Reviews
"David B. Williams can see the invisible. He notices the lost dramas fossilized in brownstones and statues, in the doorsteps and roof slates we walk by every day. Only such an operatic theme as the enduring grandeur of stone could encompass in a single book everything from Martian meteorites to school blackboards to dinosaur tracks. Williams's epic story is rich in colorful eccentrics, from Michelangelo to Robinson Jeffers, but no character comes alive more vividly than the restless, creative Earth itself." --Michael Sims, author of Apollo's Fire and Adam's Navel "From the Bunker Hill Monument in Boston to the Colosseum in Rome, David Williams distills gripping stories from building stone--of deep geologic time and the human quest for permanence and beauty." -- Chet Raymo, author The Path: A One-Mile Walk Through the Universe "This is the best sort of book, one that makes you see the familiar in strange new light. Now that David Williams has warmed our stone faades with beautifully told stories, never again will I pass a brownstone without looking for its telltale flaws or walk the Granite City without thinking of the natural wonders that produced its stony poetry." --Jennifer Ackerman, author of Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body "By assigning human stories and values to stone in this fascinating book, David B. Williams links the living and the non-living. In the process, our homes and buildings come alive." -- Robert M. Thorson, author of Beyond Walden and Stone by Stone, "David B. Williams can see the invisible. He notices the lost dramas fossilized in brownstones and statues, in the doorsteps and roof slates we walk by every day. Only such an operatic theme as the enduring grandeur of stone could encompass in a single book everything from Martian meteorites to school blackboards to dinosaur tracks. Williams's epic story is rich in colorful eccentrics, from Michelangelo to Robinson Jeffers, but no character comes alive more vividly than the restless, creative Earth itself."-Michael Sims, author of Apollo's Fire and Adam's Navel "From the Bunker Hill Monument in Boston to the Colosseum in Rome, David Williams distills gripping stories from building stone-of deep geologic time and the human quest for permanence and beauty."-Chet Raymo, author The Path: A One-Mile Walk Through the Universe "This is the best sort of book, one that makes you see the familiar in strange new light. Now that David Williams has warmed our stone façades with beautifully told stories, never again will I pass a brownstone without looking for its telltale flaws or walk the Granite City without thinking of the natural wonders that produced its stony poetry."-Jennifer Ackerman, author of Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body "By assigning human stories and values to stone in this fascinating book, David B. Williams links the living and the non-living. In the process, our homes and buildings come alive."-Robert M. Thorson, author of Beyond Walden and Stone by Stone, "David B. Williams can see the invisible. He notices the lost dramas fossilized in brownstones and statues, in the doorsteps and roof slates we walk by every day. Only such an operatic theme as the enduring grandeur of stone could encompass in a single book everything from Martian meteorites to school blackboards to dinosaur tracks. Williams's epic story is rich in colorful eccentrics, from Michelangelo to Robinson Jeffers, but no character comes alive more vividly than the restless, creative Earth itself." --Michael Sims, author of Apollo's Fire and Adam's Navel "From the Bunker Hill Monument in Boston to the Colosseum in Rome, David Williams distills gripping stories from building stone--of deep geologic time and the human quest for permanence and beauty." -- Chet Raymo, author The Path: A One-Mile Walk Through the Universe "This is the best sort of book, one that makes you see the familiar in strange new light. Now that David Williams has warmed our stone façades with beautifully told stories, never again will I pass a brownstone without looking for its telltale flaws or walk the Granite City without thinking of the natural wonders that produced its stony poetry." --Jennifer Ackerman, author of Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body "By assigning human stories and values to stone in this fascinating book, David B. Williams links the living and the non-living. In the process, our homes and buildings come alive." -- Robert M. Thorson, author of Beyond Walden and Stone by Stone, "David B. Williams can see the invisible. He notices the lost dramas fossilized in brownstones and statues, in the doorsteps and roof slates we walk by every day. Only such an operatic theme as the enduring grandeur of stone could encompass in a single book everything from Martian meteorites to school blackboards to dinosaur tracks. Williams's epic story is rich in colorful eccentrics, from Michelangelo to Robinson Jeffers, but no character comes alive more vividly than the restless, creative Earth itself." - Michael Sims, author of Apollo's Fire and Adam's Navel "From the Bunker Hill Monument in Boston to the Colosseum in Rome, David Williams distills gripping stories from building stone-of deep geologic time and the human quest for permanence and beauty."- Chet Raymo, author The Path: A One-Mile Walk Through the Universe "This is the best sort of book, one that makes you see the familiar in strange new light. Now that David Williams has warmed our stone façades with beautifully told stories, never again will I pass a brownstone without looking for its telltale flaws or walk the Granite City without thinking of the natural wonders that produced its stony poetry." - Jennifer Ackerman, author of Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body "By assigning human stories and values to stone in this fascinating book, David B. Williams links the living and the non-living. In the process, our homes and buildings come alive."- Robert M. Thorson, author of Beyond Walden and Stone by Stone, David B. Williams can see the invisible. He notices the lost dramas fossilized in brownstones and statues, in the doorsteps and roof slates we walk by every day. Only such an operatic theme as the enduring grandeur of stone could encompass in a single book everything from Martian meteorites to school blackboards to dinosaur tracks. Williams's epic story is rich in colorful eccentrics, from Michelangelo to Robinson Jeffers, but no character comes alive more vividly than the restless, creative Earth itself., From the Bunker Hill Monument in Boston to the Colosseum in Rome, David Williams distills gripping stories from building stone--of deep geologic time and the human quest for permanence and beauty., By assigning human stories and values to stone in this fascinating book, David B. Williams links the living and the non-living. In the process, our homes and buildings come alive., "David B. Williams can see the invisible. He notices the lost dramas fossilized in brownstones and statues, in the doorsteps and roof slates we walk by every day. Only such an operatic theme as the enduring grandeur of stone could encompass in a single book everything from Martian meteorites to school blackboards to dinosaur tracks. Williams's epic story is rich in colorful eccentrics, from Michelangelo to Robinson Jeffers, but no character comes alive more vividly than the restless, creative Earth itself." - Michael Sims, author of Apollo's Fire and Adam's Navel "From the Bunker Hill Monument in Boston to the Colosseum in Rome, David Williams distills gripping stories from building stone-of deep geologic time and the human quest for permanence and beauty."- Chet Raymo, author The Path: A One-Mile Walk Through the Universe "This is the best sort of book, one that makes you see the familiar in strange new light. Now that David Williams has warmed our stone façades with beautifully told stories, never again will I pass a brownstone without looking for its telltale flaws or walk the Granite City without thinking of the natural wonders that produced its stony poetry." - Jennifer Ackerman, author of Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body "By assigning human stories and values to stone in this fascinating book, David B. Williams links the living and the non-living. In the process, our homes and buildings come alive."- Robert M. Thorson, author of Beyond Walden and Stone by Stone, This is the best sort of book, one that makes you see the familiar in strange new light. Now that David Williams has warmed our stone façades with beautifully told stories, never again will I pass a brownstone without looking for its telltale flaws or walk the Granite City without thinking of the natural wonders that produced its stony poetry.
