George William Featherstonhaugh The First U. S. Government Geologist
Language: English
Published by University Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa & London, 1988
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
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Tuscaloosa and London: University of Alabama Press, (1988). First Edition. Large 8vo. xv,357pp, Index, Bibliography, Notes. Green cloth. Book near fine (light spots on top edge of text block; dj very good plus (small water stain to top edge of rear cover). Among many accomplishments, Featherstonehaugh "conceived and promoted the establishment of a United States Geological Survey, making extensive surveys as the first United States Geologist" (dj). ISBN 0817303650; History Of American Science And Technology; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 357 pages.
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- Title
- George William Featherstonhaugh The First U. S. Government Geologist
- Author
- Berkeley, Edmund & Dorothy Berkeley
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa & London
- Publication year
- 1988
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good+
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0817303650
- ISBN 13
- 9780817303655
- Edition
- First Edition.
—Choice
"For anyone interested in the history of American geology, knowledge of G. W. Featherstonhaugh (1780-1866) is both essential and hard to obtain. He was the force behind the first railroad in America; a pioneer in scientific agriculture; an essayist, poet, and novelist; a lobbyist; a linguist; and a daring diplomat who saved the king and queen of France from certain death. [Yet] his strongest tie was with the geology. [This] biography is interesting, well researched and well written. It is a balanced study of a complex man who did so much work and generated such controversy."
—Earth Sciences History
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