George William Featherstonhaugh: The First U.S. Government Geologist - Couverture souple

Berkeley, Edmund; Berkeley, Dorothy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0817353305 ISBN 13 : 9780817353308

Editeur : University Alabama Press, 2006

Synopsis

"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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Alabama Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0817353305
• ISBN 13: 9780817353308
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 375
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible