George William Featherstonhaugh

• Utgivningsdatum: 2006-02-05
• Mått: 154 x 228 x 27 mm
• Vikt: 550 g
• Format: Häftad
• Språk: Engelska
• Antal sidor: 376
• Förlag: The University of Alabama Press
• ISBN: 9780817353308

• Biografier
• Geologi

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 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. - Farth Sciences History ""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

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