Singing Stone: A Natural History of the Escalante Canyons

by Thomas Lowe Fleischner

Utah/Natural History.Trade Paperback. Integrating personal narrative and natural history, Singing Stone is ideal for curious visitors to the national monument as well as students of environmental studies. Illustrative photographs accompany an invaluable textual survey of the unique geology, flora and fauna, and human history of the region. . .

212 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Kathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I met this author a decade ago at a workshop in Prescott where he teaches, and was impressed with his deep respect for and knowledge about the landscape we were studying. Singing Stone takes you right into the heart of canyon country, so that you can hear the heat pulsating from the rocks and feel the cool sand between your toes. If you are stuck in urban or suburban life, Fleischner can take you into the wilderness with his fluid and perspicacious writing.

[Shannon]

This starts out with rock formations, then animal and plant species, then early civilizations, and finally a current description of Escalante Canyon in Southern Utah. Beautiful language and many interesting personal stories from the author, who is a professor.