Paul W. Clark's Books

Mountain Time

A Yellowstone Memoir

By: Paul Schullery

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Mountain Time, a thoughtful and often moving work, is not only about Yellowstone as a superb sample of American wildness, . . . but also about a man named Paul Schullery and his relationship to it. This fact gives the book much richness and power, for Schullery comes across clearly as a caring, observant, undogmatic person whose reasonable and intelligent opinions are reinforced by plenty of facts. In a certain mood, it is possible to wish (vainly) that people of his civilized caliber were the only ones allowed to open their mouths very widely on any subject that really matters, as Yellowstone definitely does."--John Graves, author of Goodbye to a River and From a Limestone Lodge "Paul has pushed outdoor writing to new limits. I pay him the highest compliment I can: I wish I had written Mountain Time."--Lionel Atwill, Sports Afield

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

264

Publisher

UNM Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0826343465

ISBN 13

9780826343468

Fostoria, Ohio

By: Paul H. Krupp,Nathan G. Krupp

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Fostoria, Ohio

By: Paul H. Krupp,Nathan G. Krupp

Fostoria, Ohio, was formed in 1854 with the merger of Risdon to the north and Rome to the south. It was named after Charles W. Foster, a local businessman who served as the town's first mayor. A town of 15,000 in northwestern Ohio, it is known around the world for its many railroads and, at one time, many glass factories including the well-known Fostoria glassware. "As the great City of Fostoria celebrates its 'Sesquicentennial' we all look forward to our next 150 years, but at the same time look back on where we have been. Paul Krupp's first book on Fostoria gave a great historical and yet personable account of Fostoria. Volume 2 continues with more wonderful insights of the rich heritage of our great city."-Mayor John Davoli, City of Fostoria, Ohio.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

136

Publisher

Arcadia Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

0738520055

ISBN 13

9780738520056

Onward We Charge

The Heroic Story of Darby's Rangers in World War II

By: H. Paul Jeffers

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Onward We Charge

The Heroic Story of Darby's Rangers in World War II

By: H. Paul Jeffers

Colonel William Darby was a hero by anyone's standards. His elite battalion of Army Rangers paved the way for Ranger success in subsequent wars—and left an unforgettable legacy in its wake. “Brings Darby's story to life with verve and skill.”—Evan Thomas, author of Ike’s Bluff • “Thoroughly engrossing.”—Larry Alexander, coauthor of A Higher Call • “A vivid portrait.”—Gerald Astor, author of A Blood-Dimmed Tide • “Riveting.”—John Wukovits, author of One Square Mile of Hell On a beach in Salerno in 1943, shortly after the American invasion, a staff officer stopped an Army Ranger and asked him where he might find William Darby. The soldier replied, “You’ll never find him this far back.” Darby was one of the most successful—and admirable—officers of World War II. At the start of the war he was an artillery captain and a general’s aide. But by 1945, he was a full colonel who had commanded Ranger battalions in twelve major battles, including the invasions of North Africa and Sicily, and the landings at Salerno and Anzio in Italy. Darby never led his men into a fight he wouldn’t take on personally, and his group of specially-selected, hard-trained Army Rangers became legendary for their astonishing bravery and deadliness under fire. Onward We Charge takes readers from the beachheads of North Africa to the bloody campaigns of southern Italy, and to Darby’s tragic death by German shrapnel just eight days before V-E Day. This is the true story of a man who held his own beside the greatest military figures in history.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

