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The Catskills: A Geological Guide

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Very good, easy-to-read book on the origins of the Catskill Mountains, written vividly and with fairly good illustrations. I just used it as a guide to a couple of places, and found it very useful. It's very broad, covering the origins, the fossils, etc. I recommend it for anyone interested in the Catskills region, especially people who live in or
near them.

No one knows Catskills geology more thoroughly, or writes about it more engagingly and eloquently, than Hartwick College's Bob Titus. There is a real art to turning the dry facts of ancient boulders and Devonian shale into highly entertaining prose - and Titus has mastered that art.

If you have a desire to understand the world beneath your feet in the Catskills, this book is a must. It is great for anyone who reads and who has a natural curiosity, including children, in the mountains and rolling hills of the beautiful Catskill region. It is well illustrated and lays out the best, easiest to understand, geologic history of how the Catskills came into being.

This book also encourages the reader to join in conservancy, and try to leave nature untouched for others to enjoy. While this is not always possible, it is always something to strive for. If you are looking to collect, I encourage you to join a local paleontological group rather than randomly hack away outcroppings, unless it is your property of course...and even then, try to limit the destruction.