"U.S. historians can read this book with considerable profit for the details it offers; general readers can enjoy it as a straightforward and informative biography." —ChoiceFeatherstonhaugh (1780-1866) is both essential and hard to obtain. It is a balanced study of a complex man who did so much work and generated such c
- Title : George William Featherstonhaugh: The First U.S. Government Geologist (History Amer Science & Technol)
- Author : Edmund Berkeley
- Rating : 4.95 (588 Vote)
- Publish : 2014-5-18
- Format : Paperback
- Pages : 376 Pages
- Asin : 0817353305
- Language : English
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