Where There Are Mountains

Author : Donald Edward Davis
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780820340210

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Where There Are Mountains by Donald Edward Davis Pdf

A timely study of change in a complex environment, Where There Are Mountains explores the relationship between human inhabitants of the southern Appalachians and their environment. Incorporating a wide variety of disciplines in the natural and social sciences, the study draws information from several viewpoints and spans more than four hundred years of geological, ecological, anthropological, and historical development in the Appalachian region. The book begins with a description of the indigenous Mississippian culture in 1500 and ends with the destructive effects of industrial logging and dam building during the first three decades of the twentieth century. Donald Edward Davis discusses the degradation of the southern Appalachians on a number of levels, from the general effects of settlement and industry to the extinction of the American chestnut due to blight and logging in the early 1900s. This portrait of environmental destruction is echoed by the human struggle to survive in one of our nation's poorest areas. The farming, livestock raising, dam building, and pearl and logging industries that have gradually destroyed this region have also been the livelihood of the Appalachian people. The author explores the sometimes conflicting needs of humans and nature in the mountains while presenting impressive and comprehensive research on the increasingly threatened environment of the southern Appalachians.

Author : Jean Deeds
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Psychology
ISBN : PSU:000031979009

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There are Mountains to Climb by Jean Deeds Pdf

51-year-old Jean Deeds left her comfortable life for a 2,000 mile journey along the Appalachian Trail.

Author : Scott Weidensaul
Publisher : Fulcrum Publishing
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781938486890

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Mountains of the Heart by Scott Weidensaul Pdf

Part natural history, part poetry, Mountains of the Heart is full of hidden gems and less traveled parts of the Appalachian Mountains Stretching almost unbroken from Alabama to Belle Isle, Newfoundland, the Appalachians are one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world. In Mountains of the Heart, renowned author and avid naturalist Scott Weidensaul shows how geology, ecology, climate, evolution, and 500 million years of history have shaped one of the continent's greatest landscapes into an ecosystem of unmatched beauty. This edition celebrates the book's 20th anniversary of publication and includes a new foreword from the author.

Author : Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2001-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 061335902X

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As Long As There Are Mountains by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock Pdf

Thirteen-year-old Iris loves the northern Vermont hills where she and her family own a farm, but when their barn burns down and her father is injured in a logging accident, the family decides to sell the farm, leaving Iris determined to get her home

Author : Janice Emily Bowers
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780816546992

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The Mountains Next Door by Janice Emily Bowers Pdf

A charming natural history (inclined to botany) of the Rincon Mountains of SE Arizona. But the location is not carefully specified.

Author : Larry W. Price
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520058860

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Mountains & Man by Larry W. Price Pdf

"This book explores the complex processes and features of mountain environments: glaciers, snow and avalanches, landforms, weather and climate, vegetation, soils, and wildlife. A major section analyzes the effects of latitudinal position on these processes and features. There is also an investigation of the origin of mountains, our attitudes towards them, and their manifold implications for us."--Inside front jacket.

Author : David Crerar,Harry Crerar,Bill Maurer
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Incorporated
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1771602414

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The Glorious Mountains of Vancouver's North Shore by David Crerar,Harry Crerar,Bill Maurer Pdf

A new, full-colour guidebook for outdoor enthusiasts interested in exploring the dynamic and awe-inspiring peaks and trails of Vancouver's internationally renowned coastal-mountain landscape. The beautiful mountains of the North Shore define Vancouver, but few Vancouverites know of the natural beauty and adventure that lies within them, or even their names and history. The Glorious Mountains of Vancouver's North Shore: A Peakbagger's Guide offers something for everyone, from casual hikers to hard-core climbers, from gentle ramblers to ultra-fit trail runners, to parents introducing their children to the splendours of nature, and to those merely curious about what is out there, so close and yet so far. The book provides turn-by-turn route descriptions for climbing 66 North Shore peaks, including exhaustive facts and statistics, special cautions, first ascents, name origins, historic and cultural backgrounds, as well as little-known facts and secrets. Roads and access trails are provided. All peaks feature GPS-based maps, with elevation profiles. The glories of these mountains, creeks and lakes are enticingly illustrated with over 150 colour photographs. Covering all of the hikeable peaks from Capilano in the north, to the Howe Sound Islands in the west and the Seymour-Fannin peaks in the east, this book will encourage you to hop in your kayak or car, on your bike or your own two feet to explore this underappreciated paradise in our own backyard.

