Rediscovering Wonderland

Rediscovering Wonderland
Author: M. Mark Miller
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2022-02-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1493060759

In the nineteenth century people could gain fame and fortune by “discovering” and documenting things that were already known to exist like the source of the Nile and the North Pole. For decades trappers and prospectors had told about the wonders of the area that became Yellowstone Park, but no credible person had written about the falls, canyons, and geysers there. An ambitious politician, Nathaniel P. Langford, decided to make his name by promoting an expedition and publicizing its activities in 1870. An army lieutenant named Gustavus Doane maneuvered to lead the expedition’s army escort for the same reason. Their written accounts of the big “discovery” of Wonderland were the basis for the park’s founding in 1872. Rediscovering Wonderland brings together the words of these men, along with images of the expedition, to provide historical context for the exploration and founding of America’s first national park.

Yellowstone and the Great West

Yellowstone and the Great West
Author: Marlene Deahl Merrill
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2003-09-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780803282896

Here, for the first time in paperback, is a fascinating daily record of Ferdinand Hayden?s historic 1871 scientific expedition through Utah, Idaho, and Montana Territories to the Yellowstone Basin. The expedition?s findings quickly led Congress to establish Yellowstone as the world?s first national park. In addition to its scientific discoveries, the expedition is famous for producing the earliest on-site images of Yellowstone, by its photographer, William Henry Jackson, and its guest artist, Thomas Moran. ø Marlene Deahl Merrill has woven together a compelling daily narrative from the field writings of three expedition members: unpublished journals kept by mineralogist Albert Peale and geologist George Allen, periodic reports by Peale to his hometown newspaper, and letters from Hayden to his friend and mentor Spencer Baird at the Smithsonian Institution. Enriching this narrative are Jackson?s photographs of camp scenes and landscapes; rare panoramic drawings by the party?s topographical artist, Henry Elliott; maps; an introduction; and extensive annotations.

The Plainsmen of the Yellowstone

The Plainsmen of the Yellowstone
Author: Mark Herbert Brown
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 492
Release: 1961-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780803250260

Chronicles a century and a half of settement in the basin of the Yellowstone River.

Re-Discovering America

Re-Discovering America
Author: Willie G. Demings
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 125
Release: 2012-04-25
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1468574639

MY VIEW Re-discovering America is my way of allowing the world And all who wishes to see my views on issues and subject Matters here in our country, the world, and perhaps for us A closer look is of necessity. For our views and opinions, and Thoughts are very different at times, but according to Gods Word were falling short and need to examine ourselves both Individually and collectively to get on a course where we can Come in unity, in thoughts and principles to make America a More perfect union, establish justice, and promote the welfare Of our country and the world, therefore, acknowledging our Thoughts and our opinions, please dont let them have dominion Over such a precious gem as our yearning hearts, without truly Acknowledging the Word of God, So dont judge this book by Its looks or cover, but look inside to discover the real U S In I And the true eye on America God bless America GOD SAID I LIVE FOREVER

Historic Yellowstone National Park

Historic Yellowstone National Park
Author: Bruce T. Gourley
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2021-12-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 149305922X

Historic Yellowstone National Park captures the most interesting moments in the park’s history, the slices of life in Montana and Wyoming that provide an idea of what life was like for those who chose to explore this gloriously beautiful corner of the United States. There’s the presence of Native Americans in the early years of the area’s history, the early explorers and expeditions, its debut as the very first national park, the explosive growth of tourism, and the people who made history in this astonishing and mysterious Rocky Mountain landscape. Historic YellowstoneNational Park provides just enough of this rich history to make the experience of visiting the park better than expected.

Readers In Wonderland

Readers In Wonderland
Author: Deborah O'Keefe
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2004-08-03
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0826416497

"O'Keefe examines a wide range of children's fantasy books, and draws on her own experiences as a sympathetic reader as well as on the views of psychologists and social theorists. Readers in Wonderland ranges from William Steig's small picture books to J. R. R. Tolkien's epic series; from utopias like L. Frank Baum's Oz to dystopias like Virginia Hamilton's Dustland; from less-known works like Patricia Wrightson's to the phenomenon that is J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter; from time travel to parallel worlds; and from magical transformations and wishes that come true to lonely journeys and huge battles of good against evil."--BOOK JACKET.

