Your Guide to the Grand Canyon
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Overview
Exploring the Grand Canyon is a one-of-a-kind adventure. It is a World Heritage Site and one of the most amazing features on the face of the planet. The size and majesty of the Canyon is overwhelming, regardless of how many times you have viewed it, how many trails you have hiked, or how many river miles you have traveled. It is also a mystery!
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| SKU | M501-3 |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Master Books |
| Weight (in lbs) | 1.50 |
| Title | Your Guide to the Grand Canyon |
| Subtitle | A Different Perspective |
| Series | True North |
| ISBN 13 | 9780890515013 |
| Contributors | Dennis Bokovoy, John Hergenrather, Michael Oard, Tom Vail |
| Binding | Spiralbound |
| Page Count | 124 |
| Publisher | New Leaf Publishing Group, LLC |
| Dimensions (in inches) | 5 x 8 x 1/2 |
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Exploring the Grand Canyon is a one-of-a-kind adventure. It is a World Heritage Site and one of the most amazing features on the face of the planet. The size and majesty of the Canyon is overwhelming, regardless of how many times you have viewed it, how many trails you have hiked, or how many river miles you have traveled. It is also a mystery!
Most will agree that the Grand Canyon was carved by water. But how and when is where the mystery lies. Was it formed slowly over millions of years or quickly in a catastrophic event? This debate falls into two camps, which hold to vastly divergent worldviews. This True North Guide examines the geological and ecological evidence and lets you decide which of those worldviews is best supported by the data.
- Contains 26 fold-out pages with maps, special overlook features, and more!
- Discover the Canyon's wildlife, vegetation, fossils, geology, and history!
Most visitors to Grand Canyon simply visit the rim overlooks, wishing they had a geologist standing with them to point out and explain what they see. This book is even better than that, because it also includes details of the ecology and history of the Canyon, and you can take it home with you as an ongoing reference, and a wonderful souvenir of your visit. And there is nothing else like it available. Beautifully and thoroughly illustrated with clear and easy-to-read, logical explanations of how the Canyon and its layers formed, it is a must-have companion to everyone's Grand Canyon visit.
Better still, the authors provide an alternative explanation to the traditional claims that the layers in the Canyon walls and the Canyon carved into them took millions of years of snail-paced geologic processes to form. Instead, they convincingly demonstrate that the evidence indicates that these layers were rapidly deposited in a global flood, and the Canyon was catastrophically carved by its retreating waters. I wholeheartedly endorse this Canyon guide and can't recommend it highly enough. Read it and you will broaden your understanding of the Canyon and enjoy your Canyon visit more.
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Your Guide to the Grand Canyon: A Different Perspective is a tour book of the Grand Canyon. The first four sections give you information about the Grand Canyon, activities, locations, maps…
Section Five takes you from location to location in the Grand Canyon giving you in-depth information about what you are looking at (with labels for the different things you are viewing). We loved this section. We were able to take the book to each location and know exactly what we were viewing. For the areas where we drove, I would read about the new location as we drove to it. When we were hiking, we would read about the location once we arrived.
Section Six talks about the importance of the Grand Canyon. Section Seven delves into geology and gets into the creation vs evolution debate and various dating methods. Section Eight talks about fossils found in the canyon. Section Nine is about the ecology of the park, and what one would expect from both the creation and evolution viewpoints. Section Ten goes into the history of the Grand Canyon. At the end of the book, you’ll find additional resources as well as a glossary of terms.
If you’re headed to the Grand Canyon and want a really good resource book that has the creation viewpoint, I highly recommend this book. Even if you aren’t able to head to the Grand Canyon, this would be a resource to have in your personal library to learn more about the Grand Canyon.