444

Publisher

Penguin

Published Date

ISBN 10

1101211822

ISBN 13

9781101211823

Virus-Like Particles

A Comprehensive Guide

By: Paul Pumpens,Peter Pushko

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Virus-Like Particles

A Comprehensive Guide

By: Paul Pumpens,Peter Pushko

This book represents the first complete and systematic guide to the virus-like particles (VLPs) and their applications as vaccines, therapeutic tools, nanomaterials, and nanodevices. The grouping of the VLPs follows the most recent virus taxonomy and the traditional Baltimore classification of viruses, which are based on the genome structure and mechanism of mRNA synthesis. Within each of the seven Baltimore classes, the order taxon serves as a framework of the chapter’s arrangement. The term "VLP" is used as a universal designation for the virus-, core-, or capsid-like structures, which became an important part of the modern molecular virology. The 3D structures, expression systems, and nanotechnological applications are described for VLPs in the context of the original viruses and uncover their evolving potential as novel vaccines and medical interventions. Key Features Presents the first full guide to the VLP nanotechnology, classified by current viral taxonomy Outlines specific structural properties and interconnection of the virions and VLPs Explains generation and characteristics of VLPs produced by various expression systems Offers up-to-date summary of VLPs designed as vaccines and delivery tools Unveils interconnection of VLPs with novel organic and inorganic nanomaterials

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1642

Publisher

CRC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

100056987X

ISBN 13

9781000569872

Command of Honor

General Lucian Truscott's Path to Victory in World War II

By: H. Paul Jeffers

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Command of Honor

General Lucian Truscott's Path to Victory in World War II

By: H. Paul Jeffers

The inspiring true story of General Lucian Truscott, one of the greatest combat commanders of World War II. General Lucian K. Truscott was an American military giant: tough, resourceful, and devoted to the men under his command. Unlike the more flamboyant high-ranking European field commanders of the time, he was neither arrogant nor in pursuit of personal glory-but rather a loyal, humble man who led his troops from the front and fought every enemy with a tenacity that made him one of the most respected and revered commanders in the U.S. Army. In Command of Honor, author H. Paul Jeffers chronicles the life of this American hero. For the first time, the life of Truscott is revealed: his ramshackle childhood in Texas and Oklahoma, his extraordinary combat service, and his peacetime duties. But above all, this is a story of leadership and sacrifice by a man who lived for duty, honor, and courage-a man who would become a legend in the annals of U.S. Army history.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

360

Publisher

Penguin

Published Date

ISBN 10

1440630666

ISBN 13

9781440630668

Blasphemy and Politics in Romantic Literature

Creativity in the Writing of Percy Bysshe Shelley

By: Paul Whickman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Blasphemy and Politics in Romantic Literature

Creativity in the Writing of Percy Bysshe Shelley

By: Paul Whickman

This book argues for the importance of blasphemy in shaping the literature and readership of Percy Bysshe Shelley and of the Romantic period more broadly. Not only are perceptions of blasphemy taken to be inextricable from politics, this book also argues for blasphemous ‘irreverence’ as both inspiring and necessitating new poetic creativity. The book reveals the intersection of blasphemy, censorship and literary property throughout the ‘Long Eighteenth Century’, attesting to the effect of this connection on Shelley’s poetry more specifically. Paul Whickman notes how Shelley’s perceived blasphemy determined the nature and readership of his published works through censorship and literary piracy. Simultaneously, Whickman crucially shows that aesthetics, content and the printed form of the physical text are interconnected and that Shelley’s political and philosophical views manifest themselves in his writing both formally and thematically.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

219

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

3030465705

ISBN 13

9783030465704

Combat Operations of the Korean War

Ground, Air, Sea, Special and Covert

By: Paul M. Edwards

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Combat Operations of the Korean War

Ground, Air, Sea, Special and Covert

By: Paul M. Edwards

This reference work provides information on all known military operations carried out under United Nations command as part of the Korean War, from June 1950 through 22 July 1954. Following an introductory history of the Korean War and a precise chronology of all Korean War operations, entries are arranged by operation name in five sections: primarily ground operations, primarily air operations, primarily sea operations, specialized operations, and covert and clandestine operations. For each operation, information includes dates, objectives, units involved, place within the greater strategy of the war, and outcome.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

