| Description |
1 online resource (x, 219 pages) |
| Contents |
Invocation : going to granite : Valerie and I walk to the Granite Lakes -- Human bodies : I experience granite by walking upon it -- Granite intrudes : what is granite and how is it formed? -- Up and down : mountains walking : walking as an incomplete narrative -- Glacial polish : what makes these rocks shine? -- Signs of exfoliation and change : granite comes apart! Fissures near and far -- Grace on granite : perceiving a granite landscape : why we all like rocks -- The transformation of things : becoming a voice of rock -- Out of bounds : mountain craft -- Rock and water : antiquarian interests : we live in a developed Yosemite -- Inside rock : why we go outside to visit rock -- Right and wrong kinds of rock : granite versus other rocks -- An Aristotelian mythology of geohistory : myth meets science in granite -- The purity of granite : is there such a thing as pure granite? -- A contingent earth : geologists' stories change, but earth does not repeat itself -- Myths of glaciers : imagining a glacial Yosemite -- Erratics, domes, and trundling : unmoved and moving rocks -- Iconic landscape : landmarks, large and small -- The sound of talus : can you run on broken rock? -- Fairview Dome : we consider the proliferation of domes -- Above and below : ghosts of glaciers : I go to Cathedral Peak to consider glacial polish -- Meandering around Matthes Crest : a walk around a hidden landmark -- The view from Pothole Dome : what is a dome and what can you see there? -- Granite at sunrise : granite as hieroglyph -- This is not a mountain : can the language of granitic rocks be simplified? -- Granite as enigma : things we don't know about granite and ourselves -- An edge of history : an edge of a continent : the Dana Plateau |
| Summary |
"Granite and grace: seeking the heart of Yosemite reflects on Valerie and Michael Cohen's fifty-year encounter with the granite in the high country of Yosemite National Park, where they seek a sense of belonging in an era called the Anthropocene. By creating a dialogue between geological and literary representations, where the geological becomes metaphorical, while science turns mythological, these essays shaped by on-the-rock encounters with landforms, open up important experiential and pragmatic dimensions."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 03, 2019) |
| Subject |
Cohen, Michael P., 1944-
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Granite -- California -- Yosemite National Park
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Geology -- California -- Yosemite National Park
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Natural history -- California -- Yosemite National Park
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Hikers -- Biography
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Hiking -- California -- Yosemite National Park
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NATURE -- Rocks & Minerals.
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Geology
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Granite
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Hikers
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Hiking
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Natural history
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Tuolumne Meadows (Calif.)
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California -- Tuolumne Meadows
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California -- Yosemite National Park
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2018056616 |
| ISBN |
9781948908177 |
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1948908174 |
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