Hawaiian Volcanoes (A Latitude 20 Book) - Softcover

Dutton, Clarence E.; Halliday, William R.

9780824829605: Hawaiian Volcanoes (A Latitude 20 Book)

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ISBN 10: 0824829603 ISBN 13: 9780824829605

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press, 2005

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Hawaiian Volcanoes, written by Clarence E. Dutton as part of the 1883 Annual Report of the U.S. Geological Survey, is the first comprehensive study of volcanism in Hawai‘i. In addition to being of both scientific and historical interest today, it is a fine example of natural history writing. It takes the form of an entrancing nineteenth-century "roadside geology" of the Big Island and much of Maui, combining Dutton's clear, elegant writing style with his eye for color and line and meticulously accurate observations of Hawai‘i's people and landscape, as well as its geological phenomena.

A new foreword discusses the importance of Dutton's ground-breaking report and its influence on subsequent research on Hawai‘i's volcanoes. The present volume also includes a colorful biographical sketch of Dutton, a discussion of his assignment to Hawai‘i, and a list of his principal writings.

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About the Author

Clarence Edward Dutton (1841–1912) graduated from Yale College, where he excelled in mathematics and literature but showed no special talent for geology. In 1862 he entered the Union Army and befriended Major John Wesley Powell, who selected Dutton to join his U.S. Geological Survey team’s study in the Rocky Mountains after the war. Dutton spent several seasons in and around the Grand Canyon before being assigned to Hawai‘i in 1882. Upon his return, he continued to travel widely in the United States and later Central America, conducting field studies and publishing geological reports that are still valued for their perceptive exposition and technical contributions. William R. Halliday, M.D., has long had major interests in history and geology in addition to his work in surgery and rehabilitation medicine. He remains active in groups ranging from the Geological Society of America to the Kona Historical Society to the Washington Group of the Explorers ! Club, which meets at the famous Cosmos Club, founded by Clarence Dutton.

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