Raye C. Ringholz, Author W. W. Norton & Company $18.95 (310p) ISBN 978-0-393-02644-3
In a perceptive and touching narrative, Ringholz ( The Wilderness Handbook ) recalls that the Federal government in the early 1950s subsidized uranium mining for the coming atomic age. The policy set off a frenzy of prospecting and speculation in...
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Raye C. Ringholz, Author University of New Mexico Press $15.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8263-1252-5
The federal government subsidized uranium mining during the early 1950s in preparation for the coming atomic age, endangering both the finances and health of prospectors. ``Ringholz intrigues the reader with an expert blending of science, adventure,
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Raye C. Ringholz, Author Mountaineers Books $24.95 (272p) ISBN 978-0-89886-558-5
Petzoldt, now 90, climbed Wyoming's Grand Teton when he was 16, and by age 21 had his own guiding concession. Famous for exploits such as traversing the Matterhorn twice in one day and scaling K2 in the Himalayas, he is also a renowned climbing...
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