Bretz's Flood: The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's Greatest Flood

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John Soennichsen

Bretz's Flood

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The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's Greatest Flood

John Soennichsen

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Sasquatch Books
15 October 2012

Biography: science, technology & engineering; History; History of the Americas; History of engineering & technology

The land between Idaho and the Cascade Mountains is characterized by gullies, coulees, and deserts--in geologic terms, it is a wholly unique place on the earth. Legendary geologist J Harlen Bretz, starting in the 1920s, was the first to explore the area. Bretz, a former science teacher at Franklin High School in Seattle and then a professor at the University of Washington and later the University of Chicago, eventually formed the theory that the land was scoured in a virtual instant by a massive flood. His original thinking was rewarded with various forms of public and academic humiliation. In the mid-twentieth century, his theory sounded a bit too much like the biblical flood, and the scientific world wanting nothing to do with that sort of idea. (Ironically, Bretz was an avowed atheist, so this was hardly his inspiration.) Bretz's Flood tells the dramatic story of this scientific maverick-how he came to study the region, his radical theory that a huge flood created it, and how the mainstream geologic community campaigned to derail him from pursuing an idea that satellite photos would confirm decades later.

The masterful story of the scientific rebel who dared to think outside the box-and changed the course of geologic history

The land between Idaho and the Cascade Mountains is characterized by gullies, coulees, and deserts-in geologic terms, it is a wholly unique place on the earth. In the 1920s, legendary geologist and professor J Harlen Bretz peered back in time to answer the riddle of how this land came to be, becoming one of the first people to explore the area. Defying the conventional wisdom of his peers, Bretz saw a landscape that had been instantly scoured by a flood of unprecedented scale. Though met with public and academic humiliation-his theory sounded too much like the biblical flood-Bretz persevered and went on to discover what everyone else had failed to see.

Bretz's Floodtells the dramatic story of this scientific maverick-how he came to study the region, his radical theory that a huge flood created it, and how the mainstream geologic community campaigned to derail him from pursuing an idea that satellite photos would confirm decades later.

By: John Soennichsen
Imprint: Sasquatch Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 142mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9781570616310
ISBN 10: 1570616310
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 15 October 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

John Soennichsenis the author ofLive! From Death ValleyandBretz's Flood. He has written more than 250 articles, essays, and short fiction pieces for a variety of regional and national magazines and newspapers.John's bachelor's degree in journalism is from the University of Oregon and his master of fine arts in creative writing is from Eastern Washington University. He lives with his family on a five-acre ranch just outside the Eastern Washington town of Cheney.

Reviews for Bretz's Flood: The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's Greatest Flood

"For the hardcover edition of Bretz's Flood: ""This is a masterful story of the spirit of adventure as embodied by a man who, though almost forgotten today, was instrumental in bringing scientific inquiry out of the Victorian era and into the modern age"