LEADER 00000cam a2200733Ia 4500 001 ocn281674700 003 OCoLC 005 20160527040618.9 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 081212s1993 onca ob 001 0 eng d 019 834582299|a923076337 020 9781554882441|q(electronic book) 020 1554882443|q(electronic book) 020 9781459714519|q(electronic book) 020 1459714512|q(electronic book) 020 |z0920474616 020 |z9780920474617 035 (OCoLC)281674700|z(OCoLC)834582299|z(OCoLC)923076337 037 E0815772-B290-410C-9927-50EE24D14EBA|bOverDrive, Inc. |nhttp://www.overdrive.com 040 N$T|beng|epn|cN$T|dOCLCQ|dIDEBK|dEBLCP|dOCLCQ|dMHW|dOCLCQ |dCELBN|dE7B|dOCLCQ|dOCLCF|dOCLCQ|dTEFOD|dYDXCP|dTEFOD |dOCLCQ 043 n-cn--- 049 RIDW 050 4 QE22.D29|bW55 1993eb 055 10 QE22 D28|bW55 1993 055 12 QE22* 072 7 SCI|x030000|2bisacsh 072 7 SCI|x031000|2bisacsh 082 04 551/.092|222 090 QE22.D29|bW55 1993eb 100 1 Winslow-Spragge, Lois. 245 10 No ordinary man :|bGeorge Mercer Dawson /|cLois Winslow- Spragge ; edited by Bradley Lockner. 264 1 Toronto :|bNatural Heritage/Natural History,|c[1993] 264 4 |c©1993 300 1 online resource (208 pages) :|billustrations (some color) 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 504 Includes bibliographical references (page 200) and index. 505 0 Foreword; Editor's Introduction; The "Little Doctor," George Mercer Dawson; A Brief Biography; George and His Grandfather; Childhood Essays; A Boyhood Diary; A Voyage to Great Britain with Father; Summers on the Lower St. Lawrence River; A Voyage by Sail to Great Britain; First Year at the Royal School of Mines, London, 1869-70; Summer 1870, with Parents in Scotland; Second Year at the Royal School of Mines, 1870-71; A Summer of Field Work in the English Lake District; Third Year at the Royal School of Mines, 1871-72. 520 George Mercer Dawson was indeed no ordinary man. Born in 1849, son of the first Principal of McGill University, Dawson defied health circumstances that would have defeated many people and went on to become one of our most exceptional Canadians. As a geologist in the British North American Boundary Commission between Canada and the U.S.A. and as Director of the Geological Survey of Canada in 1895, Dawson examined and explored every aspect of Canada's unknown territories. This collection of writings, letters, diaries and essays begins with the young George and moves through his developing years to. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 600 10 Dawson, George Mercer,|d1849-1901.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/n86873074 600 16 Dawson, George M.,|d1849-1901. 600 17 Dawson, George Mercer,|d1849-1901.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/188721 600 17 Dawson, George Mercer.|2swd 650 0 Geologists|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85054036|zCanada|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n79007233-781|vBiography.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh99001237 650 7 Geologists.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/940615 651 7 Canada.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204310 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 Biographies.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1919896 655 7 Biographies.|2lcgft|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ genreForms/gf2014026049 700 1 Lockner, Bradley John,|d1950-|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/n88275500 776 08 |iPrint version:|aWinslow-Spragge, Lois.|tNo ordinary man. |dToronto : Natural Heritage/Natural History, ©1993 |z0920474616|z9780920474617|w(OCoLC)24284787 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=244971|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp:// guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d201606016|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic|lridw 994 92|bRID