Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada: With the Whitney Expedition and Alone, 1864-1870

By (author): "Clarence King"
Genres:Adventure books  Nonfiction books  Travel books  Memoir books  Westerns books  Mountaineering books  
Publish Date: January 1st 1902
Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada: With the Whitney Expedition and Alone, 1864-1870
ISBN1589762509
ISBN139781589762503
AsinMountaineering in the Sierra Nevada: With the Whitney Expedition and Alone, 1864-1870
Original titleMountaineering in the Sierra Nevada (High Sierra Classics Series)
Clarence King (born 1842) of Rhode Island, rode horseback across the continent in 1863. In California, he was hired to work on Whitney's geological survey of the state, beginning the adventures recorded in this book.