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The Grand Canyon Time Machine: A Comprehensive Interpretive Portrayal

The Grand Canyon Time Machine: A Comprehensive Interpretive Portrayal


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Abstract: From the rim to the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon is analogous to a time machine that begins about 250 million years ago and ends close to the two-billion-year benchmark. Thus, hiking down the South Rim's popular Bright Angel Trail to the bottom of the canyon (ten miles), each step averages 2,000 years! All the relevant subject matter is explained in this factual, educational text--geology, and the particulars of how and when the Grand Canyon became a Natural Wonder, flora and fauna, prehistoric to contemporary human history, popular hiking trails, Colorado River ecology, things to do and see in the village, an abstract of the Colorado Plateau Province, of which the Grand Canyon is dubbed its crowning jewel, and other subject matter. Utilizing the Grand Canyon Village's timeline trail along a marked walkway to the east of the village, the text presents common details in an uncommon way. Specifically, a demotic style of writing that changes the academics of geoscience and natural and human history into casual parlance. The narrative, therefore, feigns a guided tour, only in a literary style while explaining the canyon's many facets of information without sermonizing. Moreover, the topics discussed along the way are presented at select vistas that breaks up the subject matter. This way, the reader is not overwhelmed with too much information at any vista. Given this layout and piecemeal presentation of facts and details, the text is a reader-friendly composition that engages and enlightens readers. The account of what there is to see and know beyond the scenery has also been exhaustively researched for accuracy, using a National Park Service heuristic teaching standard, as based on an interpretive explanation. Thus, the how-what-where-when and why factors. As a retired educator and instructor for the likes of the Grand Canyon Field Institute, most of what I did for a living for some forty years entailed teaching various geosciences, natural and human history; also environmental sciences, published writer, and mathematics. (246 pages, 8.5 x 11 format) For more information, see the Amazon website and click on the synopsis; also, the author's website has additional details. (www.richholtzin.com)

About the Author :
The author writes and publishes under the nom de plume, RK ALLEMAN because the name more accurately describes his heritage. After being Honorably Discharged from the Navy (submarine service), he has lived in the West and Southwest for over four decades. Earning three academic degrees in Eastern and Western Philosophy, for nearly 30 years RK (as RICH HOLTZIN, his legal name) made a living as an outdoors educator and interpreter teaching a variety of geosciences, human, and natural history geared to the Colorado Plateau Province. Additionally, RK was a professional studio and stage musician and taught guitar and music theory, including composing two soundtracks for the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone National Parks; a high school Educational Assistant and Substitute Teacher; a commercial pilot flying a variety of aircraft; a professional photographer; a GPS surveyor and topographical mapper for the U. S. Forest Service; a planetarium control room operator; a museum docent; and the Coconino County Sheriff's Office. What RK is more enthused about, however, is serving in the role of an interpretive guide and educator for the Grand Canyon Field Institute (a National Park Service endorsed outreach program (http: //bit.ly/1D6YS1u). He was also an instructor at Northern Arizona University and Yavapai College (respectively, Flagstaff and Prescott), as well as the owner of a Southwest eco and cultural tourism enterprise. Fairly recently, he became the Executive Director of a think tank in Albuquerque, based on astronautics and aerospace S.T.E.M. classroom projects (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), including the co-author of a math-lab book based on rocketry. (www.stemfortheclassroom.com) For more of RICH HOLTZIN'S backstory, peruse his website under his legal name: www.richholtzin.com


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  • ISBN-13: 9781540565587
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Height: 280 mm
  • No of Pages: 260
  • Spine Width: 14 mm
  • Weight: 608 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1540565580
  • Publisher Date: 12 Dec 2016
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: A Comprehensive Interpretive Portrayal
  • Width: 216 mm


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