Describes the perils and pleasures experienced by the author (1842-1901) while conducting the first geological survey of California in the 1860s. This title offers his accounts of scaling such mountains as Tyndall, Shasta, and Whitney.

336 pages, black & white illustrations

Media	Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released	March 1, 1997
ISBN13	9780803277830
Publishers	University of Nebraska Press
Pages	320
Dimensions	140 × 216 × 17 mm · 369 g
Editor	Farquhar, Francis P.

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