Download or read book The Geography of California Classic Reprint written by Harold Wellman Fairbanks and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Geography of California The geography of California is a vast and many sided subject which has never yet been adequately treated. It is not the inten tion of the author in presenting this little hand-book to take up the subject in an exhaustive manner, for that would require a large volume. Nor is his intention to present a mere description of the various aspects of the geography of the State, for this has already been done, although in an inadequate manner, in various little school supplements and advertising pamphlets. Moreover, mere description cannot impart real geographic knowledge, since we must know something of causes and relations. The object which the author has in mind is rather to give a simple and yet detailed description of the conditions under which we are living, and weave them into a connected and rational whole, so that teachers and pupils may acquire the elements of a rational knowledge of California. As our work in geography is at present outlined it is ridiculously unphilosophical as well as thoroughly inadequate. The geography of California is extraordinarily varied and interesting. Children should not leave school without some elementary conceptions of the origin and meaning of the physical features about them, of the strongly contrasted climatic condi tions, and of the influence which these exert upon our lives. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Visual Geography of California Classic Reprint written by Herbert Edward Floercky and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-04 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Visual Geography of California Many hardy adventurers have come to California in their search for new lands, and the romantic story of their travels and hardships are mat ters that every dweller in this state will find of interest. The early dis coverers came by way of the sea, but after the discovery of gold all manner ner of men came overland. California's rich underground lakes of oil and the great numbers of persons who were attracted by the lure of acquiring fortunes in the oil fields have added another epoch to the history of this far western state. 'the 'climate, too, has been a source of attraction for people from colder parts of the world. This book attempts to tell some of the most important facts about California and the bearing these have had on the development of the state. Pictures, maps, charts, and graphs have been freely used in an effort to concentrate much information in a small space. Two types of graphs or charts are used. If the similarity between the circular graphs and a pie is pointed out to the children they will readily grasp the relationship between the slices and the whole and thus between the objects of com parison. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book University of California Publications in Geography 1913 1917 Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by Ruliff S. Holway and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-29 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from University of California Publications in Geography, 1913-1917, Vol. 1 In technical phrase, then, we have four hypotheses for the peculiar course Of the lower Russian River; viz., it may be a pirate, an antecedent, a superimposed or a resurrected stream. These hypotheses will be examined in the light of the field evi dence to be discussed later. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book California of the South written by Walter Lindley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from California of the South: Its Physical Geography, Climate, Resources, Routes of Travel, and Health-Resorts, Being a Complete Guide-Book to Southern California In the mountain-chains, also, a similarity and again a difference may be noted. Upon each coast in the southern portion a system of mountain-chains follows the shore-line at a greater or less distance inland. Upon the Atlantic side this system, the Appalachian, begins in Northern Georgia, and extends continuously through the Carolinas, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, finally disappearing in Northern Maine. It runs parallel to the coast, and at a distance of from two to three hundred miles inland. South of this line the land ceases, and the great heated body of the Gulf waters ex tends across the southern border of the continent, sending its modifying influence, borne by the Gulf winds, far inland along the open valley-way of the Mississippi. North of Central New York the chain begins to break down, leaving the country Open upon the north and west to the cold winds which sweep down from the polar seas, and from the great frozen plains which extend to the mouth of the Mackenzie. The northwesterly winds gather an increased harshness from the winter-chilled waters of the Great Lakes, across which they pass. This Appalachian system is made up of mountains of limited altitude, ranging only from two to three thousand feet in height, and broken by numerous passes and low reaches. Between these mountains and the sea lies a coast-plain, broad, continuous, fertile, watered by many rivers, and broken by no transverse range of mountains. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book California Classic Reprint written by Harold W. Fairbanks and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from California In accordance with the plan worked out in the other volumes of the series, the geographic facts are treated in a manner to bring out as fully as possible their causal relations. Facts which under the older methods were grouped together as a mere series to be memorized, are in the supplement discussed as far as possible in their natural relations. Through the interest thus aroused the facts are not only more easily acquired, but also more apt to be retained. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Pupil s Workbook in the Geography of California written by Frederick A. Rice and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Pupil's Workbook in the Geography of California: The Problem Method The New Geography. During recent years a great revolution has taken place in the teaching of geography. \'ve no longer stress merely the locational, the political, the physical, or the economic and commercial phases of the subject for their own sake. Instead we aim to teach all the facts of geography in connection with the ways in which they affect human life. Problem Study. \vith the change in the viewpoint has come a great change in method. Instead of striving to teach children to memorize a great mass of facts, we endeavor to interest them and to promote the study by presenting worth-while problems to be solved. This has led to the socialized recitation, in which teachers and students work out the problems together, and to the introduction of the project method of teaching. It is almost impossible to make a project textbook, but the problems given in this book will suggest many projects which can be worked out by students in the classroom and at home. The Importance of California Geography. No other state is as varied as California in its geography, and in no other state can so many interesting geographical problems be found. In this book we have tried to interest children, to give them an understanding of California's wonderful resources and their uses, and to provide a basis for comparing California with other areas. A great wealth of helpful material is available to the teacher of California geography. Some of the most useful sources of information are the following. