George Davidson
Pioneer West Coast Scientist
1st Edition
Published on 30. September 2020
174 pages
978-0-520-35056-4 (ISBN)
Description
This title was originally published in 1954.
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Many titles in the Voices Revived program are also newly available as ebooks, offered at a discounted price to support wider access to scholarly work.
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Content
- Intro
- Preface
- Contents
- Illustrations
- I. CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH
- II. U. S. COAST SURVEY
- III. FIRST YEARS ON THE WEST COAST
- IV. NEW HARMONY
- V. MAPPING THE PACIFIC SHORELINE
- VI. THE LIMANTOUR CLAIM
- VII. CIVIL WAR
- VIII. ALASKA
- IX. THE COAST PILOT
- X. EARTHQUAKES AND IRRIGATION
- XI. THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
- XII. THE OBSERVATORY IN LAFAYETTE SQUARE
- XIII. JAMES LICK
- XIV. WIDENING HORIZONS
- XV. PLACE NAMES
- XVI. DISMISSAL FROM THE SURVEY
- XVII. TEACHER AND WRITER
- XVIII. LAST YEARS
- XIX. PERSONAL QUALITIES
- XX. A SUMMING UP
- CHRONOLOGY
- PUBLISHED WRITINGS OF GEORGE DAVIDSON
- INDEX
- Maps
