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The Diaries of a Bonedigger - Harold Rollin Wanless in the White River Badlands of South Dakota, 1920-1922 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
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The Diaries of a Bonedigger - Harold Rollin Wanless in the White River Badlands of South Dakota, 1920-1922 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
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Through the original writings and photography of renowned geologist
Harold Rollin Wanless, this book paints a thorough and engaging
picture of the White River Badlands' landscape, geology, biology,
pioneer settlers, and how life was lived 100 years ago in a harsh,
challenging, remote setting. In the summer of 1920, Harold Rollin
Wanless, fresh from an undergraduate geology degree at Princeton,
spent the first of three summers in the Badlands of South Dakota
camping, hiking, and collecting fossil vertebrate skulls. Harold
produced a fascinating and thorough diary and report, illustrated
with over 100 image plates, in which he explains the geology,
biology, and climate of this famous area. Wanless became deeply
involved with and vividly records the life, hopes, trials and
character of the new homesteading pioneers of the area, and the
people and livelihoods he encountered are reflected in the diary as
well. This is an engaging look at the history, environment, people
and geological character of a unique portion of the American West.
Combining a first-hand look at the White River Badlands and its
people a century ago with the fossil history contained in its
Cenozoic sediments gives a well-rounded historical presentation.
This diary was found, compiled, and edited by Drs. Harold Rogers
Wanless (the diarist's son and an accomplished geologist himself)
and Emmett Evanoff. In the introductory and concluding chapters of
this book, they provide a broader perspective of Harold Rollin
Wanless's life and his significant achievements beyond the Badlands
venture described here. In addition, this narrative - written
"only" a century ago - provides a stark contrast with how we
travel, communicate, conduct research and survive today, yet shows
that human curiosity and kindnesses have not changed.
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