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Author : William Alsup
Publisher : Yosemite Conservancy
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781951179083

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Missing in the Minarets by William Alsup Pdf

This riveting narrative details the mysterious disappearance of Peter Starr, a San Francisco attorney from a prominent family, who set off to climb alone in the rugged Minaret region of the Sierra Nevada in July 1933. Rigorous and thorough searches by some of the best climbers in the history of the range failed to locate him despite a number of promising clues. When all hope seemed gone and the last search party had left the Minarets, mountaineering legend Norman Clyde refused to give up. Climbing alone, he persevered in the face of failure, resolved that he would learn the fate of the lost man. Clyde’s discovery and the events that followed make for compelling reading. Recently reissued with a new afterword, this re-creation of a famous episode in the annals of the Sierra Nevada is mountaineering literature at its best.

Author : Susan Deering
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0738559628

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Silverado Canyon by Susan Deering Pdf

Hidden in the Santa Ana Mountains below Santiago Peak is a canyon called Silverado. The Spaniards called it Canon de la Madera because of the abundance of timber. The first non-native homesteaders arrived in 1876 to tend bees and grow fruit trees. With the discovery in 1877 of quartz deposits embedded with silver, the canyon became a hotbed of activity, with possibilities of newfound fortune for the hundreds of men who arrived there. Renamed Silverado City, the heart of the canyon turned into a bustling mining town. After the silver bust, peace and quiet returned and Silverado was promoted as a health resort, a place to take the waters that flowed from the natural sulfur springs. Attracted by the beauty of the canyon, city dwellers began visiting. Abandoned cabins were turned into small bungalows and used as vacation homes and eventually year-round residences. Through boom and bust, fire and flood, the canyon remains a unique and enchanting part of Orange County.

Author : Joseph E. Taylor III
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780674058606

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Pilgrims of the Vertical by Joseph E. Taylor III Pdf

Few things suggest rugged individualism as powerfully as the solitary mountaineer testing his or her mettle in the rough country. Yet the long history of wilderness sport complicates this image. In this surprising story of the premier rock-climbing venue in the United States, Pilgrims of the Vertical offers insight into the nature of wilderness adventure. From the founding era of mountain climbing in Victorian Europe to present-day climbing gyms, Pilgrims of the Vertical shows how ever-changing alignments of nature, technology, gender, sport, and consumer culture have shaped climbers’ relations to nature and to each other. Even in Yosemite Valley, a premier site for sporting and environmental culture since the 1800s, elite athletes cannot be entirely disentangled from the many men and women seeking recreation and camaraderie. Following these climbers through time, Joseph Taylor uncovers lessons about the relationship of individuals to groups, sport to society, and nature to culture. He also shows how social and historical contexts influenced adventurers’ choices and experiences, and why some became leading environmental activists—including John Muir, David Brower, and Yvon Chouinard. In a world in which wild nature is increasingly associated with play, and virtuous play with environmental values, Pilgrims of the Vertical explains when and how these ideas developed, and why they became intimately linked to consumerism.

Author : Michael Vinson
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806157092

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Edward Eberstadt & Sons by Michael Vinson Pdf

An unlikely bookseller in New York City became the leading dealer in rare Western Americana for most of the twentieth century. After working in western-U.S. and South American gold mines at the turn of the twentieth century, Edward Eberstadt (1883–1958) returned to his home in New York City in 1907. Through luck and happenstance, he purchased an old book for fifty cents that turned out to be a rare sixteenth-century Mexican imprint. From this bit of serendipity, Eberstadt quickly became one of the leading western Americana rare book dealers. In this book Michael Vinson tells the story of how Edward Eberstadt & Sons developed its legendary book collection, which formed the backbone of many of today’s top western Americana archives. Although the firm’s business records have not survived, Edward and his sons, Charles and Lindley, were all prodigious letter writers, and nearly every collector kept his or her correspondence. Drawing upon these letters and on his own extensive experience in the rare book trade, Vinson gives the reader a vivid sense of how the commerce in rare books and manuscripts unfolded during the era of the Eberstadts, particularly in the relationships between dealers and customers. He explores the backstory that scholars of art history and museology have pursued in recent decades: the assembling of cultural treasures, their organization for use, and the establishment of institutions to support that use. His work describes the important role this key bookselling firm played in the western Americana trade from the early 1900s to Eberstadt & Sons’ dissolution in 1975. From Yale University and the American Antiquarian Society to the Newberry Library and the Huntington Library, the firm of Edward Eberstadt & Sons has left its mark in western Americana repositories across the nation. Told here for the first time, the Eberstadt story reveals how one family’s business and legacy have shaped the study of the American West.

