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Voyage Across an Ancient Ocean : A Bicycle Journey Through the Northern Dominion of Oil by David Goodrich (2020, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPegasus Books
ISBN-101643134469
ISBN-139781643134468
eBay Product ID (ePID)8038537370
Product Key Features
Book TitleVoyage Across an Ancient Ocean : a Bicycle Journey Through the Northern Dominion of Oil
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicCycling, Special Interest / Bicycling, Global Warming & Climate Change
Publication Year2020
IllustratorYes
GenreTravel, Sports & Recreation, Science
AuthorDavid Goodrich
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight13.3 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2022-279816
TitleLeadingA
ReviewsThis cyclist's view of how things really are effectively cuts across head-butting argumentsabout global warming. A compelling narrative enlivened as much by the author's encounterson the road as by his skillful unfolding of scientific knowledge., This cyclist's view of how things really are effectively cuts across head-butting arguments about global warming. A compelling narrative enlivened as much by the author's encounters on the road as by his skillful unfolding of scientific knowledge., The text rolls along as easily as his heavily-laden bike must have on those welcome downhill stretches. For a read that engages, entertains, and also educates, I can't recommend anything better than A Hole in the Wind., Entertaining and instructive, Goodrich's travelogue showcases one man's heroic efforts to confront this century's greatest environmental crisis., "At the end of a high-level career in climate science, David Goodrich cycled from Delaware to Oregon looking for a "hole in the wind"--a human future in the unrelenting march of climate change.", "At the end of a high-level career in climate science, David Goodrich cycled from Delaware to Oregonlooking for a "hole in the wind"--a human future in the unrelenting march of climate change.", Entertaining and instructive, Goodrich's travelogue showcases one man's heroicefforts to confront this century's greatest environmental crisis.
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal796.620973
SynopsisIn the face of widespread misinformation and misunderstanding, a climate scientist ventures into the vast heart of America's new oil country on just two wheels., In the face of widespread misinformation and misunderstanding, a climate scientist ventures into the vast heart of America's new oil country on just two wheels. Recently recovered from his epic bicycle journey that took him from the Delaware shore to the Oregon coast, distinguished climate scientist David Goodrich sets out on his bike again to traverse the Western Interior Seaway--an ancient ocean that once spread across half of North America. When the waters cleared a geologic age ago, what was left behind was vast, flat prairie, otherworldly rock formations, and oil shale deposits. As Goodrich journeys through the Badlands and Theodore Roosevelt National Park and across the prairies of the upper Midwest and Canada, we get a raw and ground-level view of where the tar sands and oil reserves are being opened up at an incredible and unprecedented pace. Extraordinary and unregulated, this "black goldrush" is boom and bust in every sense. In a manner reminiscent of John McPhee and Rachel Carson, combined with Goodrich's wry self-deprecation and scientific expertise, A Voyage Across an Ancient Ocean is a galvanizing and adventure-filled read that gets to the heart of drilling on our continent., Recently recovered from his epic bicycle journey that took him from the Delaware shore to the Oregon coast, distinguished climate scientist David Goodrich sets out on his bike again to traverse the Western Interior Seaway--an ancient ocean that once spread across half of North America. When the waters cleared a geologic age ago, what was left behind was vast, flat prairie, otherworldly rock formations, and oil shale deposits. As Goodrich journeys through the Badlands and Theodore Roosevelt National Park and across the prairies of the upper Midwest and Canada, we get a raw and ground-level view of where the tar sands and oil reserves are being opened up at an incredible and unprecedented pace. Extraordinary and unregulated, this "black goldrush" is boom and bust in every sense. In a manner reminiscent of John McPhee and Rachel Carson, combined with Goodrich's wry self-deprecation and scientific expertise, A Voyage Across an Ancient Ocean is a galvanizing and adventure-filled read that gets to the heart of drilling on our continent.
LC Classification NumberGV1045.G67 2020
