Description: It is an up-close look at a singular point on the planet where the miracles of geology have yielded a special kind of stone, and where landscape, towns, and the people themselves bear its mark.
Review Quotes:
"Sanders' perceptive and moving writing and Wolin's haunting and majestic photographs remain as powerful as ever . . . This new edition should endure."--Bloom
"Photos contrast the current world of the limestone industry with what the authors found in the 1980s. A worthwhile read!"--Limestone Symposium Newsletter
"Photos contrasts the current world of the limestone industry with what the authors found in the 1980s. A worthwhile read!"--Amy Brier, president, sculptor, co-founder, Limestone Symposium
"Two decades ago I discovered Scott Sanders' writing and since then I've known true envy. Like all his works, [this book] is that rarest of gifts for a reader--a book that listens to and learns from every form of life around us, a hymn to our humanity writ in stone."--Charles Johnson, author of The Middle Passage, recipient of the National Book Award for Fiction, reviewing a previous edition or volume
"In Limestone Country is a thoughtful and fine local geography. Scott Sanders, judging little and setting forth much, gives us texture and depth in southern Indiana, a place that's dressed a phenomenal number of the nation's enduring buildings."--Barry Lopez, author of Arctic Dreams and Of Wolves and Men, reviewing a previous edition or volume
"Sanders describes a rugged country full of history, hardship and natural wonders. Read this wonderful book for a glimpse of the past and of an industry that clothes our buildings and monuments."--Ohioana Quarterly, reviewing a previous edition or volume
"Two decades ago I discovered Scott Sanders' writing and since then I've known true envy. Like all his works, [this book] is that rarest of gifts for a reader--a book that listens to and learns from every form of life around us, a hymn to our humanity writ in stone."--Charles Johnson, author of The Middle Passage, recipient of the National Book Award for Fiction
"In Limestone Country is a thoughtful and fine local geography. Scott Sanders, judging little and setting forth much, gives us texture and depth in southern Indiana, a place that's dressed a phenomenal number of the nation's enduring buildings."--Barry Lopez, author of Arctic Dreams and Of Wolves and Men
"Sanders describes a rugged country full of history, hardship and natural wonders. Read this wonderful book for a glimpse of the past and of an industry that clothes our buildings and monuments."--Ohioana Quarterly