Passaconaway's realm : Captain John Evans and the exploration of Mount Washington / Russell M. Lawson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawson, Russell M., 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evans, John, 1730 or 1731-.

Evans, John.

Pioneers.

Mountaineers.

Explorers.

White Mountains (N.H. and Me.)--Discovery and exploration.

White Mountains (N.H. and Me.).

White Mountains (N.H. and Me.)--Description and travel.

Washington, Mount (N.H.)--Discovery and exploration.

Washington, Mount (N.H.).

Explorers--White Mountains (N.H. and Me.)--Biography.

Mountaineers--White Mountains (N.H. and Me.)--Biography.

Pioneers--White Mountains (N.H. and Me.)--Biography.

Frontier and pioneer life--White Mountains (N.H. and Me.).

Frontier and pioneer life.

White Mountains (N.H. and Me.)--Biography.

New Hampshire--History--1775-1865.

Local Subjects:

Evans, John.

New Hampshire--History--1775-1865.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 157 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Hanover, N.H. : University Press of New England, 2002.

Summary:

Now that New Hampshire's dominant White Mountain peak can be climbed relatively easily in a long day, or more comfortably ascended by car or cog railway, it is easy to forget that it was once considered by Native Americans and most European settlers to be too sacred and formidable to attempt. In fact, mountain climbing was relatively rare until recent times, making the 15 ascents of Mount Washington between 1632 and 1804 all the more remarkable. Passaconaway's Realm is a concise, historically and scientifically correct, and very dramatic story of the earliest climbs and the men who made them in pursuit of botanical specimens; meteorologic, geographic, and geological data; and personal adventure.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1584651679

OCLC:

49531531