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The Old Red Sandstone
- or, New Walks in an Old Field, Volumes 1 and 2
Engelsk
Bogcover for The Old Red Sandstone af Hugh Miller, 9781910682258
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
624
ISBN-13:
9781910682258
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
191068225X
Udg. Dato:
29 jun 2023
Størrelse i cm:
15,7 x 23,2 x 2,9
Oplagsdato:
29 jun 2023
Forfatter(e):

The Old Red Sandstone

- or, New Walks in an Old Field, Volumes 1 and 2
Engelsk
Paperback 2023
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WINNER OF THE RESEARCH CATEGORY IN SCOTLAND''S NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2023This edition of The Old Red Sandstone is the first truly new one for a century. It comes in two volumes: Volume 2 reprints the original, and now rare, first edition in facsimile with notes and glossary. Volume 1 explores how Miller wrote his book and why it was so important.Ross-shire born polymath Hugh Miller (1802-56), self-taught stonemason, geologist and writer, was famous in his lifetime across the English-speaking world. On one level, The Old Red Sandstone is a description of the geology of Cromarty, Ross-shire, with diversions into its scenery, history and folklore, but it is also an autobiographical memoir and work of literature. It was enormously popular on its first publication in 1841.The editors have combined their expertise – in history, English literature, Celtic languages and culture (Ralph O’ Connor) and palaeontology, museums, history of geology (Michael A Taylor) – to annotate the text of this most idiosyncratic book for a new generation of readers, and to provide a critical study.In a pre-Darwinian era, Hugh Miller reconciled his geological knowledge with his religious beliefs and his reader-friendly writings encouraged in others an interest in fossils. His writings are, as novelist James Robertson says in the Foreword, still very readable and relevant today.  
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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
624
ISBN-13:
9781910682258
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
191068225X
Udg. Dato:
29 jun 2023
Størrelse i cm:
15,7 x 23,2 x 2,9
Oplagsdato:
29 jun 2023
Forfatter(e):
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