लेखक: Keith Heyer Meldahl

‘Unfold a map of North America, ‘ Keith Heyer Meldahl writes, ‘and the first thing to grab your eye is the bold shift between the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains.’ In this absorbing book, Meldah …

Southern California is sandwiched between two tectonic plates with an ever-shifting boundary. Over the last several million years, movements of these plates have dramatically reshuffled the Earth’s c …

In 1848 news of the discovery of gold in California triggered an enormous wave of emigration toward the Pacific. Lured by the promise of riches, thousands of settlers left behind the forests, rain, a …