The Granite Landscape: A Natural History of America's Mountain Domes, from Acadia to Yosemite
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (611 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0881505285 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A Virtual Fieldtrip This book is a very informative guide to the wonders of granite mountain tops in the continental United States. It begins with a general introduction to the science of granite domes, how they are were formed in geological time and shaped by glaciers, and the resulting unique ecology and flora. Then Wessels takes us on a tour of the major granite dome peaks of the US, from Acadia National Park in Maine, west to Yosemite. Each chapter in this second section is both travelogue of a climbing adventure
Wessels' wonderfully informative and accessible text combine with his dramatic photographs and Brian Cohen's beautifully detailed illustrations to bring the denizens of the granite bald to life. He explores the unique and fragile ecosystem that is common to exposed granite expanses from Acadia to Yosemitehow it evolved slowly over millennia, and how it is threatened today by foot traffic and overuse. From the author/illustrator team that produced the bestselling Reading the Forested Landscape: a fascinating and beautiful natural history of North American granite summit balds. In The Granite Landscape Tom Wessels synthesizes history, geology, biolo
A 'must have' for any naturalist's library. -- Bill McKibben. -- Ann Zwinger, author of Land Above the TreesWessels is one of the great cartographers of the New England landscape, and of the New England imagination
Tom Wessels is an ecologist and the author of Reading the Forested Landscape and Forest Forensics. Cohen is a printmaker, artist, teacher, and publisher of fine edition letterpress books. He is the director of the Environmental Biology program at Antioch New England Graduate School.Brian D.