200

Publisher

McFarland

Published Date

ISBN 10

0786458127

ISBN 13

9780786458127

George Owen Squier

U.S. Army Major General, Inventor, Aviation Pioneer, Founder of Muzak

By: Paul W. Clark,Laurence A. Lyons

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

George Owen Squier

U.S. Army Major General, Inventor, Aviation Pioneer, Founder of Muzak

By: Paul W. Clark,Laurence A. Lyons

During the 1920s and '30s, Major General George Owen Squier was one of the most famous men in America and abroad, as a scientist, soldier, military strategist, electrical communications expert and inventor, aeronautical pioneer, diplomat, and philanthropist. He rose from humble beginnings in Michigan to the position of Chief Signal Officer of the United States Army. He led the effort in World War I to equip the United States and its allies with American-made airplanes and engines, an effort which started slowly but at the time of the Armistice was rapidly coming to fruition. He also equipped American forces with modern communications, the first belligerent in the war to do so. As an inventor he is not well known today compared to his contemporaries Alexander Graham Bell and the Wright Brothers, who respected his intellect and originality. Yet his inventions in communications technology are fundamental to today's telephone system and were the technical basis for the company he founded, Muzak. Despite his many achievements no biography of George Squier has, before now, been published.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

293

Publisher

McFarland

Published Date

ISBN 10

0786476354

ISBN 13

9780786476350

Legendary Locals of Idaho Falls

By: Paul Menser

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Legendary Locals of Idaho Falls

By: Paul Menser

In 1864, a stage line driver named Matt Taylor and two associates decided Black Rock Canyon was the place for a toll bridge to handle traffic to and from Montana. The following year, their bridge opened and a town called Eagle Rock took shape. With the coming of the railroad, trains brought everyone from saloon keeper Dick Chamberlain to temperance crusader Rebecca Mitchell. To project a more genteel air, Eagle Rock became Idaho Falls in 1891. Joseph Clark, the first mayor, and newspaper publisher William Wheeler were just two of the people who helped pave the streets and turn on the lights. After assiduous wooing by boosters such as Bill Holden, D.V. Groberg, and E.F. McDermott, the Atomic Energy Commission in 1949 chose Idaho Falls for the headquarters of its National Reactor Testing Station. Today, Idaho Falls is a vital trading and service center with two hospitals, a professional baseball team, symphony orchestra, and world-class museum. It is also the hometown of some remarkable people who have gone out in the world to make names for themselves.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

128

Publisher

Arcadia Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1439649618

ISBN 13

9781439649619

Design of Observational Studies

By: Paul R. Rosenbaum

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Design of Observational Studies

By: Paul R. Rosenbaum

This second edition of Design of Observational Studies is both an introduction to statistical inference in observational studies and a detailed discussion of the principles that guide the design of observational studies. An observational study is an empiric investigation of effects caused by treatments when randomized experimentation is unethical or infeasible. Observational studies are common in most fields that study the effects of treatments on people, including medicine, economics, epidemiology, education, psychology, political science and sociology. The quality and strength of evidence provided by an observational study is determined largely by its design. Design of Observational Studies is organized into five parts. Chapters 2, 3, and 5 of Part I cover concisely many of the ideas discussed in Rosenbaum’s Observational Studies (also published by Springer) but in a less technical fashion. Part II discusses the practical aspects of using propensity scores and other tools to create a matched comparison that balances many covariates, and includes an updated chapter on matching in R. In Part III, the concept of design sensitivity is used to appraise the relative ability of competing designs to distinguish treatment effects from biases due to unmeasured covariates. Part IV is new to this edition; it discusses evidence factors and the computerized construction of more than one comparison group. Part V discusses planning the analysis of an observational study, with particular reference to Sir Ronald Fisher’s striking advice for observational studies: "make your theories elaborate." This new edition features updated exploration of causal influence, with four new chapters, a new R package DOS2 designed as a companion for the book, and discussion of several of the latest matching packages for R. In particular, DOS2 allows readers to reproduce many analyses from Design of Observational Studies.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

