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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewTwo 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
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
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.
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Ohioana Quarterly *
Sanders' perceptive and moving writing and Wolin's haunting and majestic photographs remain as powerful as ever . . . This new edition should endure.
* Bloom *
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
Photos contrast the current world of the limestone industry with what the authors found in the 1980s. A worthwhile read!
* Limestone Symposium Newsletter *
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
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 *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Revisiting Stone Country
1. Hunting for What Endures
2. Bones and Shells
3. Digging
First Update
4. Doorways into the Depths
5. A Veteran
6. Poison
Second Update
7. The Men in the Trenches
8. Cutting
9. Three Carvers
Third Update
10. Truth on the Back Roads
11. Stone Towns and the Country Between
12. The Shape of Things to Come
Fourth Update
Epilogue: In Praise of Limestone
