Geographical discovery and exploration Books
The University of Chicago Press Flowers Guns and Money
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Scholars of US foreign policy have longed for a biography of Joel Poinsett, the diplomat, secret agent, and legislator who actively shaped US–Latin American relations for three crucial decades in the early nineteenth century. Lindsay Schakenbach Regele’s marvelous new study more than meets the task, not only revealing the extensive scope of his influence at home and abroad but also making an important argument about the evolution of early American political economy.” -- Amy S. Greenberg, The Pennsylvania State University"A revealing if at times critical biographical study that highlights the role of economic interests in early 19th-century foreign relations." * The Wall Street Journal *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1 Founding a Man, 1779–1810 Chapter 2 International and Domestic Politics, 1811–1819 Chapter 3 Domestic and International Politics, 1820–1825 Chapter 4 Interest in Mexico, 1825–1830 Chapter 5 Southern “Honor,” 1830–1836 Chapter 6 War, 1837–1841 Chapter 7 Final Battles, 1841–1851 Epilogue Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Notes Index
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Flowers Guns and Money
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Scholars of US foreign policy have longed for a biography of Joel Poinsett, the diplomat, secret agent, and legislator who actively shaped US–Latin American relations for three crucial decades in the early nineteenth century. Lindsay Schakenbach Regele’s marvelous new study more than meets the task, not only revealing the extensive scope of his influence at home and abroad but also making an important argument about the evolution of early American political economy.” -- Amy S. Greenberg, The Pennsylvania State University"A revealing if at times critical biographical study that highlights the role of economic interests in early 19th-century foreign relations." * The Wall Street Journal *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1 Founding a Man, 1779–1810 Chapter 2 International and Domestic Politics, 1811–1819 Chapter 3 Domestic and International Politics, 1820–1825 Chapter 4 Interest in Mexico, 1825–1830 Chapter 5 Southern “Honor,” 1830–1836 Chapter 6 War, 1837–1841 Chapter 7 Final Battles, 1841–1851 Epilogue Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Notes Index
£20.00
University of Illinois Press A Hero on Mount St. Helens
Book SynopsisTrade Review"An excellent biography. . . . This book is a great read." --The Daily Chronicle"A well-balanced and authentic view of David--where he came from, who he was, what the influences on his worldview were, and especially his sense of urgency about the unfolding situation at Mount St. Helens in spring 1980. Volcanoes are complex features; Melanie Holmes explains scientific ideas in a clear, straightforward manner that make them more accessible to a broad, non-specialist audience."--Tom Casadevall, former acting director for the U.S. Geological Survey "The intertwined personal life of David Johnston with Mount St. Helens geology and the challenges of dangerous research have, in this story, produced an incredibly engaging saga. A beautiful tribute to a scientist and to science."--Robbie Rice Gries, author of Anomalies: Pioneering Women in Petroleum Geology: 1917–2017 and president of the Geological Society of America"Read this book--you will receive an excellent and understandable description of a volcanic eruption and a moving chronicle of the making of a geologist from a boy to a man."--Vicki S. McConnell, former State Geologist of Oregon"Anyone who aspires to be a scientist or is curious about the wonder and fury of volcanoes will be inspired and mesmerized by Dave's story of courage and selflessness in the pursuit of knowledge to protect all of us from harm."--Christine McEntee, CEO/Executive Director of the American Geophysical Union"This wonderful book has several subjects; volcanology, natural disasters and human behavior, heroism, and the life of one particular man. This is an engrossing read that is absorbingly suspenseful, despite the fact that readers know the outcome. David Johnston, the hero of the story, is a multi-dimensional, complex character. Holmes shows an understanding of human psychology and has a gift for evoking personality with a few verbal gestures. We come to know David Johnston and the part he plays in the human drama surrounding Mount St. Helens. Unforgettable."--Mary V. Dearborn, author of Ernest Hemingway: A Biography"Highly recommended." --Choice"Filled with tender mercies that show the heart and humanism of those whose passion sends them into peril in the name of science." --Daily Southtown "Overall, A Hero on Mount St. Helens is an opportunity for the public to understand through David Johnston’s life what a geologist truly does and the passion they hold for not only the field itself, but the communities affected by such geological processes" --NAGT's In the Trenches "In this compelling book about volcanologist David Johnston, Melanie Holmes takes the reader from the cold war and Vietnam days of Midwest America to the short fuse lit in 1980 under Mount St. Helens. Dave’s story is well worth telling, and Holmes does so with skill, honesty, and concern for accuracy."--Barry Voight, Penn State University "David Johnston was a young man who explored; he wanted to know more. He died in the service of that knowledge--nothing less than a hero in this regard. There have been a number of memorials, all fine and well-deserved. None is better than this book. It finds a fascinating story. It tells the story well. And nothing more could a reader wish."--Zay N. Smith, former Chicago Sun-Times columnist, award-winning journalist, and coauthor of The Mirage
£15.19
Indiana University Press Patrons of Paleontology
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This slim book, graced with beautiful facsimile reproductions of gorgeous paleontological folio art, is a treasure trove of vertebrate paleontological history, sacred and arcane." * The Quarterly Review of Biology * Patrons of Paleontology is a good introduction to the ambitious individuals and institutions that pursued their own, national, and institutional interests over centuries in a variety of contexts. * Journal of American History *Who pays for palaeontological research and why? Patrons of Paleontology will be a useful reference guide for anyone interested in the early history of the subject and some of the social and historical context in which it occurred. -- Paul Barrett * Priscum, The Newsletter of the Palentological Society *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Cost of Doing Business1. The Beginnings of Government Support for Paleontology2. Eighteenth-century and Early Nineteenth-century Paleontologists and Patrons3. Developments in Government Support for Paleontology in the United States Between 1830 to About 18804. Paleontology in Mid Nineteenth-Century Surveys Outside the United States5. Government Support for Paleontology in the Late Nineteenth Century and the Turn of the Twentieth Century: 1880 to about 1940Conclusion: The Chain of PaleontologyAppendix: Glossary of Prominent Patrons and PaleontologistsAnnotated Bibliography of Primary SourcesBibliography of Secondary SourcesIndex
£28.80
WW Norton & Co A Wretched and Precarious Situation
Book SynopsisA remarkable true story of adventure, betrayal and survival set in one of the world’s most inhospitable places.Trade Review"Unravels the strange story of one of the world's greatest discoveries that never was." -- National Geographic"Polar historians will be grateful to have the Crocker Land expedition properly documented." -- The New York Times Book Review
£20.90
WW Norton & Co The Race to the White Continent Voyages to the
Book SynopsisA fascinating account of the early days of Antarctic exploration from an expert storyteller.