552

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

3030464059

ISBN 13

9783030464059

Mania

Clinical and Research Perspectives

By: Paul J. Goodnick

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Mania

Clinical and Research Perspectives

By: Paul J. Goodnick

Since the 1990 publication of Goodwin and Jamison's classic text on mania and bipolar and unipolar depression, Manic-Depressive Illness, there have been a number of significant advances in the research, diagnosis, and treatment of mania and bipolar disorder. Developed and written by experts at the forefront of these advances, Mania: Clinical and Research Perspectives provides a comprehensive overview of all recent developments on all aspects of mania. Mania is divided into three sections: diagnostic considerations, biological aspects, and treatment. "Diagnostic Considerations" includes coverage of the diagnostic revisions in DSM-IV, special comorbidity issues in children and substance abuse, the differentiation of mood swing from bipolar disorder, and generational change and genetic linkage. "Biological Aspects" reviews the current state of knowledge in biochemistry and biological techniques such as gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and brain imaging. "Treatment" thoroughly surveys all major treatment regimens for mania, including new drug therapies such as carbamazepine, valproate, clozapine, risperidone, verapamil, and nimodipine. This section also details new findings on the use of lithium and the risks for pregnant women and advances in psychotherapy. The book concludes with a summary that provides a historical perspective and directions for further research. With the comprehensive coverage provided in Mania: Clinical and Research Perspectives, readers will be able to improve patient care through advanced diagnosis and treatment.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

444

Publisher

American Psychiatric Pub

Published Date

ISBN 10

0880487283

ISBN 13

9780880487283

Battlefield Surgeon

Life and Death on the Front Lines of World War II

By: Paul A. Kennedy

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Battlefield Surgeon

Life and Death on the Front Lines of World War II

By: Paul A. Kennedy

In November 1942, Paul Andrew Kennedy (1912–1993) boarded the St. Elena in New York Harbor and sailed for Casablanca as part of Operation Torch, the massive Allied invasion of North Africa. As a member of the US Army's 2nd Auxiliary Surgical Group, he spent the next thirty-four months working in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany, in close proximity to the front lines and often under air or artillery bombardment. He was uncomfortable, struck by the sorrows of war, and homesick for his wife, for whom he kept detailed diaries to ease his unrelenting loneliness. In Battlefield Surgeon, Kennedy's son Christopher has edited his father's journals and provided historical context to produce an invaluable personal chronicle. What emerges is a vivid record of the experiences of a medical officer in the European theater of operations in World War II. Kennedy participated in some of the fiercest action of the war, including Operation Avalanche, the attack on Anzio, and Operation Dragoon. He also arrived in Rome the day after the Allied troops, and entered the Dachau concentration camp two days after it was liberated. Despite the enormous success of the popular M*A*S*H franchise, there are still surprisingly few authentic accounts of military doctors and medical practice during wartime. As a young, inexperienced surgeon, Kennedy grappled with cases much more serious and complex than he had ever faced in civilian practice. Featuring a foreword by Pulitzer Prize–winning World War II historian Rick Atkinson and an afterword by U.S. Army medical historian John T. Greenwood, this remarkable firsthand account offers an essential perspective on the Second World War.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

396

Publisher

University Press of Kentucky

Published Date

ISBN 10

0813167256

ISBN 13

9780813167251

Exploring Contemporary Migration

By: Paul Boyle,Keith Halfacree,Vaughan Robinson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Exploring Contemporary Migration

By: Paul Boyle,Keith Halfacree,Vaughan Robinson

Exploring Contemporary Migration provides the first comprehensive introduction to the various aspects of population migration in both the developed and the developing worlds. Some of the most important quantitative and qualitative methods used for the description and analysis of migration are presented in a clearly structured and accessible way. The various theoretical approaches used to explain the complex patterns of migration are also summarised. These patterns are then explored through the use of specific migration-related themes: employment, stage in the life course, quality of life, societal engineering, violence and persecution, and the role of culture. Exploring Contemporary Migration is written in a user-friendly, accessible style, appealing to undergraduate students of population geography and social science students taking a population module. This text will also be valuable reading to those researchers and academics concerned with gaining a broad understanding of the dynamics and patterns of contemporary population.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

297

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317890876

ISBN 13

9781317890874

A History of the Lewis and Clark Journals

By: Paul Russell Cutright

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A History of the Lewis and Clark Journals

