Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada

About this film

LibriVox recording of Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada by Clarence King. Read in English by Melanie Schleeter McCalmont. "Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada" is a memoir by Clarence King of his adventures and work with the California Geological Survey. King later led a major survey along the 40th Parallel in the American West and then was appointed the first director of the new U.S. Geological Survey. King's 1872 "Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada" exhibits a modern sense of timing and insight, and his accounts of hand-and-foot rock climbing seem as fresh as last week's blog post. He was part of the Victorian wave of mountain-climbing that first scaled the highest world peaks in the mid-19th century and, as a scientist, was part of a similar wave of new theories and discoveries: Darwinian evolution, glaciers, volcanism, erosion, earthquakes, topographical techniques, and human ecology. California had just passed through the Gold Rush years, and further survey of the Sierra Nevada was desired to extend knowledge of California economic geography. While listening to this historic book, please consult a supplemental web resource at http://melanie.mccalmont.org which provides 19th…

Directors & creators

Clarence King

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librivox; audiobooks;

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