Leclercq

Yellowstone, Land of Wonders (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

In the summer of 1883 Belgian travel writer Jules Leclercq spent ten days on horseback in Yellowstone, the world's first national park, exploring myriad natural wonders: astonishing geysers, majestic waterfalls, the vast lake, and the breathtaking canyon. He also recorded the considerable human activity, including the rampant vandalism. Leclercq's account of his travels is itself a small marvel blending natural history, firsthand impressions, scientific lore, and anecdote. Along with his observations on the park's long-rumored fountains of boiling water and mountains of glass, Leclercq describes camping near geysers, washing clothes in a bubbling hot spring, and meeting such diverse characters as local guides and tourists from the United States and Europe. Notables including former president Ulysses S. Grant and then-president Chester A. Arthur were also in the park that summer to inaugurate the newly completed leg of the Northern Pacific Railroad. A sensation in Europe, the book was never published in English. This deft translation at long last makes available to English-speaking readers a masterpiece of western American travel writing that is a fascinating historical document in its own right.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bison Original
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781496211705
• Artikelnr.: 60863922

Autorenporträt

Jules Leclercq (1848-1928), who wrote twenty-three travelogues, was a judge by profession and a founding member of the Royal Belgian Geographical Society. Janet Chapple is the author of Yellowstone Treasures: The Traveler's Companion to the National Park. Suzanne Cane is a librarian and independent French translator.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations 
Foreword by Lee H. Whittlesey 
Acknowledgments 
Translators' Introduction 
Translation and Editorial Method 
A Note on the Illustrators 
Yellowstone, Land of Wonders: Promenade in North America's National Park 
Preface 
 Chapter I. The Land of Wonders 
 Chapter II. The First Explorations 
 Chapter III. From the Mississippi to the Yellowstone 
 Chapter IV. The Upper Yellowstone 
 Chapter V. Mammoth Springs 
 Chapter VI. The Gibbon River 
 Chapter VII. The First Geysers 
 Chapter VIII. The Firehole 
 Chapter IX. Old Faithful 
 Chapter X. Beehive and Giantess 
 Chapter XI. Along the Firehole 
 Chapter XII. Land of Wonders and Land of Ice 
 Chapter XIII. Theory of Geysers 
 Chapter XIV. Excelsior 
 Chapter XV. The Indians in the National Park 
 Chapter XVI. Yellowstone Lake 
 Chapter XVII. Remarks on Fishing and Hunting 
 Chapter XVIII. Sulphur Mountain 
 Chapter XIX. The Falls of the Yellowstone 
 Chapter XX. Mount Washburn 
 Conclusion 
 Works to Consult 
Maps 
Notes 
Translators' Bibliography 
Index