 | National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals (National Audubon Society Field Guides) by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $3.94 If you're going to look at rocks in strange places, this is the best guide for identifying them. Absolutely top-notch. Great COLOR photos. I take it on and use it on all vacations.
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 | Landprints: On the Magnificent American Landscape by Walter Sullivan
Buy used from: $0.29 A magnificent overview of the many, various processes that worked together to make our continent. Exceedingly informative and well written. A five star book.
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| Geology of National Parks by Ann Harris
Buy used from: $4.60 Visiting one or more National Parks? Read this before you go, and you'll find each park to be fascinating all the much more. Very well done.
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| Geology of Acadia National Park by Carleton A. Chapman
Buy used from: $1.43 A nice , and very precise, tour book that shows you the bedrock geology of the Maine Coast.
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| Cape Cod and the Islands: The Geologic Story by Robert N. Oldale
Buy used from: $7.39 The geology of Cape Cod and its offshore islands is a textbook of the glacial process. This fine book shows and explains it well.
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 | The Finger Lakes Region: Its Origin and Nature by O. D. Von Engeln
Buy new: $21.95 / Used from: $15.95 A charming, if somewhat dated, book about a beautiful part of New York that is a gift from the Ice Age
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 | Carolina Rocks!: The Geology of South Carolina by Carolyn Hanna Murphy
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $8.78 A very fine book about a state whose geology many think unremarkable. Read, enjoy, and be surprised.
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| Ohio's Natural Heritage by Michael B. Lafferty
Buy used from: $11.80 Ohio is the nation's crossroads and this applies to geology as well. Although other topics are covered, the geology section is excellent.
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 | Geology of Michigan by John A. Dorr
Buy new: $44.60 / Used from: $24.41 Probably one of the best true geology books on a given region. Somewhat dated, but still state of the art in terms of drafting and organization. Worthless on plate tectonic history, though.
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 | Minnesota Underfoot (Midwest) by Constance Jefferson Sansome
Buy new: $16.95 / Used from: $4.54 The oldest rocks in the country and the head of several of it's largest rivers are in Minnesota. This is really a good book for such facts. You'll like it.
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| Iowa's natural heritage
Buy used from: $1.13 Bet you didn't know Iowa has canyons, a giant meteor crater and a lot of glacial formations. You will after reading this fascinating book.
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 | The Southwest Inside Out: An Illustrated Guide to the Land and Its History by Thomas Wiewandt
Buy used from: $2.57 THIS is the definitive book on Southwest geology for the non-professional. Marvelous color phots and informative text. Probably the best book on the Southwest. Period.
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| Geologic History of Utah (Brigham Young University geology studies) by Lehi F. Hintze
Buy used from: $10.62 Utah is a lay geologist's paradise. It's all right there to look at, and in color, too. Find out what made this wonderland what it is. A keeper.
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 | Roadside Geology of New Mexico (Roadside Geology Series) by Halka Chronic
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $1.93 The Roadside Geology series is always good. This is one of the better ones. New Mexico is truly amazing, but almost unknown. An eye-opener.
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| Geology of Arizona by Dale Nations
Buy new: $44.59 / Used from: $16.98 This is a very well written and organized guide, from both the physical and the historical geology perspective. A few color photos would have added a lot though.
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 | Geology Underfoot in Central Nevada (Yes, Geology Underfoot) by Richard L. Orndorff
Buy new: $12.00 / Used from: $8.57 Unfamiliar persons view Central Nevada as an uninteresting wasteland. This is a mistake, especially from the geological viewpoint. Join the authors as they show you some remarkable things here.
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| Geology of the Great Basin (Max C. Fleischmann Series in Great Basin Natural History) by Bill Fiero
Buy used from: $19.97 This is one of the best lay geology books I've ever read. You will enjoy it from start to finish, as it carefully explains this unappreciated region.
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 | Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley by Robert P. Sharp
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $2.93 This book earns at least five stars. An absolutely perfect, except for no color photos, tour of the many features of this peerless area's wonders. You will read this book again and again.
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 | Geology of the Sierra Nevada (California Natural History Guides) by Mary Hill
Buy used from: $0.15 A nice, well-written, compact guide to the geology of one of America's premier mountain ranges. Well worth it, especially before going there.
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 | Roadside Geology of Northern and Central California by David Alt
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $6.25 Welcome to the volcanic paradise of Northern California, the best place to view igneous formations and rocks. This book will show you a heckuva lot more, too. The usual Roadside Geology five stars.
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 | Northwest Exposures: A Geologic Study of the Northwest by David D. Alt
Buy new: $16.32 / Used from: $2.91 This very well-written and illustrated book should be read by anyone from, or interested in, the Northwest. One of my favorites.
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 | Roadside Geology of Oregon (Roadside Geology Series) by David D. Alt
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $1.46 Crater Lake and the Cascades are the tip of the geological iceberg in this varied, beautiful state.. Read the book and see the best of it.
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 | Roadside Geology of Idaho (Roadside Geology Series) by David D. Alt
Buy new: $15.00 / Used from: $1.92 Idaho has a little of this, a little of that, and a lot of everything. All are covered well in this fine book.
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| Exploring Idaho Geology by Terry S. Maley
Buy used from: $5.00 This book is a bit more technical, but must be read if you really want to understand why Idaho is so varied. Good photos.
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 | Roadside Geology of the Yellowstone Country (Roadside Geology Series) by William J. Fritz
Buy new: $9.60 / Used from: $0.64 One of the biggest volcanoes in the world, the biggest geyser fields, and much more. Find out how they all work as one. A great road guide to a lot of neat things.
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