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    <body><![CDATA[This book weaves a narrative about the origins of what seems like every rock formation, creek bed, and gully in the state of Wyoming, intertwined with the life story of a geologist who grew up on a ranch that lay smack in the middle of x (where x equals both &quot;nowhere&quot; and &quot;the state o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6922981">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This past year I traveled back and forth to Laramie many times. I had not been out there since the 1980s and it seemed to be more or less the same community in the same valley. This book helped me see the big picture of Wyoming and the over-thrush belt. Familiar places (Uintas, Wind Rivers, Tetons) ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41028158">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was phenomenal.<br/>It is a must read for anyone interested in Rocky Mountain geology, or in getting a glimpse into the American west.<br/><br/>This book has been republished in McPhee's larger Annals of a Former World.  It is a biography of the famous Wyoming geologist, J. David Love. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42239730">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'll never think about Wyoming in the same way. I mean that in a good way. An obscure geologist - obscure only us non-geologists - was never portrayed as such a fascinating character. It left me wishing there had been more written about David Love and his father. He died in 2002, apparently, long af...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72927395">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The first sixty pages were difficult to read because I wasn’t grasping the structure of the book. The chapters alternate between McPhee and David Love talking geology on Route 80, the rise and fall of Love Ranch. Once the book gets going, it’s extremely interesting. Many passages are difficult t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28148800">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Enjoyed it and learned.  Wish I had take earth science all the way back in High School]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A lovely book about life in pioneer times. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A must for anyone living in Jackson regardless of whether they consider themselves a local or care about geology.  I couldn't put it down.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My absolute favorite in this fascinating series on geology.  Who knew that Wyoming had such dramatic wind storms?]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love John McPhee. Geology, humor and travel. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[the geology of wyoming is fascinating!!!!! ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[7 Stars!]]></body>
    
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