£19.00
WW Norton & Co True North
Book SynopsisNail-biting true adventure.--Kirkus ReviewsTrade Review"Henderson gives an exciting account of the pair's adventures on various explorations in which high dangers, privation, starvation, scurvy and icy death all play a part." Roy Herbert, New Scientist"
£20.79
WW Norton & Co Continental Divide A History of American
Book SynopsisA story of adventure and aspiration in the high peaks that makes a vivid case for the importance of mountains to American national identity.Trade Review"Packed with fascinating details ... comprehensive and inviting." -- Wall Street Journal "Maurice Isserman is the hidden jewel of mountaineering historians. He brings a scholar's eye to the wonder and passion of the sport. Continental Divide is a sweeping chronicle of what America contributed to an adventure long dominated by the Swiss and the British, the French, Poles, Germans, Austrians, and Italians...This is a story of mountains as dreams, of land as destiny, of summits as the pinnacles of all human desire." -- Wade Davis, National Geographic "Explorer for the Millennium" and author of Into the Silence "Continental Divide represents over 300 years of American climbing history in one epic volume...Maurice Isserman takes us on this journey with equal amounts of meticulously researched facts and understated humor, critical historical context and heartbreaking human stories-all of which make for a fascinating read." -- Bernadette McDonald, author of Freedom Climbers and Brotherhood of the Rope "A thrilling and nuanced history that expands our view of exploration, revealing how mountain adventures have transformed America." -- Peter Zuckerman and Amanda Padoan, authors of Buried in the Sky
£14.24
WW Norton & Co A Wretched and Precarious Situation In Search of
Book SynopsisA remarkable true story of adventure, betrayal and survival set in one of the world's most inhospitable places.Trade Review"Unravels the strange story of one of the world's greatest discoveries that never was." -- National Geographic"Polar historians will be grateful to have the Crocker Land expedition properly documented." -- . - The New York Times Book Review"The true story of the Crocker Land Expedition to find a new continent northwest of Greenland in the early 20th century." -- What We're Reading - The Independent
£13.29
WW Norton & Co Limits of the Known
Book SynopsisA celebrated mountaineer and author searches for meaning in great adventures and explorations, past and present.Trade Review"[G]ripping ... uplifting." -- The Wall Street Journal"This encapsulating narrative pinpoints human spirit and the limitations of the human body in the world of thrilling adventure." -- Adventure Travel"... his tales are thoughtful and insightful... A thoroughly enjoyable and readable book which manages to provide food for thought as well as a healthy dose of vicarious adrenalin." -- The Scottish Mountaineer"Limits of the Known takes the reader on magnificent journeys with some of the greatest explorers of their generations. The book is meticulously researched and skilfully written." -- Climber"What will almost certainly be the last of Roberts's many books is powerful and honest testimony to a life rich in both action and self-examination." -- Times Literary Supplement
£12.34
WW Norton & Co Into the Great Emptiness
Book SynopsisThe riveting story of one of the greatest but least-known sagas in the history of exploration from David Roberts, the “dean of adventure writing”
£22.79
WW Norton & Co Chronicle of the Narváez Expedition
Book SynopsisThis new Norton Critical Edition recounts the 152736 expedition of Cabeza de Vaca, the first Spanish explorer to cross North America.
£14.99
University of California Press The Age of Reconnaissance
Book SynopsisThe Age of Reconnaissance, as JH Parry has so aptly named it, was the period during which Europe discovered the rest of the world. This book examines the inducements - political, economic, religious - to overseas enterprises at the time, and analyzes the nature and problems of the various European settlements in the new lands.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Part I. The Conditions for Discovery Part II. The Story of Discovery Part III. The Fruits of Discovery Conclusion Maps Notes Index
£27.00
University of California Press Voyage of Rediscovery
Book SynopsisThis is an account of the voyage of a mostly Hawaiian crew, in a reconstructed ancient double canoe, from Hawaii to New Zealand. They did this without the aid of navigational equipment, and with the aim of proving that their ancestors had done just the same thousands of years earlier.Table of ContentsFigures Preface 1 Without Ships or Compass 2 Experimental Voyaging 3 Cultural Revival 4 More than Halfway Around the World 5 Wait for the West Wind 6 Voyage to Aotearoa 7 Sailing Back and Forth Between Hawai'i and Tahiti 8 Putting Voyaging Back into Polynesian Prehistory 9 The Family of the Canoe Appendixes About the Drawings Notes References Index
£34.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Geography Militant
Book SynopsisTaking into account the relationship between geographical knowledge, exploration and empire, this book examines the actors, agencies, and cultural factors that underpinned nineteenth century British exploration.Trade Review"A valuable contribution to the 'culture of exploration'. Geography militant lives on in advertising, photography, guide books, magazines and- virtually- in our imaginations." Traveller Magazine "Expoliting the divide 'twixt' science and the sensational and pointing to differing geographies of various periods , this well wrought, closely knit book of nine illustrated chapters dwells on the age of exploration, colonization and the concomitant rise of the British Empire and its institutions. A listing of manuscripts consulted, extensive bibliography, and an index complete this rigorous work." Choice "...consistently thoughtful and lively; Felix Driver produces a powerful sense of the complexity and strangeness of his material." Times Literary Supplement. "extremely wide ranging book which raises a multitude of issues", Journal of European Studies. " This book adds effectively to the traditional accounts of exploration known to so many of us" International Journal of Environement Studies "a lot of material, many interesting ideas and observations, some fascinating juxtapositions, tantalizing suggestions, rich references, and polished prose ..." Environment and Planning A "wonderful book [...] with Geography Militant Felix Driver has dined sumptuously at the Ritz-Carlton. To great advantage, he has quite successfully mined many veins of knowledge far bayond those disciplines where geographers normally toil. Each place is revealed as pertinent and fascinating [...] This volume contains so many meaty ideas, it is difficult [...] to give them the attention they properly deserve. Suffice to say, Felix Driver's Militant Geography is a tour de force. The research conducted to write this remarkable book is impeccable"Terrae Incognitae, the journal of the Society for the History of Discoveries "The range of material included in this book, only a portion of which can be covered here, is exceptional. Geography Militant is a welcome contribution and will certainly spark a reconsideration of assumptions in a number of fields, including the history of science, cultural history and the history of imperialism." Susan Schulten, the History of Science Society "this splendid book describes the culture of exploration and the making of he discipline of Britain in the 'militant' epoch. So many themes and substantive descriptions tumble from these pages that summary is difficult" Christopher Lawrence, Medical History [Driver contributes] to the ongoing project of reevaluating the history of Empire, demonstrating that the science of location and its graphic productions were far less stable and effective than postcolonial critics have claimed" Robert D. Aguirre, Victorian StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. 