You may have heard that Minnesota's ten thousand lakes are the hoofprints of Paul Bunyan's ox, Babe. "Don't you believe it!" writes Richard Ojakangas, author of the newly released Roadside Geology of Minnesota. Though the lakes, which formed at the end of the most recent ice age, may be Minnesota's most famous features, the glaciated countryside disguises a much longer history of volcanoes and plate collisions-not surprising when you learn that Minnesota...

"Popular cartoon character Yogi Bear introduces young readers to different types of rocks, how they are formed, and how they shape our environment" --

The story of the scientist who first mapped Minnesota's geology. Tracing Newton Horace Winchells path to becoming a leading light of an emerging scientific field, Minnesotas Geologist recreates the early days of scientific inquiry in Minnesota, when one mans passion for learning could unlock secrets of the states distant past and present landscape. This first telling of Winchells life story is set against a backdrop of Minnesotas geological complexity...