From early Spanish explorers to 20th century outfitters, a Sierra Nevada resident chronicles the history and lifestyle of the men (and a few women) who worked on mule pack trains--a major industry in early California. Jackson also discusses the role of packers in the early conservation movement. She includes period photos, maps, and the lyrics of a 1929 song about packers. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Louise A. Jackson hails from a California pioneer family of packers, miners, preachers, ranchers, politicians, teachers, and others. She spent her childhood summers in Mineral King, a remote cabin community in the Sierra Nevada. Over the years, her occupations have included business management, elementary-school teaching, historical research, writing, and painting.
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. This book takes us inside the adventure, hardships, and joys peculiar to the packing trade. Part One is an account of the evolution of the packing trade, from early Spanish explorers and missionaries to gold-rush muleskinners to mid-twentieth-century outfitters. Part Two discusses the history of conservation in the Sierra Nevada and the role packers played, including the creation of the Sierra Club, the development of eastern California's national parks and forest, and the pressures of increasing population and government packing regulations. Part Three introduces colorful characters and offers personal stories and evocative descriptions of the backcountry experience, shedding light on why, for the mule men, the packing life was the only kind worth living. Includes 60 black-and-white photographs, 4 maps, glossary, notes, appendixes, bibliography, and index. Artikel-Nr. 00107223116
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Paperback. Zustand: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Mountain Press, 2004. Octavo. Paperback. Book is like new. Artikel-Nr. 516291
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Zustand: VERY GOOD. First printing, a trade paperback original. A book which covers two hundred years, from the 1750s to the 1950s, of stock packing in the southern Sierra Nevada, the backcountry containing most of California's wilderness and national park lands - from From Yosemite to the Tehachapis, the Tuolumne River to the Kern, lands which are above and beyond any major roadways, the wild areas where the majority of the modern Sierra packers have plied their trade. Illustrated throughout with photographs. SIGNED on the title page. Includes several appendices listing historical pack outfits, notes, glossary, bibliography, index. 256 pp. Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (crease on front cover). Artikel-Nr. 88465
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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 253 pages. 9.00x5.75x0.50 inches. In Stock. Artikel-Nr. x-0878424997
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