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Resources of California written by John Shertzer Hittell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-06 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Resources of California: Comprising Agriculture, Mining, Geography, Climate, Commerce, Etc. Etc., And the Past and Future Development of the State I undertake to write the resources of a state, which, though young in years, small in population, and remote from the chief centres of civilization, is yet known to the furthest corners of the earth, and, during the last twelve years, has had an influence upon the course of human life, and the prosperity and trade of nations, more powerful' than that exerted during the same period by kingdoms whose subjects are numbered by millions, whose history dates back through thousands of years, and whose present stock of wealth began to accumulate before our continent was discovered, or our language was formed. I write of a land of wonders. I write of California, which has astonished the world by the great migration that suddenly built the first large Caucasian community on the shores of North Pacific by her vast yield of gold, amounting within thirteen years to $7 which has sensibly affected the markets of labor and money in all the leading nations of Christendom; by the rapid development and great extent of her commerce; by the greatness of her chief port, which at one time had more large ships at her anchorage than. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Geographical Memoir Upon Upper California written by John Charles Fremont and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-19 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Geographical Memoir Upon Upper California: In Illustration of His Map of Oregon and California In extent, it embraces the whole western side of this continent, between the eastern base of the Rocky mountains and the Pacific ocean, and between the straits of Fuca and the Gulf ofAbout the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Lower California written by Lower California Company and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-01-05 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lower California: Its Geography and Characteristics, With a Sketch of the Grant and Purposes of the Lower California Company Historical Summary of Lower California, by Alexander S. Taylor. See Appendix.to five thousand Indians each, who with their families were employed by the Jesuits in cultivating land or herding stock. They lived in plenty. The climate enabled them to grow not only the most valuable grains, but also sugar, figs, oranges, dates, and other tropical productions; while of cotton, they always raised sufficient to supply their wants in clothes. We search-in vain among the records of these people for accounts of those great drouths which are said to render the country incapable of culture. We find, on the contrary, that the fathers had a System of agriculture which was entirely reliable. They consulted with intelligence the characteristics of the country, and those very features which the impatient and the ignorant have reported as discouraging, were, turned to account and proven to be providential. The missions were usually planted on the hill sides so that they overlooked the valleys, and when the rains fell, contin gent water was secured by a system of enormous dams of stone, which were projected from hill to hill quite across the valleys, so as to back up the water in artificial streams till the next rain fell. These rude works were as creditable to the Jesuits of Lower California as were the aqueducts of Egypt and of Rome to the Pharoahs and the Caesars; and their ruins are to this day a rebuke to the present dero gate condition of the territory. The truth is, that Lower California, instead of being worthless or even undesirable, has simply retrogaded. Nevertheless, with all of its misfortunes, it is not today as desolate as the Roman Campagna, or as worthless as many of the once fertile districts of the Nile. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book History of Marin County California written by J. P. Munro-Fraser and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of Marin County, California: Including Its Geography, Geology, Topography and Climatography To compile such a volume has been a ta'sk requiring much patience, a' certain amount of Skill, and a very great deal of application, yet happily our labors have been gladdened by many a 'ch'eering word and much information, pleasantly Obtained from several Of the residents of Marin, both young and aged, Old and new. To those ladies and gentlemen We tender our most Sincere acknowledgments. Still, our quest for reliable data has. Not been all of a roseate hue. We have practically tested the truth of the adage that '5 hope deferred maketh the heart Sick. Through unredeemed promises much in respect to prominent matters has been per force omitted - this through no fault Of ours; notwithstanding these, we ven ture to predict for the History of Marin County, a full recognition from' those gentlemen who have done us the honor' to place their names on our subscription list. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Mountains of California Classic Reprint written by John Muir and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-22 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Mountains of California The Mountains of California was written by John Muir in 1894. This is a 390 page book, containing 93522 words and 75 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Geographical Memoir Upon Upper California Classic Reprint written by John Charles Fremont and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-05 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Geographical Memoir Upon Upper California Gentlemen, - The letters received by the Clyde, purporting to be written from California, and which represent that country in a state of the utmost anarchy and con fiision, were evidently penned for some sinister or mischievous purpose. These letters state that General Smith had been forced by a mob to take refuge on board a man-of war. The General, when I left Monterey, was living on board the flag ship Ohio; but he was