Stone Breaker - The Poet James Gates Percival and the Beginning of Geology in New England

"First biography of nineteenth-century poet, linguist, model for the main character in Edgar Allen Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher," and brilliant geologist whose seven arduous years walking back and forth across the entire state of Connecticut lay the foundation for the work of generations of Earth scientists"--

About the author

KATHLEEN L. HOUSLEY (Glastonbury, CT) is the author of nine books including Black Sand: The History of Titanium and The Scientific World of Karl-Friedrich Bonhoeffer: the Entanglement of Science, Religion, and Politics in Nazi Germany.

Product details

• Authors: Kathleen L Housley, Kathleen L. Housley
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.04.2023
• EAN: 9780819500281
• ISBN: 978-0-8195-0028-1
• No. of pages: 206
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 234 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 498 g
• Series: Driftless Connecticut Series &
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)