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#231 dr.tucson

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Posted 11 November 2022 - 03:40 PM

Craig Childs has a new book out, Tracing Time: seasons of Rock Art on the Colorado Plateau; published by Torrey House Press.  It is written similar to several of his previous books, descriptions of time in the wilderness and time spent with experts in the field.

It always amazes me how wide and varied his associations with scholars is.  If you have in interest in rock art art just remote places, he's a good person to follow.


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#232 iowahiker

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Posted 03 May 2023 - 08:41 PM

After enjoying more than 30+ murder mysteries from the "golden age" (1920-1960) of detective fiction, "How the Mountains Grew, A New Geologic History" by John Dvorak caught my interest.  "How..." is very readable with good continuity across the eons and connects geology and biology in a very interesting story.  A lot of new science research is included.  I would give "How..." five stars for a good story but only four stars overall since the book contained more factual errors than any other natural history book previously read.  The errors do not detract from the story of our planet but are rather obvious for a five star rating.


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#233 rubberlegs

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Posted 03 May 2023 - 10:01 PM

This is a neato thread that I hadn't noticed before! I'm going to go through this in more detail.

 

At the risk of self-family promotion, here's a book (actually a graphic novel) that my wife wrote about Death Valley's 1849er hero, William Lewis Manly. This link has information on Manly's trip, including a map from Wisconsin to California that you can compare to the typical emigrant trails, and a font she created from his handwriting. Also there's a bibliography about the 49er rescue story, but her book is mentioned at the bottom.

 

If this isn't appropriate here, let me know.

 

https://debfoxdesign...oute-west.shtml


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