Bibliograph

Stories in stone, travels through urban geology, David B. Williams

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Stories in stone, travels through urban geology, David B. Williams

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Stories in stone

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

303927746

Responsibility statement

David B. Williams

Sub title

travels through urban geology

Table Of 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 limestone -- 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 travertine

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