A dramatic account of the Underground Railroad; used by as many as 100;000 runaway slaves in their flight to freedom; this book also serves as a guide to over 100 of the Underground Railroad sites open to the public in the United States and Canada. Photos maps.
#1055077 in Books McPherson Robert S 2016-08-04Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .97 x 6.00l; .0 #File Name: 0806153857304 pagesMapping the Four Corners Narrating the Hayden Survey of 1875
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Weak History of the Hayden Survey of 1875By Ranger 185I love the history of the exploration of the American West. I live in the area where this book is written and have worked as a ranger in areas where the Hayden Survey came through in 1875. So I couldn't wait to get and read this book. It was interesting but left a lot to make it a true reading experience. Often the writer(s) would refer to another book when describing certain locations to events. Case in point; author Robert McPherson referred to "his" book VIEWING THE ANCESTORS; PERCEPTIONS OF THE ANAASAZI; MOKWIC; and HISATSINOM rather than really summarizing and explaining. MAPPING the FOUR CORNERS does rely on a lot of the actual writing of Hayden's survey crews. Two BIG omissions by the authors are a lack of descriptions of the specific ruins the survey visited (names or locations) and not enough detailed maps. Some maps were included; but more (as well as better detailed) were needed. When I finished the book I felt sort of empty. Like I'd been tantalized but left still wanting. I was very disappointed. The authors themselves should have written more in the way of descriptions and what actually happened. I like books that after I read it; I want to go out and search myself; to see and experience that which the explorers may have seen and felt. This book does not let me do so. By the way; there is not one example in the book of any of the maps actually created by the Hayden Survey. How could they not include some of the original maps???