there not to escape popular violence, but simply and solely because he could not, at the time, procure suitable quarters on shore. These letters also state that the life of 001. Mason was in jeopardy, on account of some obnoxious measures which he had adopted, when the truth is, Col. Mason is now in New York. It must be a long arm that can stretch from California to our Atlantic board. There are two classes of persons at San Francisco; the one is the permanent citi zens, the other is the gold-diggers. The citizens have every thing at issue, in repress ing tumult and disorder; and the gold-diggers are on their way to the mines, and are in as much haste as a bridegroom bound to the nuptial altar, or a doctor to his first cholera patient. They have no time and no motive for getting up a mob it cannot supply them with mules or shorten the distance to the mines; and they have no preja dices to gratify, unless a man can hate what he has never seen, and find it in his nature to salute a stranger by knocking him down, and that too with golden visions dancing through his dreams. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Geography of California written by Harold Wellman Fairbanks and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Geography of California The geography of California is a vast and many sided subject which has never yet been adequately treated. It is not the intention of the author in presenting this little hand-book to take up the subject in an exhaustive manner, for that would require a large volume. Nor is his intention to present a mere description of the various aspects of the geography of the State, for this has already been done, although in an inadequate manner, in various little school supplements and advertising pamphlets. Moreover, mere description cannot impart real geographic knowledge, since we must know something of causes and relations. The object which the author has in mind is rather to give a simple and yet detailed description of the conditions under which we are living, and weave them into a connected and rational whole, so that teachers and pupils may acquire the elements of a rational knowledge of California. As our work in geography is at present outlined it is ridiculously unphilosophical as well as thoroughly inadequate. The geography of California is extraordinarily varied and interesting. Children should not leave school without some elementary conceptions of the origin and meaning of the physical features about them, of the strongly contrasted climatic conditions, and of the influence which these exert upon our lives. To meet the above need the author has woven together in as simple manner as possible those facts and relations which should be known and appreciated by every educated resident of California. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Romantic California Classic Reprint written by Ernest Peixotto and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Romantic California California's fruitfulness, her equable climate, the wealth of her fields and flowers, have long been sung, and well sung, and all the world admits the beauty of her garden spots. Her mild winters are known, but she has, too, cool summers when the mountain fastnesses are open, when the sky is ever cloudless and the sea breezes blow fresh from the Pacific. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Outline in Geography Classic Reprint written by S. H. Cohn and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-26 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Outline in Geography In the preparation of this course the observational and representative features of the work have constantly been kept in mind. As stated by the Committee of Ten, the true order of geographical study should be: First, see; next, reproduce; then study the productions of others, and, meanwhile ponder and reason on all.' Through a study of the simple phenomena of nature and through 1 study of man and his institutions as seen by the pupils in their home, school and social life in Stockton, they should be led with these standards of comparison to gain a conception of the world as a whole. In the primary grades the geography and history of Stockton, San Joaquin County and California are studied with great care, not alone because of local importance, but that they may become real units of measurement with which other cities, counties and countries may be compared. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Resources of California Classic Reprint written by John S. Hittell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-23 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Resources of California I undertake to write the resources of a state, which, though young in years, small in population, and remote from the chief centres of civilization, is yet known to the furthest corners of the earth, and, during the last twelve years, has had an influence upon the course of human life, and the prosperity and trade of nations, more powerful than that exerted' during the same period by kingdoms whose subjects are numbered by millions, whose history dates back through thousands of years, and whose present stock of wealth began to accumulate before our continent was discovered, or our language was formed. I write of a land of wonders. I write 'of California, which has astonished the world by the great migration that suddenly built up the first large Caucasian community on the shores of the North Pacific by her vast yield of gold, amounting within thirteen years to $7 which has sensibly affected the markets of labor and money in all the leading nations of Christendom; by the rapid development and great extent of her commerce; by the greatness of her chief port, which at one time had more large ships at her anchorage than were ever seen together in the harbor of either Liverpool, New York, or London by the swift settlement of her remote districts; by the prompt organization of her government. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Physiography of California Classic Reprint written by Harold Wellman Fairbanks and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Physiography of California That portion of the Pacific Coast region embraced within the state of California is characterized by a remarkable diversity in its topographic features. The relative position Of the mountain ranges, valleys, and plains, and the direction of the prevailing winds have given rise to great contrasts in climatic conditions as well as a variety of productions. Regions of excessive heat con trast with those of: perpetual snow; regions of humidity with those of aridity; while broad valleys devoted to fruit and grain adjoin mountains filled with the precious metals. For the full understanding of the physiography of a region, the student must know something of its geological history. How especially true this is of California will appear in the course of this paper. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
