The Granite Landscape - A Natural History of America's Mountain Domes, from Acadia to Yosemite - Tom Wessels, illustrated by Brian D. Cohen (paperback)

Forest ecologist, professor emeritus at Antioch University New England, and Mount Desert Island resident Tom Wessels is best known to us for his intimate knowledge of the Acadia region, as explored in “Granite Fire and Fog.” But in this book, Tom applies his insights to a more geographically pervasive feature of the landscape that he has traveled the world to study: granite. He covers the origins and characteristics of granite before focusing on six locations known for this rock type, including the White Mountains of New Hampshire, the Wind River Range in Wyoming, Yosemite National Park in California, and of course, our beloved Acadia. Supplemented with thoughtful black-and-white illustrations, diagrams, and photographs by Brian D. Cohen. 

203 pages.