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1961; National Council for Geographic Education; Volume: 60; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/00221346108985052

1752-6868

American Environmental and Regional History

Abstract Abstract Sam H. Schurr, Bruce C. Netschert and others. Energy in the American Economy, 1850–1957: Its History and Prospects. Published for Resources for the Future, Inc., by The John Hopkins Press, Baltimore 18, Md., 1960. 774 pages including table of contents, tables, charts, appendices and index. $12.50. Herrell DeGraff. Beef Production and Distribution. The University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1960. xx and 252 pages including index, 43 tables, 31 charts, 14 photographs. $5.00. Arthur H. Carhart. The National Forests. Alfred A. Knopf, 501 Madison Ave., New York 22, N.Y., 1959. 289 pages including table of contents, illustrations, map, appendix and index. $4.75. Heinrich Lienhard. From St. Louis to Sutter's Fort, 1846. (translated and edited by Erwin G. and Elizabeth K. Gudde). The University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, 1961. 204 pages with tables of contents, a map, list of illustrations and index. $3.95. Alfred Steinberg. Admiral Richard E. Byrd, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 200 Madison Ave., New York 16, N.Y., 1960. 128 pages. $2.50. Ages 10 to 14. Christopher Colles. A Survey of the Roads of the United States of America, 1789. (edited by Walter W. Ristow). The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1961. 227 pages with bibliography of Christopher Colles, general bibliography, highway strip-maps, city maps, prints, diagrams, place name indexes and table of contents. $7.50. Ernie Bradford. A Wind from the North: The Life of Henry the Navigator. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 383 Madison Avenue, New York 17, N.Y., 1960. 269 pages including notes, chronology, list of sources and index. $5.00. Georges Jorré. The Soviet Union: The Land and Its People (translated and revised by E. D. Laborde). Longmans, Green & Co., Inc., 119 W. 40th Street, New York 18, N.Y., 1961, 372 pages including table of contents, maps and diagrams, illustrations, index and appendix. $7.50. The Oxford Home Atlas of the World. Prepared by the Cartographic Department of the Clarendon Press. Oxford University Press, 417 Fifth Avenue, New York 16, N.Y., 1961. 130 pages. $2.80. Sigurd F. Olson. The Lonely Land. Alfred A. Knopf, 501 Madison Avenue, New York 22, N.Y., 1961. 273 pages, one map. $4.50. Patricia Lauber. Getting to Know Switzerland. Coward-McCann, Inc., 200 Madison Ave., New York 16, N.Y., 1960. 64 pages with illustrations and index. $2.50. Ages 8 to 11. Dorothy Childs Hogner. Water Over The Dam. J. B. Lippincott Company, East Washington Square, Philadelphia 5, Pa., 1960. 220 pages with table of contents, selected bibliography, index and illustrations by Nils Hogner. $3.95. E. H. Bunbury. A History of Ancient Geography. Dover Publications, Inc., 180 Varick St., New York 14, N.Y., 1959. Two Volumes, xvii and 1409 pages with 20 maps and index. Cloth, $12.50 for the two-volume set. Margaret O. Hyde. Animal Clocks and Compasses. Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 330 W. 42nd St., New York 36, N.Y., 1960. 159 pages with table of contents, bibliography, maps, index and illustrations by P. A. Hutchison. $2.95. John Ise. Our National Park Policy: A Critical History, The Johns Hopkins Press, Homewood, Baltimore 18, Md. (Published for Resources for the Future, Inc., Washington, D.C.), 1961. 701 pages with table of contents and index. $10.00. Bernhard and Michael Grzimek. Serengeti Shall Not Die (translated from the German by E. L. and D. Rewald). E. P. Dutton & Co., 300 Fourth Avenue, New York 10, N.Y., 1960. 344 pages including table of contents, photographs and index. $6.95. D. S. Walker. The Mediterranean Lands. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 440 Fourth Street, New York 16, New York, 1960. xxiii and 524 pages including table of contents, plates, maps, diagrams, and index. $6.75. E. Joseph Dreany. Our World. Maxton Publishing Corp., 15 E. 26th St., New York 10, N.Y., 1958. 27 pages with illustrations. 69 cents. Ages 10 and up. Francis Mazier. Teiva, Boy of Tahiti. Foiled Publishing Company, 1010 West Washington Boulevard, Chicago 7, Illinois, 1960. 47 pages. $2.00. Ages 8 to 10. Lillian J. Bragdon. The Land and People of Switzerland. J. B. Lippincott Co., East Washington Square, Philadelphia 5, Pa., 1961. 127 pages including illustrations, table of contents, and index. $2.95. Ages 12 and up.