To Pass on a Good Earth: The Life and Work of Carl O. Sauer

by Michael Williams and Michael Williams

To Pass On a Good Earth is the candid and compelling new biography of one of the twentieth century's most distinctive and influential scholars. The legendary "Great God beyond the Sierras," Carl Ortwin Sauer is America's most famed geographer, an inspiration to both academics and poets, yet no book-length biography of him has existed until now.

This Missouri-born son of German immigrants contributed to many fields, with a versatility...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813935660
• ISBN13: 9780813935669
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"