George William Featherstonhaugh
The First U.S. Government Geologist
Will be published approx. on 28. February 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
376 pages
978-0-8173-5330-8 (ISBN)
Description
"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"
Reviews / Votes
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."" - ChoiceMore details
Edition
First Edition, First edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Alabama
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations, ports.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
558 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8173-5330-8 (9780817353308)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Edmund Berkeley | Dorothy Smith Berkeley
George William Featherstonhaugh
The First U.S.Government Geologist
Book
09/1988
The University of Alabama Press
€76.95
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