{"product_id":"granite-and-grace-michael-p-cohen-9781948908160","title":"Granite and Grace: Seeking the Heart of Yosemite","description":"In \u003ci\u003eGranite and \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrace\u003c\/i\u003e Michael Cohen reflects on a lifetime of climbing, walking, and pondering the granite in Yosemite National Park at Tuolumne Meadows. This high-country region of Yosemite is dominated by a young, beautifully glaciated geological formation known as the Tuolumne Intrusive Suite. It does not include familiar Yosemite icons like Half Dome, yet geologists describe this granitic realm at over 8,000 feet as \"an iconic American landscape.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing together the humanistic and scientific significance of the wild landscapes he traverses, Michael uncovers relationships between people and places and meaning and substance, rendering this text part memoir--but also considerably more. On-the-rock encounters by hand and foot open up a dialogue between the heart of a philosopher and the mind of a geologist. Michael adds a literary softness to this hard landscape, blending excursions with exposition and literature with science. It is through his graceful representations that the geological becomes metaphorical, while the science turns mythological. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This high country, where in 1889 John Muir and Robert Underwood Johnson planned what would become Yosemite National Park, is significant for cultural as well as natural reasons. Discoursing on everything from Camus's \"Myths of Sisyphus\" to the poems of Gary Snyder, Michael adds depth to an already splendorous landscape. Premier early geologists, such as Fran ois Matthes, shaped the language of Yosemite's landscape. Even though Yosemite has changed over half a century, the rock has not. As Michael explores the beauty and grace of his familiar towering vistas, he demonstrates why, of the many aspects of the world to which one might get attached, the most secure is granite.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael P. Cohen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948908166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948908160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nevada Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Michael P. Cohen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44169921233151,"sku":"9781948908160","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bac36c20-7b06-4cc9-9b86-b254640f0f58.jpg?v=1689655778","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/granite-and-grace-michael-p-cohen-9781948908160","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}