» advanced search
subscribe & win

Sign up for our newsletter and enter to win FREE books.

your e-mail address Send!

BOOKS by Philip L Fradkin

Sometimes it pays off to expand your search to view all available copies of items matching your search terms.

Page 1 of 1   change currency
sort by
Wallace Stegner and the American West

Wallace Stegner and the American West more books like this

by Philip L Fradkin

Renowned environmental historian Philip L. Fradkin reveals the Wallace Stegner behind the literary legacy - a generous teacher, conservationist, and man whose early landscapes shaped his life and character. Fradkin chronicles Stegner's formative years, from the raw, desolate plains of Saskatchewan and the canyonlands of Utah to California's ...

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $2.48! | first editions | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

After the Ruins, 1906 and 2006: Rephotographing the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

After the Ruins, 1906 and 2006: Rephotographing the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire more books like this

by Mark Klett (Photographer), Philip L Fradkin, Rebecca Solnit

How exactly has San Francisco's urban landscape changed in the hundred years since the earthquake and cataclysmic firestorms that destroyed three-quarters of the city in 1906? For this provocative rephotography project, bringing past and present into dynamic juxtaposition, renowned photographer Mark Klett has gone to the same locations pictured in ...

see all copies from $9.03!

new only from $14.49! | first editions | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

The Great Earthquake and Firestorms of 1906: How San Francisco Nearly Destroyed Itself

The Great Earthquake and Firestorms of 1906: How San Francisco Nearly Destroyed Itself more books like this

by Philip L Fradkin

The first indication of the prolonged terror that followed the 1906 earthquake occurred when a ship steaming off San Francisco's Golden Gate 'seemed to jump clear out of the water'. This gripping account of the earthquake, the devastating firestorms that followed, and the city's subsequent reconstruction vividly shows how, after the shaking ...

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $1.99! | first editions | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

Wildest Alaska: Journeys of Great Peril in Lituya Bay

Wildest Alaska: Journeys of Great Peril in Lituya Bay more books like this

by Philip L Fradkin

Twenty-five years ago Philip L. Fradkin read a book about a remote bay on the Gulf of Alaska coast. The noted environmental historian was attracted by the threads of violence woven through the natural and human histories of Lituya Bay. Could these histories be related, and if so, how? The attempt to define the power of this wild place was a ...

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $2.00! | first editions | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

Magnitude 8

Magnitude 8 more books like this

by Philip L Fradkin

The archetypal natural disaster defined on the verge of the millennium. To understand the cataclysmic earthquake that will tear California apart one day, Philip L. Fradkin has written a dramatic history of earthquakes and an eloquent guide to the San Andreas Fault, the world's best-known tectonic landscape. The author includes vivid stories of ...

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $7.75! | signed copies | first editions | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

Stagecoach Wells Fargo & the American West

Stagecoach Wells Fargo & the American West more books like this

by Philip L Fradkin

Today one of America's most trusted financial institutions, Wells Fargo has its roots deep in America and the Old West. Pulitzer Prizewinner Fradkin offers up this history of the venerable company and details its role in creating the mythic era of Jesse James and Wyatt Earp.

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $3.73! | signed copies | first editions | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

Sagebrush Country: Land and the American West

Sagebrush Country: Land and the American West more books like this

by Philip L Fradkin

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $6.56! | first editions | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

Fallout an American nuclear tragedy more books like this

by Fradkin

Citizens exposed to fallout from Nevada nuclear tests were assured of their safety by the government. Fallout reveals the courtroom drama that unfolded when high cancer rates led people to believe they had been betrayed.

see all copies from $2.20!

new only from $8.97! | signed copies | first editions | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

Seven States of California: A Human and Natural History

Seven States of California: A Human and Natural History more books like this

by Philip L Fradkin

Philip L. Fradkin examines the effect California's varied landscapes has had on the societies which have developed there and discusses the associations between the landscapes of the state and peoples who inhabit them. He divides California into seven "states" or distinct ecological provinces. From each area he selects one emblematic feature--a ...

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $1.99! | first editions | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

Stagecoach: Wells Fargo and the Rise of the American Financial Services Industry

Stagecoach: Wells Fargo and the Rise of the American Financial Services Industry

by Philip L. Fradkin

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $4.07! | signed copies | first editions | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

A River No More: The Colorado River and the West, Expanded and Updated Edition

A River No More: The Colorado River and the West, Expanded and Updated Edition more books like this

by Philip L Fradkin

The history of the development of the Colorado River and of the claims made on its waters.

see all copies from $2.93!

new only from $21.78! | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

Sagebrush Country: Land and the American West more books like this

by Philip L Fradklin, Philip L Fradkin, Ashbel Green (Editor)

A historical and contemporary journey through one of the country's largest and least known public parks, the Uinta National Forest. 16 pages of photos, maps.

see all copies from $1.99!

first editions | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

view cover

Clarence Edward Dutton: An Appraisal more books like this

by Wallace Earle Stegner, Philip L Fradkin (Foreword by)

see all copies from $9.75!

new only from $10.95! | first editions | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

A River No More more books like this

by Philip L Fradkin

The history of the development of the Colorado River and of the claims made on its waters.

see all copies from $1.99!

signed copies | first editions

view cover

Magnitude 8: Earthquakes and Life Along San Andreas Fault more books like this

by Philip L Fradkin

Environmental historian Philip L. Fradkin offers a history of earthquakes and a guide to the San Andreas Fault, the seismic scar that bisects the Golden State's spectacular scenery. He examines the mythology, culture, social implications, politics and science of earthquakes. Included are dramatic stories of legendary earthquakes elsewhere: in New ...

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $25.39! | first editions | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

view cover

Wanderings of an Environmental Journalist in Alaska and the American West: In Alaska and the American West more books like this

by Philip L Fradkin

Here is the New Western History written by Philip L. Fradkin a decade before that genre was accepted by academic historians. In these timeless articles, Fradkin combines history and the environment and makes unique explorations of those two highly charged and myth-laden concepts. His articles on the intersection of land, culture, ethnicity and ...

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $34.90! | signed copies | first editions | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

A River No More: The Colorado River and the West more books like this

by Philip L Fradkin

The history of the development of the Colorado River and of the claims made on its waters.

see all copies from $1.99!

new only from $46.74! | first editions

California more books like this

by Philip L Fradkin, Barbara Fradkin, Dennis Stock

see all copies from $1.99!

first editions | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.

Sagebrush Country

by Philip L. Fradkin

see all copies from $12.50!

first editions

view cover

The Seven States of California: A Natural and Human History more books like this

by Philip L Fradkin (Photographer)

Philip L. Fradkin examines the effect California's varied landscapes has had on the societies which have developed there and discusses the associations between the landscapes of the state and peoples who inhabit them. He divides California into seven "states" or distinct ecological provinces. From each area he selects one emblematic feature--a ...

see all copies from $1.99!

first editions | SVSClick for books eligible for free or discount Super Value Shipping.


Page 1 of 1

 

Our Money-Back Guarantee

We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.