ways in which the terrain was measured and charted and mastered, and how science, politics, and business began to intersect and influence one another during this era.--From publisher description.".
- 2005053598 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-267) and index.".
- 2005053598 extent "viii, 303 p. :".
- 2005053598 identifier "0743260252".
- 2005053598 identifier "9780743260251".
- 2005053598 identifier 2005053598-d.html.
- 2005053598 identifier 2005053598-s.html.
- 2005053598 issued "2006".
- 2005053598 issued "c2006.".
- 2005053598 language "eng".
- 2005053598 publisher "New York : Scribner,".
- 2005053598 spatial "United States".
- 2005053598 spatial "West (U.S.) Intellectual life.".
- 2005053598 subject "551.092 B 22".
- 2005053598 subject "Geologists United States Biography.".
- 2005053598 subject "King, Clarence, 1842-1901.".
- 2005053598 subject "QE22.K5 W55 2006".
- 2005053598 title "The explorer King : adventure, science, and the Great Diamond Hoax : Clarence King in the Old West / Robert Wilson.".
- 2005053598 type "text".