1. Geographical Knowledge, Exploration and Empire. 2. The Royal Geographical Society and the Empire of Science. 3. Hints to Travellers: Observation in the Field. 4. Missionary of Science: David Livingstone and the Exploration of Africa. 5. Becoming an Explorer: The Martyrdom of Winwood Reade. 6. Exploration by Warfare: Henry Morton Stanley and his Critics. 7. Making Representations: From an African Exhibition to the High Court of Justice. 8. Exploring Darkest England: Mapping the Heart of Empire. 9. Geography Militant and its After-life. Index.
£89.30
Harvard University Press The Highly Civilized Man
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£24.26
Harvard University, Asia Center Printing Landmarks
Book SynopsisSpanning the fields of book history, travel literature, map history, and visual culture, Printing Landmarks provides a new perspective on Tokugawa-period culture. Robert Goree draws on diverse archival and scholarly sources to explore why meisho zue enjoyed widespread and enduring popularity.Trade ReviewA valuable addition to the understanding of early modern publishing culture and geographical imagination. -- Radu Leca * Journal of Japanese Studies *Goree’s work is methodologically rigorous, insightful, and well researched in English and Japanese… Printing Landmarks is a terrific work of scholarship, and it should change how we read, cite, and understand meisho zue for many years to come. -- R. Keller Kimbrough * Monumenta Nipponica *Constitutes not only an important introduction to an underrepresented genre, but also a model for approaching the complex illustrated printed works of the Tokugawa period. …Goree’s book will no doubt be invaluable for specialists who must contend with this dense and complex material. …[This] book illustrates just how groundbreaking it was for a Tokugawa-period reader to enjoy virtual travel through meisho zue. This important study of meisho zue shows the broad-reaching possibilities of popular geography in print, shaping a common understanding of places near and far -- Quintana Heathman Scherer * Journal of Asian Studies *A tour de force of interdisciplinary scholarship that draws on studies of literature, history, art history, cartography, and visual culture in order to create the first comprehensive account of meisho zue… The meticulousness and precision of Goree’s prose facilitates his presentation of documents that might otherwise appear obscure to modern readers, thereby rendering them as living texts. Perhaps the greatest virtue of Printing Landmarks is that it makes meisho zue readable in an intuitive way, thereby opening up an entire world of topographic literature that was previously inaccessible to nonspecialists. -- Pedro Bassoe * Journal of the American Oriental Society *
£46.71
Princeton University Press Scurvy The Disease of Discovery
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Lamb's work is a virtuoso set of variations around his theme... If readers take Lamb on his own terms, and appreciate his wide-ranging approach, they will find much of interest."--Anne Crowther, Times Literary Supplement "In Scurvy: The Disease of Discovery, Jonathan Lamb, a professor at Vanderbilt University, shows ... that scurvy was a much stranger condition than we imagine, with effects on the mind that neuroscience is only now beginning to elucidate. The result is a book that renders a familiar subject as exotic and uncanny as the tropical shores that confronted sailors in the grip of scurvy's delirium."--Mike Jay, Wall Street Journal "Expertly researched and richly written, Lamb's study tracks the links in [scurvy] sufferers' unusual symptoms--heightened senses, cravings, and emotions that became known as 'scorbutic nostalgia,' as well as a ghastly physical breakdown--through naval logs, physicians' journals, and literature... Lamb's rigorously scholastic and elegantly lyrical account should intrigue both historians and literary critics."--Publishers Weekly, starred review "Deeply informed by the history and literature of seafaring, Lamb's book provides valuable insights into the workings of science that can even guide our expectations about research today."--Jonathon Keats, New Scientist "A sweeping and often surprising academic survey that roams through the art, philosophy and literature of the Age of Exploration."--Peter Moore, Literary Review "The chapter that's situated in Australia brings all of [the book's] ideas together in most satisfying fashion. Down Under, the land offered little in the way of natural anti-scorbutics, and convicts and colonists suffered greatly from the disease. Its effects, as Lamb neatly shows, exacerbated the sufferings of the convicts, who were provided very little in the way of fresh food; as in his passages about scurvy on board slave ships, I was struck by the realization that scurvy was often one more weapon in the arsenal of the oppressor during an age of colonization... Two-hundred years ago, Australia's penal regime caused scurvy in its prisoners, through poor diet, and then condemned them for stealing greens from the colony's nascent gardens to feed their bodies. In the United States, in 2016, Michigan has still not restored clean water to Flint, after two years; the lead poisoning there may cause all kinds of physical and mental complications for residents. Lamb's book shows just how hard it can be for humans to fix an endemic problem when pride and prejudice get in the way."--Rebecca Onion, Slate "To the extent that most people are familiar with scurvy today, it's as a condition that, like bubonic plague, seems to belong to the past, or as a mock-serious admonishment to children reluctant to eat their greens. Students of history know it primarily as an ailment associated with the Age of Discovery, during which large numbers of mariners had to endure months away from land for the first time in history. Successive generations of writers perceived the link between lengthy sojourns at sea and increased incidents of scurvy among ships' crews, and tried to make sense of it. As Jonathan Lamb stresses in this thought-provoking study, the irony of the history of scurvy is how often people hit upon the correct remedy--and how often society at large failed to recognize it as such... Lamb's writing style is elegant... The enthusiasm for the subject is infectious (no pun intended)."--Craig Owen Jones, PopMatters "In Scurvy, Jonathan Lamb ... draws on descriptions of the disease by voyagers, diagnoses by scientists, and a wide array of fictional accounts (ranging from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels to George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four to Peter Carey's Jack Maggs and The True History of the Kelly), to identify a 'scorbutic' sensibility. Sweeping, sophisticated, and speculative, Scurvy is a tour de force meditation on thinking, feeling, and the relationship between them."--Glenn Altschuler, Psychology Today "[An] excellent new book... [Lamb] recombines history, poetry, fiction, art, personal testimony and science to deliver a fresh, complex version of scurvy's past... He has taken scurvy and unpacked it, revealing how it is a destroyer of the body but more importantly a cipher for the soul."--Helen Bynum, Times Higher Education "A clever and important book... Scurvy powerfully describes the disease's historical and cultural significance... Lamb's central argument is compelling... Rich in argument, Scurvy is a rewarding read ... [and] counterpoints its analysis with both graphic and beautiful scorbutic images."--Claire Jowitt, History TodayTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Abbreviations xiii Prolegomena 1 1. Enigma 27 2. Effluvia 64 3. Nostalgia 109 4. Australia 153 5. Genera Mixta 217 Coda 268 Bibliography 279 Index 299
