Yellowstone Geysers ~Haynes 1947 Photos Maps Geology

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Yellowstone Geysers by Clyde Max Bauer, Ph.D., published by Haynes, Inc., illustrated by Jack Ellis Haynes. Revised edition 1947. 125 pages, many photographs of the more prominent geysers in the park. Green cloth hardcover, no jacket. G+ Condition with only some light foxing on endpapers and pastedowns. No names or writing. Part of the dustjacket is still intact and was inserted into books pages when I found it. From the front panel: This interesting and instructive volume profusely illustrated, makes available to the public for the first time the recent scientific knowledge of these magnificent and puzzling manifestations of Nature. Written in popular form and non-technical language it answers many of the frequent questions of the Park visitor. The geyser region of Yellowstone National Park is celebrated the world over, because for size, power and variety of action, as well as number, the region has no competitor. New Zealand, which ranks second, and Iceland, where the word "geyser" originated, possess the only other geyser basins of prominence, but the Yellowstone, the oldest and largest of our great national playgrounds, contains more of these quirks of Nature than are found in all of the rest of the geyser regions of the world. The illustrations, selected from the files of Haynes, Incorporated, authorized photographers of read more