Author: Willard Rouse JillsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mammoths
Languages : en
Pages : 12
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The Elkhorn Mammoth
Author: Willard Rouse JillsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mammoths
Languages : en
Pages : 12
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Elkhorn
Author: Richard TaylorPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813176026
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
When former Kentucky Poet Laureate Richard Taylor took a job at Kentucky State University in 1975, he purchased a fixer-upper—in need of a roof, a paint job, city water, and central heating—that became known to his friends as "Taylor's Folly." The historic Giltner-Holt House, which was built in 1859 and sits close by the Elkhorn Creek a few miles outside of Frankfort, became the poet's entrance into the area's history and culture, and the Elkhorn became a source of inspiration for his writing. Driven by topophilia (love of place), Taylor focuses on the eight-mile stretch of the creek from the Forks of the Elkhorn to Knight's Bridge to provide a glimpse into the economic, social, and cultural transformation of Kentucky from wilderness to its current landscape. He explores both the natural history of the region and the formation of the Forks community. Taylor recounts the Elkhorn Valley's inhabitants from the earliest surveyors and settlers to artist Paul Sawyier, who memorably documented the creek in watercolors, oils, and pastels. Interspersed with photographs and illustrations—contemporary and historic—and intermixed with short vignettes about historical figures of the region, Elkhorn: Evolution of a Kentucky Landscape delivers a history that is by turns a vibrant and meditative personal response to the creek and its many wonders. Flowing across four counties in central Kentucky, Elkhorn Creek is the second largest tributary of the Kentucky River. Known for its beauty and recreational opportunities, Elkhorn Creek has become an increasingly popular location for canoeing, kayaking, and camping and is one of the state's best-known streams for smallmouth bass, bluegills, and crawfish. Like Walden Pond for Henry David Thoreau, the Elkhorn has been a touchstone for Taylor. A beautiful blend of creative storytelling and historical exploration of one of the state's beloved waterways, Elkhorn celebrates a gem in the heart of central Kentucky.
Discovering the Mammoth
Author: John J McKayPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 168177481X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
The fascinating saga of solving the mystery of this ancient animal who once roamed the north country—and has captivated our collective imagination ever since. Today, we know that a mammoth is an extinct type of elephant that was covered with long fur and lived in the north country during the ice ages. But how do you figure out what a mammoth is if you have no concept of extinction, ice ages, or fossils? Long after the last mammoth died and was no longer part of the human diet, it still played a role in human life. Cultures around the world interpreted the remains of mammoths through the lens of their own worldview and mythology. When the ancient Greeks saw deposits of giant fossils, they knew they had discovered the battle fields where the gods had vanquished the Titans. When the Chinese discovered buried ivory, they knew they had found dragons’ teeth. But as the Age of Reason dawned, monsters and giants gave way to the scientific method. Yet the mystery of these mighty bones remained. How did Enlightenment thinkers overcome centuries of myth and misunderstanding to reconstruct an unknown animal? The journey to unravel that puzzle begins in the 1690s with the arrival of new type of ivory on the European market bearing the exotic name "mammoth." It ends during the Napoleonic Wars with the first recovery of a frozen mammoth. The path to figuring out the mammoth was traveled by merchants, diplomats, missionaries, cranky doctors, collectors of natural wonders, Swedish POWs, Peter the Great, Ben Franklin, the inventor of hot chocolate, and even one pirate. McKay brings together dozens of original documents and illustrations, some ignored for centuries, to show how this odd assortment of characters solved the mystery of the mammoth and, in doing so, created the science of paleontology.
The Epoch of the Mammoth and the Apparition of Man Upon the Earth
Author: James Cocke SouthallPublisher: Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott & Company
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: What Ever Happened to the Wooly Mammoth
Author: Michael OardPublisher: New Leaf Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780890515082
Category : Glacial epoch
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
An exciting and engaging story about life in the Ice Age for Children
Mammoth
Author: Patrick O'BrienPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805065961
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Ski
Author: Mastodon, Mammoth, and Man
Author: John Patterson MacLeanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mammoths
Languages : en
Pages : 98
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Statistics and Technology of the Precious Metals
Author: United States. Census OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 818
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