The Falls of Niagara

Forrester, Glenn C.

Verlag: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., New York, 1928

Beschreibung

155 Pages. Olive green cloth boards with very light wear to corners and top and bottom of spine areas. Spine has noticeable fading. Interior text pages are remarkably good condition. They are clean, white, and every page is tight and original. Illustrated with 15 plates and 27 text figures. From the author's preface - Science is acquaintanceship with Nature. Niagara is a work of Nature with which thousands annually seek acquaintanceship. However, by a large number the Falls are first viewed with a feeling of unfulfilled anticipation. The freshness of first impressions has been toned down by cinema and photograph, while their deeper significance as a stepping stone backwards into the history of the earth is not revealed to the great majority, and is manifest only to the specialist. Insight into the history of the Cataract discloses to him the third dimension of the spectacle - depth; but, where fascinating vistas, deep into the past and far into the future might be apparent, most of us merely see stones. It is the hope and purpose of this book to excite a keener interest in the origin and story of Niagara, and thereby promote a fuller appreciation and more complete enjoyment of the Cataract and environs. The information necessary for such understanding is not readily available. Much has been written about Niagara Falls, but nowhere has a complete and connected geological story been compiled in a form convenient to the casual visitor. This lack prompted the writer to attempt to gather the pertinent facts, to organize them into a comprehensible story. Contents: Author's Preface, Introductory, Some Geological Agents - that have been at work shaping the Niagara story, The Escarpment - how it came into existence, Niagara, and A Tour of Niagara. The author's style of flowery and precise language is evident throughout. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 18010

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Falls of Niagara

Verlag: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1928

Einband: Hard Back

Zustand: Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket

Auflage: First Edition