BOOKS - Rough-Hewn Land
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Rough-Hewn Land
Author: Keith Heyer Meldahl
Year: 2011
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 17 MB
Language: English
Year: 2011
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 17 MB
Language: English
Unfold a map of North America Keith Heyer Meldahl writes and the first thing to grab your eye is the bold shift between the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains In this absorbing book Meldahl takes readers on a 1000 mile long field trip back through more than 100 million years of deep time to explore America s most spectacular and scientifically intriguing landscapes He places us on the outcrops rock hammer in hand to examine the evidence for how these rough hewn lands came to be We see California and its gold assembled from pieces of old ocean floor and the relentless movements of the Earth s tectonic plates We witness the birth of the Rockies And we investigate the violent earthquakes that continue to shape the region today Into the West s geologic story Meldahl also weaves its human history As we follow the adventures of John C Fremont Mark Twain the Donner party and other historic characters we learn how geologic forces have shaped human experience in the past and how they direct the fate of the West today