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George William Featherstonhaugh: The First U.S. Government Geologist
University of Alabama Press, 1988 Paper: 978-0-8173-5330-8 | Cloth: 978-0-8173-0365-5 Library of Congress Classification CT275.F429B47 1988 Dewey Decimal Classification 973.50924
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
"U.S. historians can read this book with considerable profit for the details it offers; general readers can enjoy it as a straightforward and informative biography."
—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." See other books on: 1780-1866 | Diplomats | Featherstonhaugh, George William | Geologists | Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) See other titles from University of Alabama Press |
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George William Featherstonhaugh: The First U.S. Government Geologist
ABOUT THIS BOOK | REVIEWS | TOC
University of Alabama Press, 1988
Paper: 978-0-8173-5330-8
Cloth: 978-0-8173-0365-5
Paper: 978-0-8173-5330-8
Cloth: 978-0-8173-0365-5
"U.S. historians can read this book with considerable profit for the details it offers; general readers can enjoy it as a straightforward and informative biography."
—Choice
—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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