A Range of Glaciers: The Exploration and Survey of the Northern Cascade Range by Fred W. Beckey

by Fred Beckey

In this first comprehensive account of the nineteenth-century exploration and survey of the northern Cascade Range, Fred Beckey presents a wide range of materials from dozens of archives across the United States and voyagers' logs, trappers' yarns, agency and government documents, official surveys, tall tales, climbers' journals, and sober histories. The voices, most of them from first-person narratives, range from wonder at the magnificence of the terrain, through frustration with the rigors of its harsh conditions, to the often humorous and sometimes tragic anecdotes of daily life in what was still mostly unexplored wilderness.

Hardcover

First published March 1, 2003

Reviews

[Scott Moore · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of interesting history covered - very thorough, but also very dry and tedious. It would have greatly benefited from more maps - both current maps of the areas, as well as maps that could connect the period-specific names with current ones. It also would have been nice to see more photographs as well.

Also, there were quite a few typos throughout the book :-/