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Author: Michael P. Branch Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1643139320 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 220
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The never-before-told story of the horned rabbit—the myths, the hoaxes, and the entirely real scientific breakthroughs it has inspired—and how it became a cultural touchstone of the American West. Just what is a jackalope? Purported to be part jackrabbit and part antelope, the jackalope began as a local joke concocted by two young brothers in a small Wyoming town during the Great Depression. Their creation quickly spread around the U.S., where it now regularly appears as innumerable forms of kitsch—wall mounts, postcards, keychains, coffee mugs, shot glasses, and so on. A vast body of folk narratives has carried the jackalope’s fame around the world to inspire art, music, film, even erotica! Although the jackalope is an invention of the imagination, it is nevertheless connected to actual horned rabbits, which exist in nature and have for centuries been collected and studied by naturalists. Around the time the two young boys were creating the first jackalope in Wyoming, Dr. Richard Shope was making his first breakthrough about the cause of the horns: a virus. When the virus that causes rabbits to grow “horns” (a keratinous carcinoma) was first genetically sequenced in 1984, oncologists were able to use that genetic information to make remarkable, field-changing advances in the development of anti-viral cancer therapies. The most important of these is the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, which protects against cervical and other cancers. Today, jackalopes are literally helping us cure cancer. For fans of David Quammen’s The Song of the Dodo, Jon Mooallem’s Wild Ones, or Jeff Meldrum's Sasquatch, Michael P. Branch's remarkable On the Trail of the Jackalope is an entertaining and enlightening road trip through the heart of America.
Author: Michael P. Branch Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1643139320 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 220
Book Description
The never-before-told story of the horned rabbit—the myths, the hoaxes, and the entirely real scientific breakthroughs it has inspired—and how it became a cultural touchstone of the American West. Just what is a jackalope? Purported to be part jackrabbit and part antelope, the jackalope began as a local joke concocted by two young brothers in a small Wyoming town during the Great Depression. Their creation quickly spread around the U.S., where it now regularly appears as innumerable forms of kitsch—wall mounts, postcards, keychains, coffee mugs, shot glasses, and so on. A vast body of folk narratives has carried the jackalope’s fame around the world to inspire art, music, film, even erotica! Although the jackalope is an invention of the imagination, it is nevertheless connected to actual horned rabbits, which exist in nature and have for centuries been collected and studied by naturalists. Around the time the two young boys were creating the first jackalope in Wyoming, Dr. Richard Shope was making his first breakthrough about the cause of the horns: a virus. When the virus that causes rabbits to grow “horns” (a keratinous carcinoma) was first genetically sequenced in 1984, oncologists were able to use that genetic information to make remarkable, field-changing advances in the development of anti-viral cancer therapies. The most important of these is the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, which protects against cervical and other cancers. Today, jackalopes are literally helping us cure cancer. For fans of David Quammen’s The Song of the Dodo, Jon Mooallem’s Wild Ones, or Jeff Meldrum's Sasquatch, Michael P. Branch's remarkable On the Trail of the Jackalope is an entertaining and enlightening road trip through the heart of America.
Author: Jeff Garmire Publisher: ISBN: 9781733487504 Category : Appalachian Trail Languages : en Pages : 264
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Jeff Garmire was living the fast paced life of a successful young professional when he gave it all up to embark on the adventure of a lifetime. He set out to become only the fifth person to thru-hike the Pacific Crest Trail, Appalachian Trail and Continental Divide Trail in a single calendar year. Finishing the 8,000 mile Calendar Year Triple Crown would be an adventure of a lifetime. The journey was riddled with inclement weather, shady characters, wildlife attacks, and injuries. Along the way Jeff swam frozen rivers, encountered wildfires and battled his own mind. He offers a captivating story of strength and courage. Hiking through some of the most remote areas in America, Jeff is continually overwhelmed by the kindness and generosity of strangers. Free Outside is the fascinating story of Jeff Garmire's journey along the national historic trails that define wild America. Finishing would take everything he had, and he was willing to give it all.
