Written by streamside and hillside, in old quarries and by village firesides, this early book by Archibald Geikie takes a single boulder and asks where it came from. Following its trail, he explains rock formation, ancient seas and ice, and the fossils, from fish teeth to plant remains, that let a geologist reconstruct vanished worlds.
A charming introduction to field geology by the man who later led the Geological Survey of Great Britain. Download the free EPUB.