George William Featherstonhaugh the First U.S. Government Geologist - Rilegato

Berkeley, Edmund; Berkeley, Dorothy Smith

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ISBN 10: 0817303650 ISBN 13: 9780817303655

Casa editrice: Univ of Alabama Pr, 1988

Riassunto

"U.S. historians can read this book with considerable profit for the details it offers; general readers can enjoy it as a straightforward and informative biography."
—Choice

"For anyone interested in the history of American geology, knowledge of G. W. Featherstonhaugh (1780-1866) is both essential and hard to obtain. He was the force behind the first railroad in America; a pioneer in scientific agriculture; an essayist, poet, and novelist; a lobbyist; a linguist; and a daring diplomat who saved the king and queen of France from certain death. [Yet] his strongest tie was with the geology. [This] biography is interesting, well researched and well written. It is a balanced study of a complex man who did so much work and generated such controversy."
—Earth Sciences History

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Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 357 pages; Physical description. : 357 p. Ill ; 24cm. Notes: Bibl. , p. 343-351. Includes index. Subject: Featherstonhaugh, George William. Diplomats - Biography - United States. Geologists - Biography - United States. United States - Biography. Series: History of American science and technology series

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Univ of Alabama Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1988
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0817303650
• ISBN 13: 9780817303655
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 376
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile