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Fascinating New Edition

Waucoma Bookstore and Columbia Center for the Arts are hosting authors Marjorie Burns & Scott Burns and photographer Darryl Lloyd for a book discussion and slide show of the revised edition of "Cataclysms on the Columbia: The Great Missoula Floods."

The book signing will begin at 5:00pm; the presentation starts at 7:30pm.

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The book was originally published in 1986, and was first conceived by author John Allen, who passed away in 1996, and was co-authored by Marjorie Burns.

This fascinating new edition of “Cataclysms on the Columbia” will take you on a journey back millions of years into the Pacific Northwest's prehistoric past with updated scientific information and color photographs.

The story of the waters that carved out the Columbia River Gorge and the force of one man's convictions is one that will leave a lasting impression.

More About the Book

“Cataclysms on the Columbia: The Great Missoula Floods” tells two stories. One follows geological research that challenged the scientific paradigm of the early 20th century, and the other chronicles the results of that research —the discovery of powerful prehistoric floods that shaped the Pacific Northwest. The last Ice Age created the scabland buttes, dry falls, and dried river channels that nature enthusiasts admire and enjoy, but it took the detective work of geologist J. Harlen Bretz to prove to the scientific community – and the world – that ancient floods could have scarred the earth so deeply.

With a lifetime of research and an unshakable belief, Bretz made history and changed geology.

Follow the authors as they examine Bretz's groundbreaking geological studies and his personal struggle to change scientific theory.

 

More Information

For more information about the book, visit the Waucoma Bookstore website.