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Nature, Gardens & Animals
The Western United States: A Geographical Reader
Harold Wellman Fairbanks
242 pages~4 hr 49 min read41 chapters$4.99
Ride down into the Grand Canyon, watch a Sierra river carve its gorge, and learn how earthquakes and old volcanoes shaped the American West. Harold Fairbanks writes geography for young readers as a series of vivid excursions across dramatic country. Clear, wondering, and full of landscape. Set off on a tour of the West's greatest scenery.
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Inside this book
41 chapters
- 1THE WESTERN UNITED STATES
- 2PREFACE
- 3CONTENTS
- 4THE WORK OF THE COLORADO RIVER
- 5A TRIP INTO THE GRAND CAÑON OF THE COLORADO
- 6HOW THE COLUMBIA PLATEAU WAS MADE
- 7THE CAÑONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS
- 8AN OREGON GLACIER
- 9SOMETHING ABOUT EARTHQUAKES AND MOUNTAIN BUILDING
- 10THE LAST VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES
- 11THE MUD VOLCANOES OF THE COLORADO DESERT
- 12THE HISTORY OF A COAST LINE
- 13THE DISCOVERY OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER
- 14THE GREAT BASIN AND ITS PECULIAR LAKES
- 15FRÉMONT'S ADVENTURES IN THE GREAT BASIN
- 16THE STORY OF GREAT SALT LAKE
- 17THE SKAGIT RIVER
- 18THE STORY OF LAKE CHELAN
+ 23 more. The full contents open with the book.
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