{"product_id":"king-of-the-40th-parallel-discovery-in-the-american-west-9780804752237","title":"King of the 40th Parallel: Discovery in the American West","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book recounts the life and achievements of Clarence King, widely recognized as one of America's most gifted intellectuals of the nineteenth century, and a legendary figure in the American West. King's genius, singular accomplishments, and near-death adventures unfold in a narrative centered on his personal relationship with his lifelong friend and colleague, James Gardner. The two, upon completing their studies at Yale, traveled by wagon train across the continent and worked with the California Geological Survey. King went on to establish the Geological Exploration of the 40th Parallel, a government mapping program that stretched across the western mountain chains from California to Wyoming. This was the precursor to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Founded in 1879, with Clarence King as its architect and first director, the USGS became the most important and influential science agency in the nation. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe adventurous aspects of conducting geological fieldwork in the West, much of them documented by letters written by King and Gardner, punctuate a book copiously illustrated with historic maps and photographs showing localities and people important to the story. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Gregory Moore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford General Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.96h x 7.12w x 0.91d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804752237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2006 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Gregory Moore is Senior Research Geologist Emeritus with the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, California. He is the author of more than two hundred scientific papers and four books, including \u003ci\u003eExploring the Highest Sierra\u003c\/i\u003e (Stanford University Press, 2000).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanford General Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40540893118579,"sku":"9.7808E+12","price":44.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_07f830fe-afc4-4981-82de-377138645e18.jpg?v=1666791660","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/king-of-the-40th-parallel-discovery-in-the-american-west-9780804752237","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}