£29.75
Princeton University Press Scurvy
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Honorable Mention for the 2018 Louis Gottschalk Prize, American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies"
£19.00
John Wiley & Sons Harold Innis on Peter Pond Biography Cultural
Book SynopsisA compelling study of Harold Innis's engagement with a remarkable – but largely overlooked – historical figure.Trade Review"Buxton has done a great service to illuminate the later stages of Innis fur trade research and re-focus the reader's attention on Peter Pond, as Innis would have wanted. By meticulously collecting and curating Innis's writings on Pond, Buxton has provided a valuable one-stop venue for graduate students and academic historians interested in the 18th century fur trade as seen through the eyes of one of its most prominent historical actors, and also one of its most important historical scholars." Arctic“Similar to Innis’ efforts to rescue Pond from obscurity, Buxton has drawn attention to the historian’s often-ignored biographical works and has provided not only a detailed picture of Innis’s scholarship on Pond, but more broadly he has demonstrated the interaction between biographical writing, commemoration, and nation-making.” The Canadian Historical Review
£32.40
University of British Columbia Press A Pioneer Gentlewoman in British Columbia The
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIllustrationsIntroductionSome Recollections of a Pioneer of the SixtiesSome Recollections of a Pioneer of the SeventiesMemoirs of a Pioneer of the EightiesWhen the River RoseAppendices1 Account of the Similkameen Indians of British Columbia2 The Big Men of the Mountains3 The Glittering Hair NotesAcknowledgmentsIndex
£23.39
University of British Columbia Press Longitude and Empire
Book SynopsisThis fascinating account offers a new understanding of Captain Cook’s voyages and how they affected the European world view.Trade ReviewBut it is a mark of the achievement of this wide-ranging book that it prompts such fundamental questions and asks us to look again not just at Cook and his voyages, but also at the character of the culture which produced the grid-like view of the world of which Cook, the cartographer par excellence, was the great exponent. -- John Gascoigne * Journal of Pacific History, Fall 2005 *Richardson gives a clear and readable narrative about the importance of the concept of space and its relationship to people in Cook’s narratives and the influence this concept had on British perceptions of the world. The relationship between theory-driven and empirically-motivated political thought in the aftermath of Cook’s voyages is particularly clear and interesting. -- Margaret Small * Journal for Maritime Research *Employing only minimal jargon and offering clear ... explanations, Richardson analyses the text of Cook’s Voyages and interprets their impact upon the European mind and political order in a manner that might profitably be emulated by cultural theorists and literary deconstructionists ... Anthropologists such as Anne Salmond and Greg Dening have provided studies of early contacts between Pacific Natives and European largely from the former’s point of view. Richardson’s thought-provoking study reverses the lens to show the impact upon European sensibilities and growing conception of the world as a unified and precisely definable whole. -- Merrill Distad, University of Alberta * Bulletin of Pacific Affairs, no. 14 *A key contribution of this book is a proper examination of the ways in which Cook’s geographical thinking came to shape how we think historically and ethnographically about the whole world. -- Katrina Schlunke, University of Techonology Sydney * Australian Historical Studies, No. 128 *Table of ContentsContentsIllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductions / The Story / The Book / The Author1. Points / Rules of Exploration / Points along a Coast / The Coordinate System / Verification of Details / The Possibilities of Location2. Shapes / Grand Divisions / Extreme Places / The Oceanic Plane / Cook’s Turn to Islands / Landscapes and Maps / The Move to Interiors3. Nations / The Orient, the Savage, and Europe The Primacy of Place / Studying Nations / Classifying Nations / Explaining Nations / The Savage, the Noble Savage, and the Nation4. States / Hobbes / Locke / Rousseau / The Scottish Enlightenment / The Native State in Cook’s Voyages / Kant Finding and Creating the Territorial Nation-State5. Collections / The Cabinets of Curiosities / Collecting Nations / The Practices of the Collection / Boredom and the Collection / The Dangers of Relativism / The Persistence of Extreme Otherness / The Transcendence of the Collector6. Empires / Cook and Empire / Empire As Collection / Empire As Exchange / Empire As Cultivation / Empire As PanopticonConclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index
£73.95
University of Toronto Press The Voyages of Jacques Cartier
Book SynopsisJacques Cartier's voyages of 1534, 1535, and 1541constitute the first record of European impressions of the St Lawrence region of northeastern North American and its peoples. The Voyages are rich in details about almost every aspect of the region's environment and the people who inhabited it.As Ramsay Cook points out in his introduction, Cartier was more than an explorer; he was also Canada's first ethnographer. His accounts provide a wealth of information about the native people of the region and their relations with each other. Indirectly, he also reveals much about himself and about sixteenth-century European attitudes and beliefs. These memoirs recount not only the French experience with the Iroquois, but alo the Iroquois' discovery of the French.In addition to Cartier's Voyages, a slightly amended version of H.P. Biggar's 1924 text, the volume includes a series of letters relating to Cartier and the Sieur de Roberval, who was in command of carti
£26.99
University of Toronto Press Champlain
Book SynopsisThis standard general biography of Champlain, the founder of Canada, was issued previously in the famous Makers of Canada Series, which is now out of print, although still in frequent use in libraries. This is the first time any of the volumes has been published separately from the complete set.
