Nevada - Travel, Mountains - Travel, Great Adventures & Legendary Journeys - Travel Essays & Descriptions, Adventurers - Mountaineers - Biography, Mountaineering - General & Miscellaneous, Walking & Hiking - Travel, Hiking & Backpacking - Travel Guidebook
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Overview
Clarence King (born 1842) of Rhode Island rode horseback across the continent in 1863. In California, he was hired to work on Whitney's geological survey of the state, beginning the adventures recorded in this book. Includes ascents of Mount Tyndall, Mount Shasta, and Mount Whitney; survey of Yosemite Valley; and field trips in the Merced Valley as well as anecdotes of the mountains' people and natural history.Book Details
Published
April 5, 2002
Publisher
Narrative Press, The
Pages
258
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781589762503