Idaho

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A Pictorial Overview
Rugged, beautiful, dusty, tranquil, wild, cold, sunlit, vast, snowbound, friendly, hot, lonely, vigorous, serene—tfiese and many more adjectives have been used to describe Idaho since Lewis and Clark first recorded their impressions of this great land area when they crossed the Continental Divide headed westward in 1805. Here is a chronicle of this lovely state with over 200 pages of dramatic photographs and text which record the quality of life in a unique section of America's inland empire.
The key word in describing Idaho is "diversity," Larger than New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut and Rhode Island combined, with elevations from 700 to nearly 13,000 feet, it contains vast areas totally different in character—almost like separate countries. Included are the Continent's deepest canyons, 81 separate mountain ranges, 52 peaks over 10,000 feet, unnumbered thousands of lakes and rivers from the Canadian Border to the Snake... Tovább

Fülszöveg

roAiio
A Pictorial Overview
Rugged, beautiful, dusty, tranquil, wild, cold, sunlit, vast, snowbound, friendly, hot, lonely, vigorous, serene—tfiese and many more adjectives have been used to describe Idaho since Lewis and Clark first recorded their impressions of this great land area when they crossed the Continental Divide headed westward in 1805. Here is a chronicle of this lovely state with over 200 pages of dramatic photographs and text which record the quality of life in a unique section of America's inland empire.
The key word in describing Idaho is "diversity," Larger than New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut and Rhode Island combined, with elevations from 700 to nearly 13,000 feet, it contains vast areas totally different in character—almost like separate countries. Included are the Continent's deepest canyons, 81 separate mountain ranges, 52 peaks over 10,000 feet, unnumbered thousands of lakes and rivers from the Canadian Border to the Snake River plain —a variety of grandeur unequalled among the 50 states. Idaho is rich in history of the West's development, and is participating today in the space-and-atomic age. This is all told about here in a form and a substance never before attempted.
The dramatic photographs in this book are a distillation of almost 10,000 shots submitted by over 90 photographers. Your journey begins with a portrayal of the early days in Idaho Territory, blending a collection of fascinating old photographs with recent color scenes of old places. All of the state's regions and sub-cultures—the Rocky Mountains, the Snake River plain, the Owyhee plateau, the magnificent and primitive Salmon River uplands, the historic Nez Perce "palouse" country, and the northland of emerald lakes bordering Canada, are displayed in an exciting format. A striking section on Idaho textures-wood, rocks, sand, ice, water, lichens, snow—completes a memorable portrayal of a lovely and little-known state. Vissza