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The beauty and tranquility of Utah's Logan Canyon never cease to amaze. Although bearing traces of human activity. Logan Canyon remains unspoiled by its proximity to civilization. Reveling in the sights and sounds of this wonderland, author Michael Sweeney journeys from the canyon's mouth al Logan northeast to Bear Lake, As he ticks off the 41 miles of the natural scenic byway that courses through the canyon, he reveals the canyon's history and a few of its secrets. He introduces us to several characters who, lucky enough to live, work, and play in the area, share their experiences of the canyon. Filled with adventure and brimming with eloquent discourse, this book is more than an account of a canyon -- it is a testimony to the utter necessity of such places in our lives and in America.
A description of the citizen-led effort to get Americans out of their cars and into the landscape via greenways - linear open spaces that preserve and restore nature in cities, suburbs and rural areas. These can link parks and open spaces and provide corridors for wildlife migration.
Provides an introduction to genetics from cloning to cross breeding.
Annotation. A historian and literary critic offers a plain language translation of Joseph Smith's 1830 Testament and Prophesy, and traces the bizarre history of the Mormon religion.
Surveys the geography, history, people, and customs of one of the three states that make up the region known as the Pacific Northwest.
Visualizing Earth History integrates artwork and images from National Geographic and other rich visuals to provide a broad overview of earth history. Author, Loren Babock explores Earth’s history as a series of interrelated processes that continue to have significant outcomes for humans and other living things.
Provides a history of the world's third largest crop, explaining how it is grown, harvested, threshed, husked, polished, and preserved.
An introduction to the land, history, people, economy, and environment of Connecticut.
History is everywhere, and is never as complete as when it can be accessed on a part of history itself. The locomotive is one of the great steps in progress of civilisation that undoubtably connects us to land and history that was shaped by the machine itself. Although a basic form of railway, or rutway, did exist in Ancient Greek and Roman times – notably the ship trackway between Diolkos and the Isthmus of Corinth around 600 BC – it would take several thousand years before the first fare-paying passenger service was launched in the early nineteenth century. Some two hundred years on, it is possible to travel by train to some of the world's most remote and remarkable destinations, and t...
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