Author : Charles Ferguson Barker
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 25,28 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781584656968
Explores the geology of New England in a colorful and kid-friendly format
Author : Robert Thorson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 28,19 MB
Release : 2009-05-26
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0802719260
The only field guide to stone walls in 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.
Author : Robert Thorson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 32,66 MB
Release : 2009-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0802719201
There once may have been 250,000 miles of stone walls in America's Northeast, stretching farther than the distance to the moon. They took three billion man-hours to build. And even though most are crumbling today, they contain a magnificent scientific and cultural story-about the geothermal forces that formed their stones, the tectonic movements that brought them to the surface, the glacial tide that broke them apart, the earth that held them for so long, and about the humans who built them. Stone walls layer time like Russian dolls, their smallest elements reflecting the longest spans, and Thorson urges us to study them, for each stone has its own story. Linking geological history to the early American experience, Stone by Stone presents a fascinating picture of the land the Pilgrims settled, allowing us to see and understand it with new eyes.
Author : Christina Courtenay
Publisher : Choc Lit
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,61 MB
Release : 2013
Category : British
ISBN : 9781781890301
From the author of five successful award-winning novels, this is her debut young adult novel and the first of a series of three in the New England Series. First impressions, how wrong can you get? When Rain Mackenzie is expelled from her British boarding school, she can't believe her bad luck. Not only is she forced to move to New England, USA, she's also sent to the local high school, as a punishment. Rain makes it her mission to dislike everything about Northbrooke High, but what she doesn't bank on is meeting Jesse Devlin... Jesse is the hottest guy Rain's ever seen and he plays guitar in an awesome rock band! There's just one small problem ... Jesse already has a girlfriend, little miss perfect Amber Lawrence, who looks set to cause trouble as Rain and Jesse grow closer. But, what does it matter? New England sucks anyway, and Rain doesn't plan on sticking around ... AUTHOR: Christina Courtenay lives in Herefordshire and is married with two children. Although born in England she has a Swedish mother and was brought up in Sweden. In her teens, the family moved to Japan where she had the opportunity to travel extensively in the Far East. Christina is vice chairman of the Romantic Novelists' Association. In 2011, Christina's first novel Trade Winds (September 2010) was short listed for The Romantic Novelists' Association's Award for Best Historical Fiction. Her second novel, The Scarlet Kimono, won the Big Red Reads Best Historical Fiction Award. In 2012, Highland Storms (November 2011) won the Best Historical Romantic Novel of the year award. And The Silent Touch of Shadows (July 2012), Christina's fourth novel, won the award for Best Historical Read at the Festival of Romance.
Author : William Hubbell
Publisher : Down East Books
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 35,12 MB
Release : 2006-09-17
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1461745136
For this stunning new volume, photographer William Hubbell has turned his lens toward New England's ubiquitous stone walls. Beginning with the basic geology of the region and why New England has so many darned rocks, he presents a chronological overview of the varying styles and methods of wall building, and includes conversations with six contemporary wall builders. The result is a surprising and refreshing look at stone walls and at the history of New England.
Author : Peter Cristofono
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 45,84 MB
Release : 2020-04-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 149304205X
New England is one of the best regions in the country for rockhounds to hunt for minerals, gems, and fossils. The complex geology of the region hosts a stunning variety of material from gold-bearing placers to fossiliferous limestone; from gem-bearing pegmatites to rocks containing some of the rarest minerals on Earth. This book provides detailed directions and GPS coordinates to the best sites with valuable tips on what to tools to bring and how to conduct your search. Comprehensive lists of minerals or fossils for each site and excellent color photos will help you know what to look for and to identify what you’ve found. Information on clubs, rock shops, museums, and special attractions are provided. Written by a collector with over 35 years of experience, Rockhounding New England is the firstcomprehensive rock and mineral collecting guide to New England and a must-have for anyone interested in collecting their own minerals, gems, and fossils in the region.
Author : Stewart M. Green
Publisher : Falcon Guides
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,83 MB
Release : 2001
Category : New England
ISBN : 9781560448112
Descriptions, maps, topos and photos of the best climbing areas in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
Author : Chet Raymo
Publisher :
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 16,60 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Science
ISBN :
Traces the geological time changes that shaped the land from Maine to New Jersey.
Author : Robert Ellis Cahill
Publisher : Old Saltbox
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 26,59 MB
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 9780962616242
"Called the ""Reader's Digest of New England Archaeology,"" by experts in the field, this book covers all finds and sits by amateur and professional ancient artifact hunters since America was first settled. Hundreds of messages were cut into stone by unknown ancient settlers. Carved faces, well-made homes of rock, Celtic ritual sites, dolmens, and other ancient remnants are scattered throughout the New England states, making it quite apparent that visitors from other lands lived here hundreds of years before Columbus discovered America. Ancient coins, weapons, lamps, containers and art objects have been uncovered as well -- all well documented and described, with photos in this fascinating book."
Author : James W. Mavor, Jr.
Publisher : Inner Traditions
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 25,40 MB
Release : 1989-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780892810789
In the summer of 1974 Byron Dix discovered in Vermont the first of many areas in New England believed to be ancient Native American ritual sites. Dix and coauthor James Mavor tell the fascinating story of the discovery and exploration of these many stone structures and standing stones, whose placement in the surrounding landscape suggests that they played an important role in celestial observation and shamanic ritual.
