Many-Storied Mountains: The Life of Glacier National Park

Beaumont, Greg, 1943-Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 3.5
Word count
178K words
Chapters
18

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English Originals Popular Science Human GeographyEveryday LifeScience EnlightenmentNature ObservationSpiritual ComfortSlow ReadingIllustrated GuideGeography ScienceTravel GuideExotic Culture

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Many-Storied Mountains: The Life of Glacier National Park by Greg BeaumontAuthor: Beaumont, Greg, 1943-,Language: English, Class: QH: Science: Natural history, Release Date: Jul 19, 2017

Editor's review

This is an English-language work on the natural life of Glacier National Park, classified under natural history and released by Project Gutenberg as a public-domain eBook. Its appeal lies in presenting a national park as a complete living system: mountains, vegetation, animals and seasonal change woven together, rather than a simple list of sights. The author, Greg Beaumont, has a background in nature writing; his prose balances close observation with a broad view, making the book suitable as natural-history reading and as background knowledge for the park. For Chinese readers, the English is relatively plain and easier to enter than philosophical texts, though it still requires some English reading ability and a natural-history vocabulary. It is not intended as a travel guide or an illustrated guidebook, since the electronic edition contains no images or route information; it is better read before and after an actual visit, to help build an understanding of the park's ecological structure, and also serves as further reading for those interested in nature writing and natural history.

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Reading tips

  1. Read it through before the trip to build an overall impression, then return to relevant chapters after visiting.
  2. Prepare a natural-history vocabulary list, noting English terms for plants, animals and landforms.
  3. Read by theme rather than in linear order, starting with the ecological chapters that interest you most.
  4. Read alongside a map and official park materials to make up for the lack of illustrations in the electronic edition.

About the publisher

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Contents

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FAQ

Can this book serve as a travel guide to Glacier National Park? No. The book focuses on natural life and ecosystems and provides no practical information such as route planning, accommodation, transport or opening hours, and the electronic edition has no illustrations or maps. It is suitable as background reading before a visit to help understand the park's ecology; for specific itineraries, refer to official guides and travel guidebooks.
Can readers with average English read this book? The book is nature writing with relatively plain sentences, easier to enter than philosophical or academic-theory texts, though it does involve plant and animal names and landform terms. Readers with intermediate or better English can work through it with a dictionary; if reading long English texts is difficult, it is advisable to first build background with relevant Chinese natural-history books, then try this one.
Why does the electronic edition have no illustrations? The book comes from Project Gutenberg's public-domain eBook project, which focuses on plain-text eBooks providing freely accessible text and usually does not include the original illustrations, maps or layout. Reading therefore lacks visual material; it is best used alongside maps, official park materials or natural-history field guides.

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About the author

Beaumont, Greg, 1943- Author

Greg Beaumont (1943– ) is the author of Many-Storied Mountains: The Life of Glacier National Park. The book takes Glacier National Park in Montana, USA, as its subject, writing about the park's natural ecology and mountain landscapes, and belongs to the genre of nature writing and park literature. As far as publicly available information shows, biographical details about the author himself are quite limited; no clear records of his education, professional career, or writing life have been found, and only one of his works is held in the collection. The introduction to this author must therefore centre on this single work, which focuses on the natural life and regional character of Glacier National Park and may be of interest to readers concerned with North American national parks, natural history, and ecological writing.