By: Paul Russell Cutright

When President Thomas Jefferson dispatched Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their great exploratory expedition of the lands west of the Mississippi, the journey was destined to become the most famous and significant American land expedition in history. Jefferson must have realized the timeless importance of the mission, for he urged the captains to keep multiple records of all they saw and experienced during the journey. Those records, dutifully kept from the departure of the expedition in 1803 to its conclusion in 1806, provided invaluable information about the wonders of the American West. In the next 150 years the journals were published in several versions scrupulously authentic, dubiously revised, and complacently counterfeit. This book is the first comprehensive account of the various versions and of the persons responsible for them. It tells of the dedicated scholarship, inspired judgment, and exciting discovery of new materials, as well as the misguided enthusiasm and journalistic skulduggery that marred the publishing history of the journals, field notes, and letters of members of the expedition. The author breaks new ground in his use of previously unpublished letters written by the editors of the two major editions. An appendix introduces a recently discovered manuscript version of the journal kept by one of the expedition members. The book also includes an appraisal of books and articles written about the expedition and a resume of the illustrative materials, sketches, and maps that enriched the accounts. A History of the Lewis and Clark Journals is thus itself a significant expedition into a historic period in America's past.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

356

Publisher

University of Oklahoma Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0806132477

ISBN 13

9780806132471

The Island of Seven Cities

Where the Chinese Settled When They Discovered America

By: Paul Chiasson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Island of Seven Cities

Where the Chinese Settled When They Discovered America

By: Paul Chiasson

The Island of Seven Cities unveils the first tangible proof that the Chinese settled in the New World before Columbus. In the summer of 2003, architect Paul Chiasson decided to climb a mountain he had never explored on Cape Breton Island, where eight generations of his Acadian family had lived. One of the oldest points of exploration and settlement in the Americas, with a written history dating back to the first days of European discovery, Cape Breton is littered with remnants of old settlements. But that day Chiasson found a road that was unique. Well made and consistently wide, and at one time clearly bordered with stone walls, the road had been a major undertaking. But he could find no record of it. In the two years of detective work that followed, Chiasson systematically surveyed the history of Europeans in North America and came to a stunning conclusion: the ruins he had stumbled upon – an entire townsite on a mountaintop---did not belong to the Portuguese, the French, the English, or the Scots. And they predated John Cabot's 1497 "discovery" of the island. Using aerial and site photographs, maps and drawings, and his own expertise as an architect, Chiasson re-creates how he pieced together the clues to one of the world's great mysteries: a large Chinese colony existed and thrived on Canadian shores well before the European Age of Discovery. He addresses how the ruins had been previously overlooked or misunderstood, and how the colony was abandoned and forgotten, in China and in the New World. And he discovers the traces the colony left in the storytelling and culture of the Mi'kmaq, whose written language, clothing, technical knowledge, religious beliefs, and legends, he argues, expose deep cultural ties to China. A gripping account of an earth-shaking discovery, The Island of Seven Cities will change the way we think about our world.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

388

Publisher

St. Martin's Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1466852100

ISBN 13

9781466852105

Urban Land Economics and Public Policy

By: Paul N. Balchin,Gregory H. Bull,Jeffrey L. Kieve

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Urban Land Economics and Public Policy

By: Paul N. Balchin,Gregory H. Bull,Jeffrey L. Kieve

This revised and reset new fifth edition generally follows the structure of the previous edition, although some of the material of the earlier chapters has been rearranged, in addition to being updated and extended. A new feature of this edition is the allocation of a complete chapter to examining the problems of urban decline and renewal. Here the economic and social problems are discussed within the framework of current issues in urban policy, local government and planning. The book will appeal as a basic textbook for undergraduate students of estate management, land economics, building surveying and quantity surveying. It will be valuable to students taking degree or equivalent courses in urban economics, urban geography or town planning; it will also appeal to those preparing for RICS and RTPI examinations.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

