The Land Beyond the Mountains

The Land Beyond the Mountains
Title The Land Beyond the Mountains PDF eBook
Author Janice Holt Giles
Publisher University Press of Kentucky
Pages 324
Release 1995-10-12
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9780813108483

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In her fourth novel of the Kentucky frontier, Giles combines her fascination for the past with her gift for storytelling. Had it not been for the loyalty of men like Giles's fictional hero, Major Cassius Cartwright, General James Wilkinson's 1783 attempt to create a Spanish empire in the West might have succeeded. Interwoven with the Spanish Conspiracy are tales of struggles with Indians, of the birth of a Green River Valley town, and of the two women Cass loves: Rachel, a gentle Quaker, and Tattie, a fiery waif he rescues from Philadelphia slums. Like Giles's earlier historical novels, The Land Beyond the Mountains is an engaging story of adventure and romance. First published in 1958, this reprint gives Giles fans another lively piece of Kentucky's frontier history. Janice Holt Giles (1905-1979), author of nineteen books, lived and wrote near Knifley, Kentucky, for thirty-four years. Her biography is told in Janice Holt Giles: A Writer's Life.

Grass Beyond the Mountains

Grass Beyond the Mountains
Title Grass Beyond the Mountains PDF eBook
Author Richmond Pearson Hobson
Publisher McClelland & Stewart
Pages 266
Release 1951
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN

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Presents a colourful view of cattle ranching in central B.C.

Beyond the Mountain

Beyond the Mountain
Title Beyond the Mountain PDF eBook
Author Steve House
Publisher Patagonia
Pages 312
Release 2013-10-06
Genre Sports & Recreation
ISBN 1938340051

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What does it take to be one of the world's best high-altitude mountain climbers? A lot of fundraising; traveling in some of the world's most dangerous countries; enduring cold bivouacs, searing lungs, and a cloudy mind when you can least afford one. It means learning the hard lessons the mountains teach. Steve House built his reputation on ascents throughout the Alps, Canada, Alaska, the Karakoram and the Himalaya that have expanded possibilities of style, speed, and difficulty. In 2005 Steve and alpinist Vince Anderson pioneered a direct new route on the Rupal Face of 26,600-foot Nanga Parbat, which had never before been climbed in alpine style. It was the third ascent of the face and the achievement earned Steveand Vince the first Piolet d"or (Golden Ice Axe) awarded to North Americans. Steve is an accomplished and spellbinding storyteller in the tradition of Maurice Herzog and Lionel Terray. Beyond the Mountain is a gripping read destined to be a mountain classic. And it

The Land Beyond the Mountains

The Land Beyond the Mountains
Title The Land Beyond the Mountains PDF eBook
Author Leonid Iosifovich Shinkarev
Publisher
Pages 280
Release 1973
Genre Siberia (Russia)
ISBN

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Covers all aspects, prehistory, industry, ecology, etc. with particular emphasis on the people and how they are living today.

Trading Beyond the Mountains

Trading Beyond the Mountains
Title Trading Beyond the Mountains PDF eBook
Author Richard S. Mackie
Publisher UBC Press
Pages 447
Release 2011-11-01
Genre History
ISBN 0774842466

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During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the North West and Hudson�s Bay companies extended their operations beyond the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. There they encountered a mild and forgiving climate and abundant natural resources and, with the aid of Native traders, branched out into farming, fishing, logging, and mining. Following its merger with the North West Company in 1821, the Hudson�s Bay Company set up its headquarters at Fort Vancouver on the lower Columbia River. From there, the company dominated much of the non-Native economy, sending out goods to markets in Hawaii, Sitka, and San Francisco. Trading Beyond the Mountains looks at the years of exploration between 1793 and 1843 leading to the commercial development of the Pacific coast and the Cordilleran interior of western North America. Mackie examines the first stages of economic diversification in this fur trade region and its transformation into a dynamic and distinctive regional economy. He also documents the Hudson�s Bay Company�s employment of Native slaves and labourers in the North West coast region.

Beyond the Mountains (a Clock of Stars, Book 2)

Beyond the Mountains (a Clock of Stars, Book 2)
Title Beyond the Mountains (a Clock of Stars, Book 2) PDF eBook
Author Francesca Gibbons
Publisher HarperCollins Children's Books
Pages 0
Release 2022-04-28
Genre JUVENILE FICTION
ISBN 9780008355128

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Imogen and Marie return through the door in the tree to a whole new Yaroslav, there their friend Miro is now king. When power-hungry Anneshka hears a prophecy that she will rule the greatest kingdom, she seizes Marie, believing her to be key to fulfilling it. Imogen and Miro chase after them. But what they find in the lands beyond the mountains will change everything, all over again.

Mountains Beyond Mountains

Mountains Beyond Mountains
Title Mountains Beyond Mountains PDF eBook
Author Tracy Kidder
Publisher Random House Trade Paperbacks
Pages 354
Release 2009-08-25
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0812980557

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “[A] masterpiece . . . an astonishing book that will leave you questioning your own life and political views.”—USA Today “If any one person can be given credit for transforming the medical establishment’s thinking about health care for the destitute, it is Paul Farmer. . . . [Mountains Beyond Mountains] inspires, discomforts, and provokes.”—The New York Times (Best Books of the Year) In medical school, Paul Farmer found his life’s calling: to cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine to those who need them most. Tracy Kidder’s magnificent account shows how one person can make a difference in solving global health problems through a clear-eyed understanding of the interaction of politics, wealth, social systems, and disease. Profound and powerful, Mountains Beyond Mountains takes us from Harvard to Haiti, Peru, Cuba, and Russia as Farmer changes people’s minds through his dedication to the philosophy that “the only real nation is humanity.” WINNER OF THE LETTRE ULYSSES AWARD FOR THE ART OF REPORTAGE This deluxe paperback edition includes a new Epilogue by the author