| Description |
1 online resource (x, 260 pages, 30 unnumbered plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Finding a footing -- A solid foundation -- Metamorphosis -- Working geologist -- Settling in Minneapolis -- Fracture -- Bedrock and rivers -- The Winchells broaden their reach -- Rocks of fire : the North Shore -- Portages : the boundary waters and iron ranges -- Back to the North Shore -- The boom -- Fieldwork, politics, and feminism -- Shaping a science -- The American geologist -- Terminal moraine -- Americans in Paris -- Glacial retreat -- The archaeologist -- Winchell the rock |
| Summary |
"The story of the scientist who first mapped Minnesota's geology, set against the backdrop of early scientific inquiry in the state"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 16, 2020) |
| Subject |
Winchell, N. H. (Newton Horace), 1839-1914.
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| SUBJECT |
Winchell, N. H. (Newton Horace), 1839-1914 fast |
| Subject |
Geologists -- Minnesota -- Biography
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Geology -- Minnesota -- History
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Environmentalists & Naturalists
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Geologists
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Geology
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Minnesota
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019053487 |
| ISBN |
9781452963006 |
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1452963002 |
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1452962995 |
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9781452962993 |
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