Author: Igor Krupnik Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 9048185866 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 527
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By exploring indigenous people’s knowledge and use of sea ice, the SIKU project has demonstrated the power of multiple perspectives and introduced a new field of interdisciplinary research, the study of social (socio-cultural) aspects of the natural world, or what we call the social life of sea ice. It incorporates local terminologies and classifications, place names, personal stories, teachings, safety rules, historic narratives, and explanations of the empirical and spiritual connections that people create with the natural world. In opening the social life of sea ice and the value of indigenous perspectives we make a novel contribution to IPY, to science, and to the public
Author: Daniel Shine Kim Publisher: daniel shine kim ISBN: 1432784668 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 114
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This book introduces a concept that, to my knowledge, has not yet been introduced to the world. This concept is a system-oriented structure that enables complete transparency in financial transactions. It shows compelling arguments abound for the development of such a system and explores many different types of financial corruption and hidden deals that led to the recent economic recession. Furthermore, and perhaps more importantly, every element of society is reduced by financial corruption. Different types of corruption, in fact, may coexist more easily in a society where financial dealings are not completely transparent. As the title states it, I promise you that this system will prevent most of the world's financial corruption if it is implemented.With the Fourth Branch Concept, any attempt to steal money would be detected on the first day. This book also goes into a new concept of the education system, an improved-new form of government, an improved social safety net, essential points of economy and many including new methods that could bring down health care costs significantly. The Fourth Branch-Money Trail puts forth an idea that may help remedy the current state of affairs, and as such is a timely book with clear audiences: the serious average citizens, the intelligent students and teachers, the politicians who take interest in societal reform and the families and friends who enjoy discussions of world events at all gatherings. No doubt, all of us know these types of gatherings, and many of us have been part of them. As the title states it, I promise you this system will prevent most of the world financial corruption if it is implemented. A good example would be Mr. Madoffs Ponzi scheme. It took about 50 government agents over 10 years time to reveal this crime, but if this simple concept of the fourth branch-money trail was implemented, this would not have been able happen. With the Fourth Branch Concept, any attempt to steal money would be detected on the first day. This book also goes into a new concept of the education system, an improved-new form of government, an improved social safety net, essential points of economy and many including new methods that could bring down health care costs significantly. The Fourth Branch-money trail puts forth an idea that may help remedy the current state of affairs, and as such is a timely book with clear audiences: the serious average citizens, the intelligent students and teachers, the politicians who take interest in societal reform and the families and friends who enjoy discussions of world events at all gatherings. No doubt, all of us know these types of gatherings, and many of us have been part of them.
Author: Laura White Brunner Publisher: University Press of Kansas ISBN: 0700627987 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 224
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When she couldn’t find hiking boots that fit, Laura White Brunner explored Yosemite backcountry barefoot, and at times alone, in an era when grizzly bears still roamed the park. When told she couldn’t hike in pants, she pinned up her skirt. Brunner showed admirable pluck, but, more remarkably, she did it as a teenager in the 1910s—and she wrote it all down. Her memoir, recovered from the Yosemite archives and published here for the first time, recounts two summers spent working and hiking in Yosemite Valley during a time of great change—in the park and in the world beyond. In captivating prose Brunner describes her unlikely adventures in the summers of 1915 and 1917, as well as what she calls “the interlude” between them. Sometimes funny, sometimes painful, always engaging, her account captures the “trails” and tribulations of a young woman coming of age in America’s most beautiful national park. Lightly edited and put into biographical, geographical, and historical context by Jared N. Champion, the book is also illustrated with historic photographs, many taken by Brunner herself. It provides an indelible picture of a bygone time, of awakening young womanhood in a pristine natural world just opening to tourism on a grand scale. Late in life, Laura White Brunner (1899–1973) told a reporter that she had always wanted to be a national park ranger, but, sadly, was “born too soon.” Nonetheless she made Yosemite her own—in her hiking, photographs, and memoir, but also in a practical sense, when her ascent of Half Dome by the “Clothes-Line Rope” inspired the park administration, who feared more women might summit the monolith, to install the iconic “Cables on Half Dome” route that remains in place today. Brunner went on to a career in journalism and though she tried for decades to publish her memoir, this is its first appearance in print.
Author: Wolff-Michael Roth Publisher: Sense Publishers ISBN: 9077874259 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 361
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Roth continues his long-standing interest in understanding how one learns science and the question of why all the changes to science education made over the past five decades have a significant impact of increasing understanding and interest in the subject. (Education/Teaching)
Author: Frederick Munn Publisher: novum pro Verlag ISBN: 3991076683 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 637
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Stories of heroism and bravery during the Second World War are legend. Many of them have remained secret. This fictional account, inspired by real events, experiences and histories, has all the hallmarks of a spy novel with its many twists and turns. The action switches from a peaceful setting in a sleepy village in the Home Counties to the raw, unyielding terrain of the former Yugoslavia and its demands on the courageous band of partisans to aid a seriously injured British Officer escape a determined Nazi S.S. With, ingenuity, good fortune along with an attached British S.O.E. unit they outwit the occupying German Army.
Author: Michael P. Branch
Author: Michael P. Branch
Author: Jeff Garmire
Author: Igor Krupnik
Author: George Ella Lyon
Author: Daniel Shine Kim
Author: Laura White Brunner 
Author: Wolff-Michael Roth
Author: Frederick Munn
Author: Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. South Australian Branch
Author: United States. Children's Bureau