How the Mountains Grew: A New Geological History of North AmericaThe incredible story of the creation of a continentour continent from the acclaimed author of The Last Volcano and Mask of the Sun. The immense scale of geologic time is difficult to comprehend. Our livesand the entirety of human historyare mere nanoseconds on this timescale. Yet we hugely influenced by the land we live on. From shales and fossil fuels, from lake beds to soil composition, from elevation to fault lines, what could be more relevant that