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Title: The Mountain that was 'God'
Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians
Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier'

Author: John H. Williams

Release Date: July 12, 2007 [EBook #22056]

Language: English

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THE MOUNTAIN
THAT WAS "GOD"

BEING A LITTLE BOOK ABOUT THE GREAT
PEAK WHICH THE INDIANS NAMED "TACOMA"
BUT WHICH IS OFFICIALLY CALLED "RAINIER"

By JOHN H. WILLIAMS

_O, rarest miracle of mountain heights,
Thou hast the sky for thy imperial dome,
And dwell'st among the stars all days and nights,
In the far heavens familiarly at home._
--William Hillis Wynn: "Mt. Tacoma; an Apotheosis."

Second Edition revised and greatly
enlarged, with 190 illustrations,
including eight colored halftones.

TACOMA: JOHN H. WILLIAMS
NEW YORK: G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS: LONDON
1911

[Illustration: Copyright, 1905, By Kiser Photo Co.
Great Crevasses in the upper part of Co