1983, ISBN: 0691005915

[EAN: 9780691005911], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Princeton Univ Pr, Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.], HARRIMAN EXPEDITION TO ALASKA, ALASKA, The Harriman expedition to Alaska,1899. Edw… Plus…

[EAN: 9780691005911], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Princeton Univ Pr, Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.], HARRIMAN EXPEDITION TO ALASKA, ALASKA, The Harriman expedition to Alaska,1899. Edward Harriman was one of the most powerful men in America. He owned several railroads, with a dream of owning all of them. He had taken a number of near-bankrupt railroads and restored them to profitability. However, by early 1899, he was exhausted. His doctor told him that he needed a long vacation. Never a man to do anything small, Harriman decided to go to Alaska to hunt Kodiak bears. But rather than go alone, he conceived of the idea of taking with him a scientific community to explore and document the coast of Alaska. He contacted Clinton Hart Merriam, the head of the Division of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy at the United States Department of Agriculture, and one of the founders of the National Geographic Society. Harriman told Merriam that he would cover the expenses of scientists, artists, and other experts who would join the voyage. He asked Merriam to choose the scientific party. Historians question why Harriman wanted to go to Alaska. Some think he was considering developing Alaskan resources. Some think he was considering building a railroad to the Alaskan territory. Some people at the time openly wondered if he was going to buy Alaska, or build a railroad bridge from Alaska to Siberia-a railroad around the world. Nothing seemed impossible for Edward H. Harriman (Chowder, 2003). Merriam held a flurry of meetings and sent out dozens of telegrams. He organized a broad range of experts arctic experts, botanists, biologists and zoologists, geologists and geographers, artists, photographers, ornithologists, and writers Size: 8vo - over 7¾ in. - 9¾ in.Tall, Books<

1991, ISBN: 9780691005911

New York: An Evergreen Book/Grove Weidenfeld/Grove Press, 1991. 1st Grove Weidenfeld Evergreen Ed: 1991 . Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9&frac3… Plus…

New York: An Evergreen Book/Grove Weidenfeld/Grove Press, 1991. 1st Grove Weidenfeld Evergreen Ed: 1991 . Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. Reg Perry (Cover Design); The Allen Ginsberg Collection (Cover Photo). 273 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. Slightly creased and slanted spine. Small stain on bottom edge. Slightly creased back cover., An Evergreen Book/Grove Weidenfeld/Grove Press, 1991, 2.5, Princeton University Press, 1983. Paperback. Very Good. 1st paperback Edition; xxv, 244pp, illustrated b/w photographs. An account of the 1899 expedition that including many of the leading scientists, biologists, and illustrators of the day, among them John Burroughs, G.K. Gilbert, John Muir, George Bird Grinnell, C. Hart Merriam, Louis Aggasiz Fuertes, and Edward S. Curtis. Many photos, notes, sources, scientific results, appendix of the members, index. Very Good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; ISBN: 0691005915. ISBN/EAN: 9780691005911. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 822. . 9780691005911, Princeton University Press, 1983, 3<

1983, ISBN: 0691005915

[EAN: 9780691005911], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Princeton Univ Pr], PHILANTHROPY, PULLMAN'S PALACE CARS, LEGEND, Trade paperback in very good + condit… Plus…

[EAN: 9780691005911], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Princeton Univ Pr], PHILANTHROPY, PULLMAN'S PALACE CARS, LEGEND, Trade paperback in very good + condition. Name plate inside., Books<

1983, ISBN: 9780691005911

Princeton University Press, 1983-05. Paperback. Good., Princeton University Press, 1983-05, 2.5