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Minnesota's geologist : the life of Newton Horace Winchell / Sue Leaf.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leaf, Sue, 1953- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Winchell, N. H. (Newton Horace), 1839-1914.
- Winchell, N. H.
- Geologists--Minnesota--Biography.
- Geologists.
- Geology--Minnesota--History.
- Geology.
- History.
- Minnesota.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 260 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2020]
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Leaf, Sue, 1953- Minnesota's geologist.
- ISBN:
- 9781517901684
- 1517901685
- OCLC:
- 1122912738
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