Exploring Stone Walls: A Field Guide To Stone Walls - Softcover

Thorson, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802777082 ISBN 13: 9780802777089

Verlag: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, 2005

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Continuing his study of New England's stone walls, the author of Stone by Stone describes the physical characteristics, structure, function, and purpose of walls throughout the region and highlights some of the most interesting examples to visit. Original.

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Robert M. Thorson is the winner of the 2003 Connecticut Book Award for Stone by Stone: The Magnificent History of New England's Stone Walls. He is a professor of geology at the University of Connecticut and cofounder of the Stone Wall Initiative, which supports the appreciation and preservation of historic walls. He writes a weekly op-ed column for The Hartford Courant.

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The only field guide to stone walls in the Northeast.

"Every stone wall is unique and every stone tells a story," says Robert M. Thorson, the author of the first field guide to historic New England stone walls-- one that helps you identify and appreciate those in your yard, neighborhood, and throughout the Northeast.

Exploring Stone Walls is like being in Thorson's geology classroom, as he presents the many clues that allow you to determine any wall's history, age, and purpose. Thorson highlights forty-five places to see interesting and noteworthy walls, many of which are in public parks and preserves, from Acadia National Park in Maine to the South Fork of Long Island. Visit the tallest stone wall (Cliff Walk in Newport, Rhode Island), the most famous (Robert Frost's mending wall in Derry, New Hampshire), and many more. This field guide will broaden your horizons and deepen your appreciation of New England's rural history.

Robert M. Thorson is the winner of the 2003 Connecticut Book Award for Stone by Stone: The Magnificent History of New England's Stone Walls. He is a professor of geology at the University of Connecticut and cofounder of the Stone Wall Initiative, which supports the appreciation and preservation of historic walls. He writes a weekly op-ed column for The Hartford Courant.

Praise for Stone by Stone:

"(Thorson's) fine study is an open invitation to head into the country oneself and explore a stone wall."-- Michael Kenney, The Boston Globe

"Thorson is a fine writer, a scientist with the sensibility of a poet."-- The Providence Sunday Journal

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0802777082
• ISBN 13: 9780802777089
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 187
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar