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- The Sierra Nevada, with its 14,000-foot granite mountains, crystalline lakes, conifer forests, and hidden valleys, has long been the domain of dreams, attracting the heroic and the delusional, the best of humanity and the worst.
- Author(s): Gary Noy
- 256 Pages
- History, United States
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Stories of characters who enlivened the SIERRA NEVADA and created the basis of many legends and tales. Features names and places of the formidable high country and lands adjoiningBook Synopsis
The Sierra Nevada, with its 14,000-foot granite mountains, crystalline lakes, conifer forests, and hidden valleys, has long been the domain of dreams, attracting the heroic and the delusional, the best of humanity and the worst. Stories abound, and characters emerge so outlandish and outrageous that they have to be real. Could the human imagination have invented someone like Eliza Gilbert? Born in Limerick, Ireland, in 1818, she transformed herself into Lola Montez, born in Seville, Spain, in 1823, and brought to the Gold Country the provocative "Spider Dance"--impersonating a young woman repelling a legion of angry spiders under her petticoats. Or Otto Esche, who in 1860 imported fifteen two-humped Bactrian camels from Asia to transport goods to the mines. Or the artist Albert Bierstadt, whose paintings Mark Twain characterized as having "more the atmosphere of Kingdom-Come than of California." Or multimillionaire George Whittell Jr., who was frequently spotted driving around Lake Tahoe in a luxurious convertible with his pet lion in the front seat. These, and scores more, spill out of the pages of this well-illustrated and lively tribute to the Sierra by a native son.Dimensions (Overall): 8.4 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .7 Inches (D)
Weight: .75 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 256
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: United States
Publisher: Heyday Books
Format: Paperback
Author: Gary Noy
Language: English
Street Date: March 1, 2014
TCIN: 83039720
UPC: 9781597142656
Item Number (DPCI): 247-29-7686
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.7 inches length x 5.5 inches width x 8.4 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.75 pounds
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