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This book recounts the life and achievements of Clarence King,
widely recognized as one of America's most gifted intellectuals of
the nineteenth century, and a legendary figure in the American
West. King's genius, singular accomplishments, and near-death
adventures unfold in a narrative centered on his personal
relationship with his lifelong friend and colleague, James Gardner.
The two, upon completing their studies at Yale, traveled by wagon
train across the continent and worked with the California
Geological Survey. King went on to establish the Geological
Exploration of the 40th Parallel, a government mapping program that
stretched across the western mountain chains from California to
Wyoming. This was the precursor to the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS). Founded in 1879, with Clarence King as its architect and
first director, the USGS became the most important and influential
science agency in the nation. The adventurous aspects of conducting
geological fieldwork in the West, much of them documented by
letters written by King and Gardner, punctuate a book copiously
illustrated with historic maps and photographs showing localities
and people important to the story.
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