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Peter Browning (1) (1928–)

Author of Place Names of the Sierra Nevada: From Abbot to Zumwalt

For other authors named Peter Browning, see the disambiguation page.

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Works by Peter Browning

Place Names of the Sierra Nevada: From Abbot to Zumwalt (1986) 30 copies

Day Trips: Roaming the Backroads of Northern California (1997) 19 copies

Yosemite Place Names: The Historic Background of Geographic Names in Yosemite National Park (1988) 17 copies

The Last Wilderness: 600 Miles by Canoe and Portage in the Northwest Territories (1975) 12 copies

San Francisco: Yerba Buena : From the Beginning to the Gold Rush 1769-1849 (1998) 10 copies

Bright Gem of the Western Seas: California, 1846-1852 : Early Recollections of the Mines, Tulare Plains, Life in… (1991) 10 copies

To the Golden Shore: America Goes to California-1849 (1995) 10 copies

Exploring the Back Roads: 28 Day Trips in the Greater Bay Area (2006) 5 copies

Splendid Mountains (2007) 2 copies

John Muir: In His Own Words 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1928
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Occupations: historian

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Works: 10
Members: 116
Popularity: #169,721
Rating: ½ 3.3

ISBNs: 31

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