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Author Williams, David B., 1965-

Title Stories in stone : travels through urban geology / David B. Williams.

Publication Info. New York : Walker & Co., [2009]
©2009

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  550.91 WILLIAMS    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  553.5 WILLIAMS    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  553.5 WILLIAMS    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  553.5 W67    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  553.5 WI    Check Shelf
Edition First U.S. edition.
Description x, 260 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-250) and index.
Contents "The most hideous stone ever quarried" : New York brownstone -- The granite city : Boston granite -- Poetry in stone : Carmel granite -- Deep time in Minnesota : Minnesota gneiss -- The clam that changed the world : Florida coquina -- America's building stone : Indiana limstone -- Pop rocks, pilfered fossils, and Phillips petroleum : Colorado petrified wood -- The trouble with Michelangelo's favorite stone : Carrara marble -- Reading, writing, and roofing : East coast slate -- "Autumn 20,000 years ago" : Italian traverine.
Subject Urban geology.
Rocks.
ISBN 9780802716224
0802716229
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