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Author : Arthur Jerome Burdick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1904
Category : Deserts
ISBN : OCLC:1032234406
Author : Arthur J. Burdick
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-02
Category : Travel
ISBN : EAN:8596547049357
"The Mystic Mid-Region" by Arthur J. Burdick is a travelogue about Southwest Deserts including the Great Mojave Desert (Death Valley), the Colorado Desert near Coachella, the Black Rock Desert (Nevada), Salt Lake in Utah, and many more. Excerpt: "Between the lofty ranges of mountains which mark the western boundary of the great Mississippi Valley and the chain of peaks known as the Coast Range, whose western sunny slopes look out over the waters of the placid Pacific, lies a vast stretch of country once known as the "Great American Desert." A few years ago, before the railroad had pierced the fastness of the great West, explorers told of a vast waste of country devoid of water and useful vegetation, the depository of fields of alkali, beds of niter, mountains of borax, and plains of poison-impregnated sands. The bitter sage, the thorny cacti, and the gnarled mesquite were the tantalizing species of herbs said to abound in the region, and the centipede, the rattlesnake, tarantula, and Gila monster represented the life of this desolate territory."
Author : Burdick Arthur J
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 131805768X
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Author : Arthur Jerome Burdick
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1358082162
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Arthur J 1858- Burdick
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1346779007
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Arthur Jerome Burdick
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 0282210156
Excerpt from The Mystic Mid-Region: The Deserts of the Southwest Nevada Desert, the Black Rock Desert, the Smoke Creek Desert, the Painted Desert, the Mojave Desert, the Colorado Desert, etc.; the Great American Desert being the name now applied to that alkali waste west of Salt Lake in Utah. AS a mat teriof fact, however, these are but local names for a great section of arid country in the United States from two hundred to five hun dred miles wide, and seven hundred to eight hundred miles long, and extending far down into Mexico, unbroken save for an occasional oasis furnished by nature, or small areas made habitable by irrigation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Arthur J. Burdick
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 152395809X
Between the lofty ranges of mountains which mark the western boundary of the great Mississippi Valley and the chain of peaks known as the Coast Range, whose western sunny slopes look out over the waters of the placid Pacific, lies a vast stretch of country once known as the "Great American Desert."
Author : Patricia Nelson Limerick
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : 0826308082
Traces the development of American attitudes toward the desert using case studies from many writers over the years.
Author : William DeBuys
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0826324282
A history of the Salton Sea, which has become a prophetic story of mounting environmental crises that impinge on the water supply of southern California's sixteen million people.
Author : Theodore Roosevelt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Kentucky
ISBN : HARVARD:HXQ8EQ
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.)
ISBN : CORNELL:31924094769753
Author : Traci Brynne Voyles
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781496216731
An environmental history of Southern California’s Salton Sea, the state’s largest inland body of water, and the complex politics of environmental and human health in the West.
Author : Salem Public Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
ISBN : HARVARD:HNJAPC
Author : John Soennichsen
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-16
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781594857768
CLICK HERE to download the first three chapters from Live! From Death Valley “Eloquently written, Soennichsen’s book is a triumph of reportage reminiscent of McPhee.” —Publishers Weekly * A compelling narrative about one of the most mysterious places on Earth by acclaimed nonfiction writer Soennichsen Death Valley is a place of record-breaking heat and unexplained natural oddities—a place where salt beds descend a thousand feet below the surface; where inch-long fish swim in a 112-degree creek; where huge boulders slide mysteriously across a dry lakebed. There are also gas stations, convenience stores, a visitor center, and a five-star hotel. Despite the modern conveniences, however, it’s still quite easy to die in Death Valley. Author John Soennichsen spent decades hiking, exploring, and observing as much of this forbidding yet fascinating region as possible. Based on journals kept during his travels, Live! From Death Valley relates his experiences in the region and examines the history, geology, and philosophical inspirations of the surrounding area. Alongside his own stories Soennichsen weaves an imaginative retelling of William Manly and the Bennet-Arcane party’s fateful pioneer trip through Death Valley in 1849–50, as well as modern-day tales of UFO sightings, doomsday prophets, and movie and TV production sets. Part guidebook, part autobiography, part narrative, Live! From Death Valley chronicles the raw history, weirdness, and geographical charm of this extraordinary place.
Author : Richard E. Lingenfelter
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1988-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0520908880
This is the history of Death Valley, where that bitter stream the Amargosa dies. It embraces the whole basin of the Amargosa from the Panamints to the Spring Mountains, from the Palmettos to the Avawatz. And it spans a century from the earliest recollections and the oldest records to that day in 1933 when much of the valley was finally set aside as a National Monument. This is the story of an illusory land, of the people it attracted and of the dreams and delusions they pursued-the story of the metals in its mountains and the salts in its sinks, of its desiccating heat and its revitalizing springs, and of all the riches of its scenery and lore-the story of Indians and horse thieves, lost argonauts and lost mine hunters, prospectors and promoters, miners and millionaires, stockholders and stock sharps, homesteaders and hermits, writers and tourists. But mostly this is the story of the illusions-the illusions of a shortcut to the gold diggings that lured the forty-niners, of inescapable deadliness that hung in the name they left behind, of lost bonanzas that grew out of the few nuggets they found, of immeasurable riches spread by hopeful prospectors and calculating con men, and of impenetrable mysteries concocted by the likes of Scotty. These and many lesser illusions are the heart of its history.