£26.99
University of Nebraska Press Shackleton of the Antarctic
Book SynopsisTwenty-eight men stood on a desolate Antarctic ice floe one thousand miles from the nearest human contact. In a few months the ice would melt. To survive they would have to be safely on land before that happened–if they did not starve first. The odds were stacked against them. The single advantage they did have, however, proved decisive. They were led by Ernest Shackleton.Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Discovery2. On the Move3. Nimrod4. From Nimrod to Endurance5. The Greatest Adventure of All Time6. Into the Boats7. The Attempt at the Long CrossingAfterword: The Road Back HomeNotes
£11.39
MQ - University of Nebraska Press One Mans West
Book SynopsisPresents the author's ode to his days on the Continental Divide and the story of his experiences making a living in the not so wild but not yet tamed West. This title introduces some of the most charming characters in western literature.Trade Review“One Man’s West is a silver knife that slices through time. We should be grateful David Lavender had the acumen to record his memories of that time and to Bison Books for keeping them in print.”—Colorado Central Magazine"Believe me, David Lavender can write. He can make you laugh; he can make people come alive in print."—Book Week“[Lavender’s] story is realistic and readable. . . . He [does not] spread any gloss on the hardships. He does, however, put on record some of the most engaging characters in the modern literature of the West. He makes it understandable why he says that, after damning the country mightily, one comes to an absurd affection for the particular part of it he has most reason to hate.”—New York Times“A true classic. . . This is a book worth reading. It is also worth revisiting, if you have already ‘been there.’ This edition is enhanced by an introduction by David G. Lavender, the author’s son, and an afterword by David W. Lavender, his grandson.”—Journal of Arizona HistoryTable of ContentsPart One - THE MOUNTAINSI Winter TrailII Boarding at Timber LineIII UndergroundIV A Bath for EasterV Summer PastoralVI High-Altitude Athletics Part Two - STOCK TRAILSVII The Long WaitVIII Moving UpIX Greasy SackX SandrockXI Mormon CowboyXII Summer AgainXIII Ropes, Guns, and Practical JokesXIV Bunch GrassXV Crrazy as a SheepherderXVI Canyon CampXVII Christmas in the RimrockXVIII Uranium
£17.99
University of Nebraska Press The Ordinary Spaceman
Book SynopsisWhat’s it like to travel at more than 850 MPH, riding in a supersonic T-38 twin turbojet engine airplane? What happens when the space station toilet breaks? How do astronauts “take out the trash” on a spacewalk, tightly encapsulated in a space suit with just a few layers of fabric and Kevlar between them and the unforgiving vacuum of outer space?The Ordinary Spaceman puts you in the flight suit of U.S. astronaut Clayton C. Anderson and takes you on the journey of this small-town boy from Nebraska who spent 167 days living and working on the International Space Station, including nearly forty hours of space walks. Having applied to NASA fifteen times over fifteen years to become an astronaut before his ultimate selection, Anderson offers a unique perspective on his life as a veteran space flier, one characterized by humility and perseverance. From the application process to launch aboard the space shuttle Atlantis, from serving as a famiTrade Review“This is The Right Stuff for a new generation. Clayton Anderson is an astronaut for the rest of us; a regular guy from a small Midwestern town who set the bar high for himself and never lost sight of a lofty goal—even when most of us would have given up. As it turns out, it is not so much about having ‘the right stuff’ as it is about never doubting yourself and never settling for less.”—Miles O’Brien, award-winning science journalist for PBS, the National Science Foundation, and CNN "Clayton Anderson is no ordinary astronaut, and this is no ordinary book. It is an uncompromisingly honest rendering of a challenging and fulfilling life by someone with a singular dream and the moxie to pursue it to success."—Roger Lemkpe, Lincoln Journal Star"He may have been an ordinary spaceman, but The Ordinary Spaceman demonstrates he is certainly not ordinary."—Jeff Foust, Space Review"Anderson's down to Earth account of the astronaut's life may help more of us to connect with the profession's forward looking significance—a welcome addition to the outreach successes of Hollywood's Box Office and NASA's social media salvos."—Mark Carreau, Aviation Week Network"Anderson provides a focused picture of how a fiercely dedicated individual became a spaceman."—Publishers Weekly“Learn about the excitement, the awe, the thrills, the suspense, and the experiences unique to the astronauts in the shuttle program. Clay blends his personal stories with his professional challenges. I am especially impressed with his persistence in applying for the astronaut program: Clay’s experience will be motivation for anyone to never give up!”—Eileen Collins, retired NASA astronaut and USAF colonel and the first female pilot and commander of a space shuttle“Clay has truly had an exciting life full of adventure and challenges. He tackles each moment in life with ambition and optimism. His life stories can inspire each of us to reach further, dig deeper, and fly higher. From his days growing up in Nebraska and his family life to his time on the International Space Station, Clay proves that life is what you make of it.”—Curt Tomasevicz, Olympic gold medalist and fellow Nebraskan“Clayton Anderson’s new book will serve as a textbook on character, patriotism, and inspiration. Finally, a book especially for young people that defines what it means to become a true American idol. Clayton’s life brings definition to the words ‘gentleman,’ ‘teacher,’ and ‘coach,’ as well as ‘brave,’ ‘honest,’ and ‘hard working.’ This book will not only be a good read, it will become a must read! The book adds value to the American Space Program and provides credibility to the phrase ‘the sky is the limit’ when you combine persistence with effort.”—Allen J. Beermann, executive director of the Nebraska Press Association and former secretary of state “There’s nothing ordinary about Clayton Anderson. He’s spent his life (on and off this planet) defying gravity and the odds. From the cornfields of Nebraska to the edges of our planet’s pull, Anderson has achieved whatever he’s dreamed. In his memoir, The Ordinary Spaceman, Anderson weaves an incredible life story of heart and heroism and gives the reader a seat in the copilot’s chair.”