Author : R.J. Sector
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Page : 1008 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009-02-09
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781594857386

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The High Sierra by R.J. Sector Pdf

**Please note we have a few edits and updates for THE HIGH SIERRA: Peaks, Passes, Trails, 3rd Ed. Please download the edits HERE so your copy reflects the appropriate changes and additions. Thank you.** "The Sierra climbing bible" - The Los Angeles Times "The best field guide to the region." - Men's Journal "The guide to the Sierra Nevada high country." - Climbing magazine * More than 100 new routes, route variations, and winter ascents in this edition compared to the previous * User friendly organization * Author has made more than 350 ascents in the Sierra High Sierra is the most popular guidebook to this magnificent mountain range, and has long been the definitive source of climbing and hiking information for this wonderland. This comprehensive and exhaustive guidebook includes route descriptions, historical information, and GPS-enabled driving directions. This edition rearranged the information to keep roads and trails, and passes and peaks together, making the book easier to use.

Author : Daniel Arnold
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781582436166

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Early Days in the Range of Light by Daniel Arnold Pdf

“A splendid chronicle of early climbing in the Sierra Nevada.” —Royal Robbins It’s 1873. Gore–Tex shells and aluminum climbing gear are a century away, but the high mountains still call to those with a spirit of adventure. Imagine the stone in your hands and thousands of feet of open air below you, with only a wool jacket to weather a storm and no rope to catch a fall. Daniel Arnold did more than imagine—he spent three years retracing the steps of his climbing forefathers, and in Early Days in the Range of Light, he tells their riveting stories. From 1864 to 1931, the Sierra Nevada witnessed some of the most audacious climbing of all time. In the spirit of his predecessors, Arnold carried only rudimentary equipment: no ropes, no harness, no specialized climbing shoes. Sometimes he left his backpack and sleeping bag behind as well, and, like John Muir, traveled for days with only a few pounds of food rolled into a sack slung over his shoulder. In an artful blend of history, biography, nature, and adventure writing, Arnold brings to life the journeys and the terrain traveled. In the process he uncovers the motivations that drove an extraordinary group of individuals to risk so much for airy summits and close contact with bare stone and snow. “Ever wish you could travel back to climbing’s early days and follow the earliest first–ascent visionaries? This fantasy comes to life . . . in this elegant narrative.” —Climbing Magazine

Author : Christiane J. Gruber
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780253353771

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The Islamic Manuscript Tradition by Christiane J. Gruber Pdf

The rich and varied traditions of Islamic book art

Author : Jason Bowen
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781644248690

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The Scaberrain Recueil by Jason Bowen Pdf

Jeb Renquist and Rade Rennix are two completely different people. Jeb is a disgruntled professor at a local university on Earth, drinking away his problems, butting heads with other staff members, and having unprofessional relationships with some of his students. Jeb is all alone in an unbearable existence and wants to end it all. Rade, on the other hand, is a top-notch pilot on a planet called Scaberrain. He is well-respected by his colleagues, loved by his adoptive father and brother, and in love with an incredible woman. His life seems almost perfect, and he could not be happier. So why do they have such vivid dreams about each other? Rade is found unconscious after disappearing for months, but he has no memory of what happened to him before his capture by the Bektarrians. His boss is skeptical, his father is worried, and his girlfriend is just happy he's alive. Rade once again tries to prove his abilities and loyalty, but his CO has doubts. To make matters worse, a memory retrieval process ends up with more questions than answers. Rade pushes everything else to the back of his mind and throws himself into his work and personal life. Rade and his squadron are selected to work with an elite group of fighters to embark on a top-secret operation. While on the mission, Rade is notified of a devastating attack on his home base. Life will never be the same for anyone. Follow Rade as he fights the monstrous Bektarrians, rekindles his romance with Slace, the love of his life, and tries to live up to the high expectations as the Black Shock.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1360 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Communism
ISBN : IND:30000154277184

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Cumulative Index to Publications of the Committee on Un-American Activities by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1362 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Communism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105060911935

