Rough Hewn

Author : Keith Heyer Meldahl
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520275772
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rough-Hewn Land written by Keith Heyer Meldahl and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2013-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Rough-Hewn Land tells the geologic story of the American West--the story of its rocks, rivers, mountains, earthquakes, and mineral wealth, including gold. It tells it by taking you on a 1000-mile-long field trip across the rough side of the continent from the California coast to the Rocky Mountains. This book puts you on the outcrop, geologic hammer in hand, to explore the evidence for how the spectacular, rough-hewn lands of the West came to be. When North America broke free from Eurasia and Africa some 200 million years ago, it triggered a cascade of violent geologic events that shaped the West we see today. As the west-moving continent crunched across the seabed of the ancient Pacific, islands and assorted pieces of ocean floor collected against its prow to build California--and plant gold there too. Meanwhile, mountains squeezed upward from California to Colorado, and vast quantities of molten rock seeded the crust with precious metals while spewing volcanic fire across the land. Later, the land stretched like an accordion to form the washboard-like Basin and Range province and Great Basin within it, while California began to crackle along the San Andreas fault. Throughout the West today, a near-constant drumroll of earthquakes testifies to a world still reshaping itself in response to the ceaseless movements of the Earth's tectonic plates. Rough-Hewn Land weaves these stories into the human history of the West. As we follow the adventures of John C. Frémont, Mark Twain, the Donner party, and other historic characters, we see how geologic forces have shaped human experience, just as they direct the fate of the West today"--

Author : Mrs. Day
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 336881396X
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rough Hewn written by Mrs. Day and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-03-15 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

Author : Day
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3368816985
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rough Hewn written by Day and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-04-18 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

Author : Dan X. Solo
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486267166
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rustic and Rough-hewn Alphabets written by Dan X. Solo and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eye-catching typefaces with casual or "country" air. Annie Oakley, Hedge Row, Stuntman, Ticonderoga Bold, many more. Complete uppercase alphabets, many with lowercase, numerals and punctuation.

Author : Jack A. Sobon
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1635860008
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hand Hewn written by Jack A. Sobon and published by Storey Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hand Hewn is a gorgeous celebration of the traditions and artistry of timber-frame building, a 7,000-year-old craft that holds an enduring attraction for its simple elegance and resilience. Internationally renowned timber-frame architect and craftsman Jack A. Sobon offers a fascinating look at how the natural, organic forms of trees become the framework for a home, with profiles of the classic tools he uses to hand hew and shape each timber, and explanations of the engineering of the wooden joinery that connects the timbers without a single nail. Inspiring photos of Sobon’s original interior home designs, as well as historical examples of long-lived structures in Europe and North America, make this a compelling tribute to the lasting value of artisanal craftsmanship and a thoughtful, deliberate approach to designing buildings.

Author : Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rough-hewn written by Dorothy Canfield Fisher and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring of 1893 Strindberg had just published "A Fool's Confession," D'Annunzio was employing all the multicolored glory of his style to prove "The Triumph of Death"; Hardy was somberly mixing on his palette the twilight grays and blacks and mourning purples of "Jude the Obscure"; Nordau, gnashing his teeth, was bellowing "Decadent" at his contemporaries who smirked a complacent acceptance of the epithet ... and, all unconscious of the futility and sordidness of the world, Neale Crittenden swaggered along Central Avenue, brandishing his shinny stick.

Author : Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rough-Hewn written by Dorothy Canfield Fisher and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-07-31 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Rough-Hewn" by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : United States
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Customs Tariff Act, October 3, 1913 written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Downing, R. F., & co
Publisher : New York, R. F. Downing [c1902]
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Customs Tariff Act, October 3, 1913 written by Downing, R. F., & co and published by New York, R. F. Downing [c1902]. This book was released on 1913 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Vandegrift, F.B., & Co
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hand Book of the United States Tariff written by Vandegrift, F.B., & Co and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: