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PublisherArcadia Publishing
ISBN-100738595934
ISBN-139780738595931
eBay Product ID (ePID)143643332
Product Key Features
Book TitleOwens Valley
Number of Pages128 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2013
TopicUnited States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), United States / West / Pacific (Ak, CA, Hi, Or, Wa), Pictorials (See Also Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional)
IllustratorYes
GenreTravel, Photography, History
AuthorJane Wehrey
Book SeriesImages of America Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight0.7 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
TitleLeadingThe
SynopsisThe Owens Valley is a bold and beautiful land where rugged alpine peaks tower over the deep trough of high desert that John Muir called a country of wonderful contrasts. Inhabiting a rich and complex past are native people, miners, cattlemen, farmers, and city builders who laid claim, often violently, to its resources. By 1913, Owens River water was flowing south through the Los Angeles Aqueduct, and from the long and bitter conflicts that followed emerged an Owens Valley future far removed from the agrarian Eden envisioned by 19th-century pioneers. Today, unparalleled recreational opportunities draw millions of visitors annually to this long brown land even as reminders of a quintessential Western past linger in its open vistas, epic landscape, and enduring traditions.", The Owens Valley is a bold and beautiful land where rugged alpine peaks tower over the deep trough of high desert that John Muir called "a country of wonderful contrasts." Inhabiting a rich and complex past are native people, miners, cattlemen, farmers, and city builders who laid claim, often violently, to its resources. By 1913, Owens River water was flowing south through the Los Angeles Aqueduct, and from the long and bitter conflicts that followed emerged an Owens Valley future far removed from the agrarian Eden envisioned by 19th-century pioneers. Today, unparalleled recreational opportunities draw millions of visitors annually to this "long brown land" even as reminders of a quintessential Western past linger in its open vistas, epic landscape, and enduring traditions.
LC Classification NumberF868.O9W44 2013