405

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1349136522

ISBN 13

9781349136520

Green Criminology and Green Theories of Justice

An Introduction to a Political Economic View of Eco-Justice

By: Michael J. Lynch,Michael A. Long,Paul B. Stretesky

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Green Criminology and Green Theories of Justice

An Introduction to a Political Economic View of Eco-Justice

By: Michael J. Lynch,Michael A. Long,Paul B. Stretesky

This book offers an alternative analysis of the various theories and dimensions of green and environmental justice which are rooted in political economy. Much green criminological literature sidelines political economic theoretical insights and therefore with this work the authors enrich the field by vigorously exploring such perspectives. It engages with a number of studies relevant to a political economic approach to justice in order to make two key arguments: that capitalism has produced profound ecological injustices and that the concept of ecological justice (human and ecological rights) itself needs critiquing. Green Criminology and Green Theories of Justice is a timely text which urges the field to revisit its radical roots in social justice while broadening its disciplinary horizons to include a meaningful analysis of political economy and its role in producing and responding to environmental harm and injustice.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

265

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

3030285731

ISBN 13

9783030285739

Wandsworth & Battersea Battalions in the Great War

By: Paul McCue

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Wandsworth & Battersea Battalions in the Great War

By: Paul McCue

The service and sacrifices of two London boroughs are chronicled in dramatic detail in this WWI military history. In 1915, the Mayors of the London Metropolitan Boroughs were each urged to raise a unit of local men for active service overseas. The responses from Wandsworth and Battersea, two neighboring boroughs in Southwest London, could not have been more different. Mirroring their different political leanings, Battersea raised a full infantry battalion for the Queens (Royal West Surrey) Regiment, while Wandsworth sent double the men needed for an infantry battalion to the East Surrey Regiment. Wandsworth’s 13th East Surreys and Battersea’s 10th Queens both served with honor and distinction. But they, and the communities from which they came, also suffered thousands of men wounded and killed. This sacrifice cemented links with France, Belgium and Italy that continue today. From the early tragic death of an adventurous boy of just 15, to the heroic deeds of a dustman who won the Victoria Cross, this book describes the pain and the glory of the volunteers of Wandsworth and Battersea on the Western Front.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

455

Publisher

Casemate Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1783461276

ISBN 13

9781783461271

American Monster

How the Nation's First Prehistoric Creature Became a Symbol of National Identity

By: Paul Semonin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

American Monster

How the Nation's First Prehistoric Creature Became a Symbol of National Identity

By: Paul Semonin

It was huge, a ferocious carnivore capable of catching deer and elk with its long trunk and crushing them in its giant grinders. It lived right there in the Hudson River Valley. And no place else in the world had anything to match it. Such were the thoughts about the first complete mastodon skeleton excavated in 1801, before dinosaurs were discovered and the notion of geologic time acquired currency. Oregon- based natural historian Semonin traces the evangelical beliefs, Englightenment thought, and Indian myths about the extinct creatures from 1705 through US independence. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

501

Publisher

NYU Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0814781209

ISBN 13

9780814781203

Contesting the Moral High Ground

Popular Moralists in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain

By: Paul T. Phillips

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Contesting the Moral High Ground

Popular Moralists in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain

By: Paul T. Phillips

How four of Britain's best-known thinkers influenced the public consciousness on issues from God to the environment.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

246

Publisher

McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published Date

ISBN 10

077354111X

ISBN 13

9780773541115

Now Is the Time to Collect

Daniel Giraud Elliot, Carl Akeley, and the Field Museum African Expedition of 1896

By: Paul D. Brinkman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Now Is the Time to Collect

Daniel Giraud Elliot, Carl Akeley, and the Field Museum African Expedition of 1896

By: Paul D. Brinkman

A narrative microhistory of the Field Museum of Natural History's groundbreaking expedition to hunt and preserve rare African animal specimens for its collection before it went extinct due to modern progress and natural selection, a common view among natural historians as the 1800s came to a close"--

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

377

Publisher

University of Alabama Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0817361480

ISBN 13

9780817361488

Book's by Paul W. Clark

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email