—Tom Abrahams, best-selling author of the Allegiance series and award-winning television journalist “Clay’s great example shows that a small-town kid can achieve big dreams. I can’t think of anything bigger than being an astronaut. This book leaves nothing out of Clay’s journey to becoming one of the lucky and blessed few who get to experience God’s handiwork from the darkness of space. It’s funny, entertaining, and well worth the read.”—Dan Whitney (Larry the Cable Guy), stand-up comedian and actorTable of ContentsForeword by Nevada Barr Acknowledgments Introduction 1. First Flight 2. Beginnings 3. Freshman Fifteen 4. Hey, There’s an App for That! 5. Answer the Phone, Will Ya? 6. Baby Astronauts 7. Hail Columbia! 8. Age of Aquarius 9. From Russia with Love 10. Survival of the Fittest 11. Sign of the Times 12. Sixty-Two and Counting 13. Dark Days of Summer 14. Crime and Punishment 15. The “Void” of Outer Space 16. The Doctor Is In 17. The Hard Thump of Reality 18. The Serendipity of Chance 19. Walking Tall 20. Fame and Fortune 21. Find Us Faithful 22. Impacts 23. The End Becomes the Beginning
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Stanford University Press Science in the Spanish and Portuguese Empires
Book SynopsisThis volume is a collection of essays that examines the practices and aims of science in the early modern Spanish and Portuguese empires (ca. 1500-1800), situating them in their historical, cultural, social, and political context.Trade Review"[T]he quality of the contributions to this volume is generally high. To be sure, the articles also show that, in terms of the topics and approaches taken by scholars between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, what the Spanish and Portuguese were up to was not all that different from what was underway elsewhere in Europe. Yet the inclusion of Spain and Portugal in the historiographic conversation, as this volume amply demonstrates, offers considerable enrichment to our understanding of the pursuit of science in this transitional era."—Thomas Broman, Luso-Brazilian Review"This collection of fifteen essays is the first book published in English to provide a thorough survey of the practices of science in the Spanish and Portuguese empires from 1500 to 1800 . . . This will undoubtedly become an important book."—Stefan Halikowski Smith, British Journal of the History of Science"This very solid and well-edited collection . . . clearly demonstrates that early modern science was alive and well south of the Pyrenees and that Iberians were pioneers in many fields of scientific inquiry. The collection would work well in a graduate seminar, providing numerous dynamic starting points for any number of future projects based on the subjects it contains."—Timothy J. Coates, Journal of World History"Individually, the essays have a strong archival base, clear focus and fascinating detail. Following the guide of the last essay, this volume includes many illustrations—a visual reminder of scientific advances. As a group, they demonstrate that science helped build and shape the empires as much as the bureaucrats and merchants of the colonial period. For scholars and students of Latin American, American and European history, as well as the history of medicine, this is a valuable starting-point for understanding how science and technology were integral to the economy and expanding empires by improving transportation, mining, medicine and other technologies."—Marianne Samayoa, Social History of Medicine"Outstanding contributions include that on Nieremberg by Juan Pimentel, who shows the compatibility of his subject's religious and scientific thinking; Paula De Vos's entertaining account of an eighteenth-century bishop's cabinet of curiosities; and Anna More's demonstration of how personal circumstances affected the scientific vision of Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora."—Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Hispanic American Historical Review"This Volume makes a strong case for re-shaping of history of science in the early modern period."—Liam Matthew Brockey, Journal of Interdisciplinary History."This excellent volume of essays brings together a wide variety of scholars from a variety of disciplines, countries, and continents- art historians, literary scholars, and historians based in the United Stated, Spain, Northern Ireland, Brazil. Portugal, and England."—Marshall C. Eakin, The Americas"Treating science in the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the early modern period, this volume offers a stellar collection of papers that guide readers to primary source materials as well as the newest scholarship in the field." —Londa Schiebinger, Stanford University
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Stanford University Press The Sad Story of Burton Speke and the Nile or Was
Book SynopsisThis is a study of the famous controversy between Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke, fellow explorers who quarreled over Speke's claim (which was accurate) to have discovered the source of the Nile in the course of their joint expedition to central Africa in the 1850s.Trade Review"The Sad Store of Burton, Speke, and the Nile is a fascinating whodunit..." -- Wall Street Journal"Carnochan investigates the history of the case through a careful reading of contemporary accounts, making for a strangely engaging tale that's part detective story, part textual analysis." -- Geographical Magazine"A detective story with an important scholarly subtext, a rattling good travelers' tale that is also a deep and unresolved tragedy, The Sad Story of Burton, Speke, and the Nile holds the reader's attention from beginning to end." -- Nicolas Barker * editor of The Book Collector *"Employing a close but never pedantic reading of the published writings of Speke and Burton, Carnochan gives us a fuller, more nuanced and insightful analysis of their clash of personalities and its consequences than we can find elsewhere. This is an astute, engaging, and beautifully written study." -- Dane Kennedy * George Washington University *"Bliss Carnochan cuts through the mythology surrounding Burton's character and the events leading to Speke's tragic death with a lucid and sensitive analysis of the documents. He does so with relish for his tale and no loss of its inherent drama." -- Ann Schlee * Novelist *Table of ContentsThe Sad Story of Burton, Speke, and the Nile; or, Was John Hanning Speke a Cad? Looking at the Evidence W. B. Carnochan Stanford General Books An Imprint of Stanford University Press Stanford, California 2006
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Stanford University Press The Ungodly
