King of the 40th Parallel: Discovery in the American West
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This book recounts the life and achievements of Clarence King, widely recognized as one of America’s most gifted intellectuals of the nineteenth century, and a legendary figure in the American West. King led landmark precursory surveys that positioned him to become the founding director of the U.S. Geological Survey, the most important government science agency in the nation.
ForewordixPrefacexiAcknowledgmentsxviiList of AbbreviationsxxiIntroduction: A Bird of Paradise11A Youthful Alliance62Ablebodied Men283Gold and Guns484Almost Inaccessible to Man785Grand Cold Fury of the Sierra1086Mirage and Blizzard1237Fever on the Desert1388True Ice and False Summit1859An Unparalleled Fraud22110Pushed with the Utmost Vigor25211Rocky Triangulation27112A Grand Fusion29513Epilogue309Appendixes331Notes351References Cited363Index371
