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Author
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
324 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
On May 5, 2007, two days into his twenty-seventh trip to the Boundary Waters, Stephen Posniak found a perfect spot on Ham Lake and set about making a campfire. Over the next two weeks, the fire he set would consume 75,000 acres of forest and 144 buildings. More than one thousand firefighters would rally to extinguish the blaze, at a cost of 11 million dollars. Gunflint Burning is a comprehensive account of the dramatic events around the Ham Lake...
3) Ham Lake
Author
Series
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource : chiefly illustrations, maps.
Language
English
Description
Ham Lake is a six-mile-by-six-mile township as prescribed in the Northwest Territories Act of 1787. One of the area's major lakes looks exactly like a slice of ham, with an island as the ham bone, thus the name. In 1856, a town named Glen Carey, Scottish for "Beautiful Valley," was formed southwest of the lake. Seven or eight homes were built, but a prairie fire burned them out. In 1866, Mads Gilbertson, a native of Norway, was the first permanent...
Author
Series
His The doorway papers volume 1
Pub. Date
1975
Physical Desc
368 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
210 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"When the United States was scrambling to catch up to the Soviets after their successful launch of Sputnik, they didn't turn to Mercury Seven astronauts Alan Shepard and John Glenn. Rather, they began bringing chimpanzees to Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico for a top-secret program. The goal? To do everything America needed to make space travel safe for humans and beat the Soviets. Based on extensive research and interviews with living members...
Author
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
vi, 351 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, maps, colour portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
This is the riveting and illuminating story of Australian writer Anthony Ham's extraordinary journey into the world of lions. Haunted by the idea that they might disappear from the planet in our lifetime, he ventured deep into the African wilderness, speaking to local tribespeople and activists as well as to rangers, scientists and conservationists about why lions are close to extinction and what can be done to save them. In The Last Lions of Africa,...
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Extensively researched, First in Space is based on the true-life adventures of Ham, a chimpanzee the Americans trained for the first sub orbital flight. The story follows his training and experiences through the launch, as well as those of the other chimps and trainers involved. Because it is Ham's exciting adventure, it is told primarily through his eyes, along with anecdotal information that provides a snapshot of that time in America's conquest...
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
GN 520L
Physical Desc
67 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Spectacular Spider-Ham is back and just in TIME to save the past, present, and future. It's just a normal day in the life of Peter Porker, your friendly neighborhood Spider-Ham! Keeping New Yolk City safe from dastardly villains is no easy feat, especially when the Green Gobbler from the year 2099 travels back in time to team up with his present-day counterpart. Talk about a pair of rotten eggs! What's worse, Spider-Ham gets flung into the future,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Graphic
Pub. Date
[2025]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
73 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sam-I-Am is determined to help his grumpy friend Walter experience the joys of the great outdoors despite Walter's many objections.
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