Winner of a 2004 Washington State Book Award In this first comprehensive account of the 19th-century exploration and survey of the northern Cascades, Fred Beckey presents a wide range of materials from dozens of archives across the United States, Canada, and beyond: voyagers' logs, trappers' yarns, agency and government documents, official surveys, tall tales, climbers' journals, and sober histories. The voices, most of them from first-person narratives, range from wonder at the magnificence of the terrain, through ...
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Winner of a 2004 Washington State Book Award In this first comprehensive account of the 19th-century exploration and survey of the northern Cascades, Fred Beckey presents a wide range of materials from dozens of archives across the United States, Canada, and beyond: voyagers' logs, trappers' yarns, agency and government documents, official surveys, tall tales, climbers' journals, and sober histories. The voices, most of them from first-person narratives, range from wonder at the magnificence of the terrain, through frustration with the rigors of its harsh conditions, to the often humorous and sometimes tragic anecdotes of daily life in what was still mostly unexplored wilderness. The story is of multiple overlays of discovery and conquest: European and American explorers and sea captains, fur traders, railroad builders, surveyors of international boundaries, settlers, gold prospectors, mountaineers, timber barons, tourists, and finally the Forest Service and National Park administrations. Two of the narratives are recounted in detail: the story of the survey of the 49th parallel, with its clear contrast between the British and American approaches, and the account of early conquests of the major peaks, told with intimate relish by a fellow climber. This study will be particularly appealing to those interested in American wilderness areas and the way people approached those areas during a time of dynamic change in the Pacific Northwest. At the same time, it will be a sourcebook for future histories of the northern Cascades.
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May have some shelf-wear due to normal use. Your purchase funds free job training and education in the greater Seattle area. Thank you for supporting Goodwill's nonprofit mission!
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Fair. An acceptable and readable copy. All pages are intact, and the spine and cover are also intact. This item may have light highlighting, writing or underlining through out the book, curled corners, missing dust jacket and or stickers.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 10x7x1; **PRIORITY SHIPPING PROVIDED IN THE USA FOR THE PRICE OF MEDIA MAIL SHIPPING. International sales will require additional postage. ** Please see our photo. Hardbound book in very good condition, with a slight outward bow to the tan cloth boards, which are otherwise very clean and sharp cornered. Normal shelfwear to head and tail of spine. Orange lettering on front and spine is fresh in appearance. Text block is clean and sharp cornered. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.
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Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and intact with just minor edgewear, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; The textblock edges are unblemished; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium-Large Format (Quatro, 9.75"-10.75" tall); Dark red and black dust jacket with title in white lettering; 2003, Oregon Historical Society; 568 pages; "A Range of Glaciers: The Exploration and Survey of the Northern Cascade Range, " by Fred W. Beckey & Fred Beckey.
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Very Good+ in Very Good-dust jacket. 0875952437. Harcover; Very Good + Book in Very Good Minus Dust Jacket; Jacket has moisture staining (you can only see it on the inside) and mild wrinkling but it doesn't effect the binding or pages. Clean throughout.; 7 X 1.5 X 10 inches; 568 pages.
