title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
Wild Life on the Rockies | Mills, Enos Abijah, 1870-1922 | en | | | | Mills, Enos Abijah, 1870-1922; Pioneers -- Colorado -- Biography; Natural history -- Colorado; Rocky Mountains; Colorado -- Description and travel; Colorado -- Biography; Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.) -- History | 2009-04-12 |
Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer | Scully, W. C. (William Charles), 1855-1943 | en | | | | Scully, W. C. (William Charles), 1855-1943; Authors, South African -- Biography; Frontier and pioneer life -- South Africa; South Africa -- Description and travel | 2007-11-26 |
The Land of Little Rain | Austin, Mary Hunter, 1868-1934 | en | | The land of little rain -- Water trails of the Carrizo -- The scavengers -- The pocket hunter -- Shoshone land -- Jimville, a Bret Harte town. -- My neighbor's field -- The Mesa trail -- The basket maker -- The streets of the mountains -- Water borders -- Other water borders -- Nurslings of the sky -- The little town of the grape vines | | California -- Social life and customs; Natural history -- California; California -- Description and travel; Frontier and pioneer life -- California | 2008-07-09 |
Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi | Devol, George H., 1829-1903 | en | | | | Devol, George H., 1829-1903; Gambling -- Mississippi River -- History -- 19th century; Gambling on river boats -- Mississippi River -- History -- 19th century; Frontier and pioneer life -- Mississippi River; Gamblers -- Mississippi River -- Biography; Mississippi River -- Description and travel | 2007-11-22 |
The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley)
A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest
Peak in North America | Stuck, Hudson, 1863-1920 | en | | | | Stuck, Hudson, 1863-1920 -- Travel -- Alaska -- McKinley, Mount; McKinley, Mount (Alaska); Mountaineering -- Alaska -- McKinley, Mount | 2008-07-15 |
In the Wilderness | Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900 | en | | How I killed a bear -- Lost in the woods -- A fight with a trout -- A-hunting of the deer -- A character study (Old Phelps) -- Camping out -- A wilderness romance -- What some people call pleasure. | | Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) -- Description and travel; Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900 -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains; Wilderness areas -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains; Natural history -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains; Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century; Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) -- Biography | 2004-10-10 |
Heidi
(Gift Edition) | Spyri, Johanna, 1827-1901 | en | | PART I
HEIDI'S YEARS OF LEARNING AND TRAVEL
I Going up to the Alm-Uncle
II. With the Grandfather
III. On the Pasture
IV. In the Grandmother's Hut
V. Two Visitors
VI. A New Chapter with New Things
VII. Miss Rottenmeier Has an Uncomfortable Day
VIII. Great Disturbances in the Sesemann House
IX. The Master of the House Hears of Strange Doings
X. A Grandmama
XI. Heidi Gains in Some Respects and Loses in Others
XII. The Sesemann House is Haunted
XIII. Up the Alp on a Summer Evening
XIV. On Sunday When the Church Bells Ring
PART II
HEIDI MAKES USE OF HER EXPERIENCE
XV. Preparations for a Journey
XVI. A Guest on the Alp
XVII. Retaliation
XVIII. Winter in the Village
XIX. Winter Still Continues
XX. News from Distant Friends
XXI. On Further Events on the Alp
XXII. Something Unexpected Happens
XXIII. Parting to Meet Again | | Orphans -- Fiction; Grandfathers -- Fiction; Mountain life -- Switzerland -- Fiction; Switzerland -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction | 2007-03-09 |
Steep Trails
California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon | Muir, John, 1838-1914 | en | | Wild wool -- A geologist's winter walk -- Summer days at Mount Shasta -- A perilous night on Shasta's summit -- Shasta rambles and Modoc memories -- The city of the Saints -- A great storm in Utah -- Bathing in Salt Lake-- Mormon lilies -- The San Gabriel Valley -- The San Gabriel Mountains -- Nevada farms -- Nevada forests -- Nevada's timber belt -- Glacial phenomena in Nevada -- Nevada's dead towns -- Puget Sound -- The forests of Washington --People and towns of Puget Sound -- An ascent of Mount Rainier -- The physical and climatic characteristics of Oregon -- The forests of Oregon and their inhabitants -- The rivers of Oregon -- The Grand Canyon of the Colorado. | Badè, William Frederic, 1871-1936 [Editor] | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; Shasta, Mount (Calif. : Mountain); Forests and forestry -- West (U.S.) | 1995-09-01 |