Author : Robert Macfarlane
Publisher : Granta
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781847081575

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Mountains of the Mind by Robert Macfarlane Pdf

WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD Once we thought monsters lived there. In the Enlightenment we scaled them to commune with the sublime. Soon, we were racing to conquer their summits in the name of national pride. In this ground-breaking, classic work, Robert Macfarlane takes us up into the mountains: to experience their shattering beauty, the fear and risk of adventure, and to explore the strange impulses that have for centuries lead us to the world's highest places.

Author : Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1995-03-31
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780064451284

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How Mountains Are Made by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld Pdf

Even though Mount Everest measures 29,028 feet high, it may be growing about two inches a year. A mountain might be thousands of feet high, but it can still grow taller or shorter each year. Mountains are created when the huge plates that make up the earth's outer shell very slowly pull and push against one another. Read and find out about all the different kinds of mountains.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Random House Value Publishing
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015006884087

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Mountains of North America by Anonim Pdf

Author : David Kilcullen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190230968

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Out of the Mountains by David Kilcullen Pdf

Analyzes four megatrends—population growth, urbanization, coastal life and connectedness-and concludes that future conflict is increasingly likely to occur in sprawling coastal cities; in underdeveloped regions of the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia; and in highly networked, connected settings, in a book that also looks at gangs, cartels and warlords.

Author : Martin F. Price
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9780199695881

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Mountains by Martin F. Price Pdf

In this Very Short Introduction, Martin Price addresses the role of mountains in global ecosystems and within human culture. Considering the global effects of melting glaciers, and the conservation of mountain regions and peoples, he discusses the future of mountainous regions and the implications for all of us.

Author : Paul Robert Magocsi
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9786155053467

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With Their Backs to the Mountains by Paul Robert Magocsi Pdf

With Their Backs to the Mountains is the history of a stateless people, the Carpatho-Rusyns, and their historic homeland, Carpathian Rus’, located in the heart of central Europe. A little over 100,000 Carpatho-Rusyns are registered in official censuses but their number could be as high as 1,000,000, the greater part living in Ukraine and Slovakia. The majority of the diaspora—nearly 600,000—lives in the US. At present, when it is fashionable to speak of nationalities as “imagined communities” created by intellectuals or elites who may or may not live in the historic homeland, Carpatho-Rusyns provide an ideal example of a people made—or some would say still being made—before our very eyes. The book traces the evolution of Carpathian Rus’ from earliest prehistoric times to the present, and the complex manner in which a distinct Carpatho-Rusyn people, since the mid-nineteenth century, came into being, disappeared, and then re-appeared in the wake of the revolutions of 1989 and the collapse of Communist rule in central and eastern Europe. To help guide the reader further there are 39 text inserts, 34 detailed maps, plus an annotated discussion of relevant books, chapters, and journal articles.

Author : Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
Publisher : Puffin Books
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2001-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0141303603

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As Long As There Are Mountains by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock Pdf

Jack The Bookman.

Author : Kate Wheeler
Publisher : Mariner Books
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2001-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0618127011

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When Mountains Walked by Kate Wheeler Pdf

An interweaving of two love stories that span generations begins in the 1940s as Althea Barnes becomes enamored of both India and a Hindu priest, and continues with her granddaughter who has an affair with a revolutionary in contemporary Peru.