Looking for Transwonderland

Looking for Transwonderland
Author: Noo Saro-Wiwa
Publisher: Catapult
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2012-09-01
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 159376491X

A “remarkable chronicle” of a journey back to this West African nation after years of exile (The New York Times Book Review). Noo Saro-Wiwa was brought up in England, but every summer she was dragged back to visit her father in Nigeria—a country she viewed as an annoying parallel universe where she had to relinquish all her creature comforts and sense of individuality. After her father, activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, was killed there, she didn’t return for several years. Then she decided to come to terms with the country her father given his life for. Traveling from the exuberant chaos of Lagos to the calm beauty of the eastern mountains; from the eccentricity of a Nigerian dog show to the decrepit kitsch of the Transwonderland Amusement Park, she explores Nigerian Christianity, delves into the country’s history of slavery, examines the corrupting effect of oil, and ponders the huge success of Nollywood. She finds the country as exasperating as ever, and frequently despairs at the corruption and inefficiency she encounters. But she also discovers that it is far more beautiful and varied than she had ever imagined, with its captivating thick tropical rain forest and ancient palaces and monuments—and most engagingly and entertainingly, its unforgettable people. “The author allows her love-hate relationship with Nigeria to flavor this thoughtful travel journal, lending it irony, wit and frankness.” —Kirkus Reviews

Must Read: Rediscovering American Bestsellers

Must Read: Rediscovering American Bestsellers
Author: Sarah Churchwell
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2012-08-02
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 144116216X

A unique survey and interpretive history, spanning 200 years, of the American bestseller.

Adventures in Yellowstone

Adventures in Yellowstone
Author: M. Mark Miller
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2009-08-04
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0762756136

After its establishment in 1872, Yellowstone National Park was sufficiently famous that numerous people risked bear maulings, Indian attacks, and geyser burns just to glimpse its wonders. A surprising number of those who survived wrote about their adventures. The best of these stories are collected in Adventures in Yellowstone. Presenting a dozen narratives—journal entries, letters, and diaries—with an introduction to each, and with historic photographs, postcards, and woodcuts, this book is the essential compilation of the most gripping first-person accounts of the early years of America’s most cherished national park.

Reconsidering the Moveable Frame in Psychoanalysis

Reconsidering the Moveable Frame in Psychoanalysis
Author: Isaac Tylim
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 389
Release: 2017-09-14
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1317373146

Reconsidering the Moveable Frame in Psychoanalysis explores the idea of ‘the frame’ at a time when this concept is undergoing both systematic revival and widespread transformation. It has always been tempting to see the frame as a relatively static, finite and definable feature of psychoanalytic work. At its most basic, the frame establishes agreed upon conditions of undertaking psychoanalytic work. But as this book shows, the frame has taken on a protean quality. It is sometimes a source of stability and sometimes a site of ethical regulation or discipline. It can be a place of imaginative mobility, and in certain analytic hands, a device for psychic work on projections and disavowals. Beginning with a seminal essay on the frame by José Bleger, this book includes commentary on that work and proceeds to explorations of the frame across different psychoanalytic theories. The frame is perhaps one of the spots in psychoanalysis where psyche and world come into contact, a place where the psychoanalytic project is both protected and challenged. Inevitably, extra-transferential forces intrude onto the psychoanalytic frame, rendering it flexible and fluid. Psychoanalysts and analysands, supervisors and candidates are relying increasingly on virtual communication, a development that has effected significant revisions of the classical psychoanalytic frame. This book presents a dialogue among distinct and different voices. It re-examines the state and status of the frame, searching for its limits and sifting through its unexpected contents whilst expanding upon the meaning, purview and state of the frame. Reconsidering the Moveable Frame in Psychoanalysis will appeal to all psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists interested in how best to understand the frame and to use it most effectively in their clinical practice.