Book SynopsisPresents a story of terrible hardship and awesome courage - a story that aims to increase our understanding of what kind of people made this nation and what a full and immeasurable price they paid.Trade Review*****Praise for the Hardcover Edition*****"Certainly [Rhodes] has created an atmosphere as stark and gloomy as an old graveyard in an abandoned town. And certainly he has made a replica of the American past that often sets us to pondering the American present. But somehow none of these points quite does justice to this strange, accomplished book. So let me just admit that it is a grim, unpleasant story—a 'hard hard case,' as the narrator sighs while describing the ghoulish sights that greeted the relief parties. But unpleasant as it is, it is also beautiful. And one keeps reading it." -- New York Times
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Stanford University Press The Optimist
Book SynopsisTrade Review"With nuance, precision, and admiration, Tamir Sorek tells the story of Tawfiq Zayyad's complicated and heroic life, and with it, the story of an ongoing catastrophe and the Palestinian people's unceasing battle for survival and dignity. The Optimist pays homage to resistance, radical politics, and the struggle for social mobility, all of which typified Zayyad's long career. A bold and important achievement."—Orit Bashkin, University of Chicago, author of Impossible Exodus: Iraqi Jews in Israel"Tamir Sorek provides a richly detailed excursion into the life and work of an eminent 'organic intellectual,' who found in language a means for recovery after Israel's colonial erasure of Palestine. The Optimist is valuable to anyone interested in encountering fusions between Marxism and Messianism, Jewishness and Arabness, Christianity and Islam, childhood and adulthood, the prosaic and the poetic, the political and the personal."—Khaled Furani, Tel Aviv University, author of Silencing the Sea: Secular Rhythms in Palestinian Poetry"The Optimist is a deftly written biography that will fascinate readers already familiar with the broad contours of Tawfiq Zayyad's life as well as those encountering him for the first time. Tamir Sorek provides fresh insight into how someone can maintain hope in a region too often characterized as hopeless."—Maha Nassar, author of Brothers Apart: Palestinian Citizens of Israel and the Arab World"[Tamir Sorek] presents an unprecedented, in-depth exploration of the life and work of Tawfiq Zayyad....The Optimist is a must read."—Naim Mousa, Mondoweiss"This sympathetic and informative biography is a welcome celebration of [Tawfiq Zayyad's] memory as well as a valuable contribution to our understanding of Palestinian history."—John Green, Morning Star Online"Tamir Sorek has written a superb biography of Tawfiq Zayyad... The imperative for Zayyad, as Sorek shows, was (and, presumably, would be) to organize and mobilize against conditions and policies of oppression by taking advantage of every non-violent opportunity for struggle."—Ian S. Lustick, International Journal of Middle East Studies"The Optimist is more than an excellent biography of Zayyad. It offers a comprehensive account of the ICP, from its early formations to its conceptions, contested ideology, and hierarchal structure. The book is also highly recommended for its insightful political history of Palestinian citizens of Israel under the enduring communist leadership throughout the second half of the twentieth century."—Nadeem Karkabi, Journal of Palestine Studies"In chapter after chapter, Sorek reveals deep strata of Zayyad's personality as a political leader and his motivations in persisting in fighting for Palestinian rights."—Sheren Falah Saab, HaaretzTable of ContentsPrologue 1. Communism and Anticolonialism 2. Steadfastness 3. Badges of Modernity 4. In the Crossfire 5. Municipal Struggles 6. National Leadership 7. Children in the Battlefield 8. A Secular Holy Warrior 9. A Spoke in the Wheel of History 10. Oslo: The Sky Is the Limit
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John Wiley & Sons Zebulon Pike Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West
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University of Oklahoma Press Travels in North America 18321834
Book SynopsisThe journals of Prince Maximilian of Wied rank among the most important firsthand sources documenting the early-nineteenth-century American West. The journals present a complete narrative of Maximilian's expedition across the US. This concise edition highlights the expedition's most significant encounters and dramatic events.Trade ReviewNow, for the first time, we have an authoritative concise edition of Prince Maximilian's firsthand descriptions of the land and the people of the upper Missouri River at a time of transition."" - Ron Tyler, former director, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas""Reducing a complete and complex edition of a writer's extensive travel journal to an accessible size is both a formidable task and a necessary labor. Marsha Gallagher, editor of this abridgment, brings a deep knowledge of and long association with the journals of Prince Maximilian. Add to this her skill in scaling three hefty volumes to a manageable one, and we have the best of the prince's writing available for a wide audience. It's a landmark contribution to published travel journals of the American West."" - Gary E. Moulton, editor of The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and The Definitive Journals of Lewis and Clark
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John Wiley & Sons Zebulon Pike Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West
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John Wiley & Sons Tlacaelel Remembered
Book SynopsisThe enigmatic and powerful Tlacaelel, wrote annalist Chimalpahin, was ‘the beginning and origin’ of the Mexica monarchy in fifteenth-century Mesoamerica. But this outsize figure of Aztec history has also long been shrouded in mystery. In this first biography of the Mexica nobleman, Susan Schroeder searches out the truth about his life and legacy.
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John Wiley & Sons Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America 1792
Book SynopsisIn 1792, Spanish naval officer and explorer Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra sailed from San Blas, Mexico, to Nootka Sound, on the west coast of present-day Vancouver Island. This book offers the first published English translation of Bodega’s journal, a remarkable account of his travels along the Northwest Coast of America.
