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The Granite Landscape: A Natural History of America's Mountain Domes, from Acadia to Yosemite Hardcover - 2001 - 1st Edition

by Tom Wessels

This fascinating new book focuses on a rare and dramatic landscape: the granite summit balds of North American mountains. Tom Wessels synthesizes history, geology, biology, and personal narrative to enhance our understanding and appreciation of these high, wild places. Illustrations. Maps.


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This fascinating new book focuses on a rare and dramatic landscape: the granite summit balds of North American mountains. Tom Wessels synthesizes history, geology, biology, and personal narrative to enhance our understanding and appreciation of these high, wild places. 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. Wessels' dramatic photographs and Brian Cohen's beautifully detailed illustrations bring the denizens of the granite bald to life. The mountains they celebrate include: Acadia National Park in Maine; the White Mountains of New Hampshire; the Adirondacks of New York; the Wind Rivers of Wyoming; the Beartooths of Montana; the Enchantments of Washington; and Yosemite National Park in California. 18 black & white photographs, 30 illustrations, 1 map, glossary, index.

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  • Title The Granite Landscape: A Natural History of America's Mountain Domes, from Acadia to Yosemite
  • Author Tom Wessels
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 216
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Countryman Press, Countryman
  • Date June 2001
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780881504293 / 0881504297
  • Weight 1.55 lbs (0.70 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.28 x 9.22 x 0.8 in (21.03 x 23.42 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Ecology
  • Library of Congress subjects National parks and reserves - United States, Natural history - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00065977
  • Dewey Decimal Code 508.73

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 05/01/2001, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 06/25/2001, Page 69
  • Scitech Book News, 12/01/2001, Page 67
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