Devil in the Mountain
Subtitle: A Search for the Origin of the Andes
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: July 3, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780691126203
Subjects: Historical geology; Popular science; Travel writing; Science; Science/Mathematics; Andes; Earth Sciences - Geology; Mountains; Earth Sciences; History of Science and Medicine, Philosophy of Science; Science / Earth Sciences; Earth Sciences - General; Geology
First sentence: IN BOLIVIA, the local silver miners consider the entrance tunnel of a mine, so laboriously hewn into solid rock, as the gateway into a mysterious realm ruled by earth spirits.