Clarence Ellis
Autor/a de The Pebbles on the Beach
Obres de Clarence Ellis
Hubert de Burgh;: A study in constancy 4 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Gènere
- male
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Best Beach Reads (1)
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 3
- Membres
- 143
- Popularitat
- #144,062
- Valoració
- 4.0
- Ressenyes
- 3
- ISBN
- 4
But who's the audience for such a book today? It's a solid text-based book, with only a few illustrations, and it's not the most eye-catching read by modern standards. It also assumes at least a little mineral knowledge. Yet it's not the same as a writer like Dreghorn, who goes into so much more depth in a field guide.
At one time, this was the children's standard text as an introduction to geology and a popular gift before a trip to Scarborough or Brighton. Would it still engage younger readers? I'm just not so sure. Maybe what's needed is a real updated version, with a lot more illustration for one. There's good content in here that's still a good read, but will new geologists still be drawn to it?… (més)