Bretz's Flood
The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's Greatest Flood
$45.18
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2012
Summary
The land between Idaho and the Cascade Mountains is characterized by gullies, coulees, and deserts–in geologic terms, it is a wholly unique place on the earth. Legendary geologist J Harlen Bretz, starting in the 1920s, was the first to explore the area. Bretz, a former science teacher at Franklin High School in Seattle and then a professor at the University of Washington and later the University of Chicago, eventually formed the theory that the land was scoured in a virtual instant by a massi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781570616310 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1570616310 |
| Author: | John Soennichsen |
| Publisher: | Blue Star Press |
| Imprint: | Sasquatch Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2012 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 142mm x 15mm |
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For the hardcover edition of Bretz’s Flood: “This is a masterful story of the spirit of adventure as embodied by a man who, though almost forgotten today, was instrumental in bringing scientific inquiry out of the Victorian era and into the modern age
About The Author
John Soennichsen
John Soennichsenis the author ofLive! From Death ValleyandBretz’s Flood. He has written more than 250 articles, essays, and short fiction pieces for a variety of regional and national magazines and newspapers.John’s bachelor’s degree in journalism is from the University of Oregon and his master of fine arts in creative writing is from Eastern Washington University. He lives with his family on a five-acre ranch just outside the Eastern Washington town of Cheney.
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