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Cumulative Index to Publications of the Committee on Un-American Activities, 1938-1954 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities Pdf

Author : Arthur Hailey
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504022217

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The Evening News by Arthur Hailey Pdf

Terrorists target a TV anchorman and his family in the #1 New York Times–bestselling author’s novel set in the high-pressure network news industry. Anchorman Crawford Sloane, a respected reporter who made his name as a Vietnam War correspondent, thrives on the unpredictability of life in the newsroom. Whether he’s covering the imminent crash of an airliner in distress, terror in South America, or riots in Eastern Europe, or dealing with the cold-blooded politics of one of America’s premier news organizations, he never loses his cool. With terrorism dominating the evening news, Sloane takes precautions because he knows that as the face of American democracy, he’s a prime target for radicals. But when terrorists kidnap his family, he’s no longer reporting the news; he’s living it. Unwilling to rely on the help of ruthless network executives or the intrepid reporter who was once a rival for the affections of his wife, Sloane sets out to track down the kidnappers himself—and he soon learns that pure terror can lie behind the headlines.

Author : Stephen Porcella,Cameron M. Burns
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0898865557

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Climbing California's Fourteeners by Stephen Porcella,Cameron M. Burns Pdf

California's 14,000-foot peaks are altogether different from those in Colorado or Washington. In most cases they are steep, sheer-walled spires found in remote, pristine wilderness areas. Porcella and Burns have spent years climbing many of the listed routes and have extensively researched all others to create the only route guide that includes several options for each fourteener. Each mountain description includes access, history, and details such as difficulty ratings and gear recommendations.

Author : Harry W. Crosby
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806152585

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Californio Portraits by Harry W. Crosby Pdf

First published in 1981, Harry W. Crosby’s Last of the Californios captured the history of the mountain people of Baja California during a critical moment of transition, when the 1974 completion of the transpeninsular highway increased the Californios’ contact with the outside world and profoundly affected their traditional way of life. This updated and expanded version of that now-classic work incorporates the fruits of further investigation into the Californios’ lives and history, by Crosby and others. The result is the most thorough and extensive account of the people of Baja California from the time of the peninsula’s occupation by the Spaniards in the seventeenth century to the present. Californio Portraits combines history and sociology to provide an in-depth view of a culture that has managed to survive dramatic changes. Having ridden hundreds of miles by mule to visit with various Californio families and gain their confidence, Crosby provides an unparalleled view of their unique lifestyle. Beginning with the story of the first Californios—the eighteenth-century presidio soldiers who accompanied Jesuit missionaries, followed by miners and independent ranchers—Crosby provides personal accounts of their modern-day descendants and the ways they build their homes, prepare their food, find their water, and tan their cowhides. Augmenting his previous work with significant new sources, material, and photographs, he draws a richly textured portrait of a people unlike any other—families cultivating skills from an earlier century, living in semi-isolation for decades and, even after completion of the transpeninsular highway, reachable only by mule and horseback. Combining a revised and updated text with a new foreword, introduction, and updated bibliography, Californio Portraits offers the clearest and most detailed portrait possible of a fascinating, unique, and inaccessible people and culture.

Author : Robert R. Alvarez
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : 0520073894

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Familia by Robert R. Alvarez Pdf

Anthropologists, historians, and sociologists will find here a striking challenge to accepted explanations of the northward movement of migrants from Mexico into the United States. Alvarez investigates the life histories of pioneer migrants and their offspring, finding a human dimension to migration which centers on the family. Spanish, American, and English exploits paved the way for exchange between Baja and Alta California. Alvarez shows how cultural stability actually increased as migrants settled in new locations, bringing their common values and memories with them.

Author : Julianna Delgado,John G. Ripley
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738593012

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Pasadena's Bungalow Heaven by Julianna Delgado,John G. Ripley Pdf

Bungalow Heaven, Pasadena's first and largest landmark district, contains the nation's finest collection of middle-class homes of the American Arts and Crafts period. Saved from the wrecking ball in the late 1980s by a grassroots movement that would regenerate the city, it was listed in 2008 on the California Register and in the National Register of Historic Places. The next year, the American Planning Association deemed this heavenly place, with its human-scaled houses, welcoming front porches, and walkable tree-lined streets, as a "Great Neighborhood" in its Great Places in America program. Bungalow Heaven became a model for civic engagement and a lovingly restored reminder of a simpler, healthier way of life.