Sierra-Nevada Lakes (The American Lakes Series)
- Hardcover
- Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc, 1949
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 383pp. Octavo [22 cm] Green cloth over boards with gilt stamping. Spine ends and corners of the covers gently bumped and rubbed. In the dust jacket, with sporadic small closed tears and chips to the edges, and a small loss from the head of the jacket's spine, obscuring a bit of the title. From the dust jacket-
"George and Bliss Hinkle, who combine thorough historical training with the intimate, almost instinctive knowledge of the country that comes with having been born and brought up in it, have picked out ten or a dozen lakes with the richest and most colorful history and told their stories.
"They have a vigorous tale to tell. Fremont comes down from Oregon, entering the Basin in winter, dragging his provocative 12-pounder and looking for the nonexistent Buenaventura River. He names several lakes but nearly starves in the deep snow as he searches for a pass to the west.
"With an illuminating exposition of the problems posed by the climate and topography, the Hinkles retell brilliantly the winter ordeal of the Donner party.
"George and Bliss Hinkle, who combine thorough historical training with the intimate, almost instinctive knowledge of the country that comes with having been born and brought up in it, have picked out ten or a dozen lakes with the richest and most colorful history and told their stories.
"They have a vigorous tale to tell. Fremont comes down from Oregon, entering the Basin in winter, dragging his provocative 12-pounder and looking for the nonexistent Buenaventura River. He names several lakes but nearly starves in the deep snow as he searches for a pass to the west.
"With an illuminating exposition of the problems posed by the climate and topography, the Hinkles retell brilliantly the winter ordeal of the Donner party.