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University of Pennsylvania Press Bitterroot
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book is well worth adding to a Lewis and Clark library or an early national period shelf more generally. One learns many small details here that have escaped even the specialists among us." * South Dakota History *"Bitterroot offers a refreshing and overdue new perspective on the complicated and often contradictory life of Meriwether Lewis. Patricia Tyson Stroud carefully separates the verifiable facts from the quick judgments of history that have obscured Lewis's character for more than two centuries. This is an arresting portrait that challenges the conventional wisdom and makes a compelling case to restore Lewis's reputation to the luster he enjoyed in his lifetime." * Landon Jones, author of William Clark and the Shaping of the West *"Bitterroot is a learned account of the heroic and tragic life of Meriwether Lewis set in the historical context of early America. In his amazing career as soldier, explorer, and pioneer naturalist, and later as politician, he had to deal with unsympathetic government bureaucrats and the animosity of scoundrels in all walks of life." * Alfred E. Schuyler, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University *"Rich in analysis, Bitterroot: The Life and Death of Meriwether Lewis provides a candid look and adds provocative insights into the historical conversation surrounding Meriwether Lewis." * Jay H. Buckley, author of William Clark: Indian Diplomat *Table of ContentsAuthor's Note Introduction Chapter 1. An Unexpected Proposal Chapter 2. Early Life Chapter 3. The Threat of War Chapter 4. Jefferson's Choice Chapter 5. Cocaptain Chapter 6. Doctrine of Discovery Chapter 7. Under Way Chapter 8. The Teton Sioux Chapter 9. Fort Mandan Chapter 10. A "Darling" Project Chapter 11. Across the Rockies to the Pacific Chapter 12. The Return Chapter 13. Unspeakable Joy Chapter 14. Philadelphia Interlude Chapter 15. A Classic Cast of Characters Chapter 16. Land of Opportunity Chapter 17. Honor Questioned Chapter 18. Defamed Chapter 19. Jefferson's Letter A Selection of Plants Collected by Meriwether Lewis Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
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University of Arizona Press Discovering Mars
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University of Minnesota Press Tragic History Of The Sea
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University of Minnesota Press Explorers Of The Mississippi
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University of Minnesota Press A Governor and His Image in Baroque Brazil The
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The University of Alabama Press Explorations into Highland New Guinea 193035
Book SynopsisThis is the diary of five years spent in hot pursuit - not of honour and glory, but of excitement and riches - by Michael Leahy. Together with his brothers and friends, he explored the unknown interior of New Guinea, seeking gold and making contact with the aborigines of the interior mountains.
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The University of Alabama Press Surviving Spanish Conquest
Book SynopsisDraws on archaeological, historical, and ethnohistorical sources to explore the impacts of sixteenth-century Spanish colonization on indigenous peoples in the Greater Antilles. This book shows the complexity of the initial exchange between the Old and New Worlds and examines the ways the indigenous peoples responded to Spanish colonization.
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University of Georgia Press Conquistadors Wake Tracking the Legacy of
Book SynopsisFocuses on a decade-long archaeological project undertaken at a place now known as the Glass Site, located in Telfair County, Georgia. This spot, near the town of McRae, Georgia, offers clues that place Hernando de Soto in Georgia via a different route than previously thought by historians and archaeologists.
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University of Pittsburgh Press Science in an Extreme Environment
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Fordham University Press Oh Capitano Celso Cesare Moreno Adventurer
Book SynopsisThe story of Celso Cesare Moreno who traveled the world lying, scheming, and building an extensive patron/client network to expand western trade and imperialism in Asia, traffick migrant workers and children in the Atlantic, influence the fate of Hawaii, and meddle in international affairs during a critical era of imperial expansion.Table of ContentsPreface Rudolph J. Vecoli vii Prologue Francesco Durante ix Introduction to the English-Language Edition: “Was Moreno a Sociopath?” Donna R. Gabaccia xi Translator’s Note xix 1. The Traveler’s Spirit 1 2. The Treasures of Asia 15 3. The Challenge of the Pacific 43 4. The Little Italian Slaves 63 5. The Enchanter of Hawaii 79 6. Celso’s Vendetta 95 7. Electoral Intermezzo 110 8. The New Italian America 123 9. The Destiny of Hawaii 155 10. The Sunset Road 172 Notes 187 Bibliography 215 Index 223
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Washington State University Press Lewis and Clark Trail Maps
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionSourcesINDEX MAPS AND LEGEND, VOLUME IPlates I-IVLEWIS AND CLARK TRAIL MAPS, VOLUME IMap Numbers 1-153INDEXES, VOLUME IOutbound and Return CampsOutbound and Return DatesSelected Locations and EventsPlace Names
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Washington State University Press Lewis and Clark Trail Maps
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsDedicationAcknowledgmentsTributeINDEX MAPS AND LEGEND, VOLUME IIIPlates XII- XIXLEWIS AND CLARK TRAIL MAPS, VOLUME IIIColumbia River and Pacific CoastMap Numbers 334-380Alternate Return Route No. 1--Main Party, Nez Perce Trail, Southeast WashingtonMap Numbers 381- 393Alternate Return Routes No. 2 and 3--Main Party, Clearwater Country, IdahoMap Numbers 394-400Alternate Return Route No. 4--Clark Party, Big Hole, MontanaMap Numbers 401-411Alternate Return Route No. 5--Lewis Party, Lewis and Clark Pass, MontanaMap Numbers 412-434Alternate Return Route No. 6--Clark Party, Yellowstone River, MontanaMap Numbers 435-494Alternate Return Route No. 7--Lewis Party, Upper Marias, MontanaMap Numbers 495-527Mississippi River and St. Louis--Main PartyMap Numbers 528-530INDEX, VOLUME IIIOutbound, Winter Activity, and Return CampsErrata (Vols. I and II)
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