Author: James RumfordPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1596435429
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Describes how Johann Gutenberg's printing press changed the world and how early books were printed.
From the Good Mountain
Author: James RumfordPublisher: Flash Point
ISBN: 1466817356
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
What was made of rags and bones, soot and seeds? What took a mountain to make? For the answer, travel back to the fifteenth century—to a time when books were made by hand and a man named Johannes Gutenberg invented a way to print books with movable type. Written as a series of riddles and illustrated in the style of medieval manuscripts by an award-winning author and artist, From the Good Mountain will intrigue readers of all ages. On every page there is something surprising to learn about how the very thing you are holding in your hands came to be.
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
Author: Robert Olen ButlerPublisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802193897
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize: “Uncannily perceptive stories written by an American from the viewpoint of Vietnamese citizens transplanted to Louisiana” (People). A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain is Robert Olen Butler’s Pulitzer Prize–winning collection of lyrical and poignant stories about the aftermath of the Vietnam War and its enduring impact on the Vietnamese. Written in a soaring prose, Butler’s haunting and powerful stories blend Vietnamese folklore and contemporary American realities, creating a vibrant panorama that is epic in its scope. This new edition includes two previously uncollected stories—“Missing” and “Salem”—that brilliantly complete the collection’s narrative journey, returning to the jungles of Vietnam to explore the experiences of a former Vietcong soldier and an American MIA. “Deeply affecting . . . A brilliant collection of stories about storytellers whose recited folklore radiates as implicit prayer . . . One of the strongest collections I’ve read in ages.” —Ann Beattie
From the Good Mountain
Author: James RumfordPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1596435429
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Describes how Johann Gutenberg's printing press changed the world and how early books were printed.
Mount Mitchell and the Black Mountains
Author: Timothy SilverPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807863149
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
Each year, thousands of tourists visit Mount Mitchell, the most prominent feature of North Carolina's Black Mountain range and the highest peak in the eastern United States. From Native Americans and early explorers to land speculators and conservationists, people have long been drawn to this rugged region. Timothy Silver explores the long and complicated history of the Black Mountains, drawing on both the historical record and his experience as a backpacker and fly fisherman. He chronicles the geological and environmental forces that created this intriguing landscape, then traces its history of environmental change and human intervention from the days of Indian-European contact to today. Among the many tales Silver recounts is that of Elisha Mitchell, the renowned geologist and University of North Carolina professor for whom Mount Mitchell is named, who fell to his death there in 1857. But nature's stories--of forest fires, chestnut blight, competition among plants and animals, insect invasions, and, most recently, airborne toxins and acid rain--are also part of Silver's narrative, making it the first history of the Appalachians in which the natural world gets equal time with human history. It is only by understanding the dynamic between these two forces, Silver says, that we can begin to protect the Black Mountains for future generations.
Hunter-trader-trapper
Author: Journal of the Department of Agriculture, South Australia
Author: South Australia. Department of AgriculturePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1342
Book Description
Good Housekeeping
Author: Sierra Club Bulletin
Author: Sierra ClubPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Includes section "Book reviews."
Outing
Author: Transactions of the ... Annual Reunion of the Oregon Pioneer Association
Author: Oregon Pioneer Association, PortlandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local history
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description