In my humble opinion, Any serious collector would be crazy not to order a copy of this. References like this are not only useful for finding information about a specimen on a whim, but when skillfully written (as this is) it makes for an enjoyable read cover to cover. Best yet, you come away from it with a wealth of knowledge you might otherwise never acquire.
Worth the cost of a copy for sure! Cheers! John A. Shea, MD IMCA 3295 Sent using the mail.com mail app On 1/18/17 at 5:30 PM, Frank Cressy via Meteorite-list wrote: > Have you ever wondered about the fall circumstances of some US fall you ran > across, looked it up in the "Catalogue of Meteorites", and found little or no > information? And you then did an Internet search and found any information > was in an obscure reference that hadn't been scanned and was nearly > impossible to get? I always wished for a reference book that contained all > that information I was looking for. Or maybe you were just wondering what a > particular fall looked like, but could find no photos of it other than a > speck somewhere. > That book is now here. About 10 years ago I began acquiring data concerning > US witnessed falls to answer these questions. I've finally put together a > book that many times I wished had already been done. The focus of "From > Weston to Creston" is on the fall and recovery circumstances, and the > collection history of 152 witnessed US meteorite falls plus 17 possible or > probable falls. It also contains many interesting facts I've run across > concerning these events. For instance, did you realize Wethersfield is not > the only US city to have two meteorite falls occur within its city limits? Or > that in 21 falls, individuals have had truly close encounters, with stones > landing within 10 feet of them? Most of the one to three page fall summaries > includes a photo of the meteorite. The book is 157 pages and includes an > extensive reference section tied to individual falls. > This book would have been impossible without the tremendous help from the > meteorite community. Many of you have participated in helping me acquire data > and I greatly appreciate it. Aside from the over 300 references I acquired, > additional data came from newspaper accounts and from the meteorite files of > several major institutions, as well as from individual collectors, hunters, > and scientists. > Some of the more obscure falls that I found little known information are > Garland, Farmville, Palahatchie, Palmyra, Palolo Valley, Richland Springs, > Saganaw, Success, Torrington, and Walters. Can you guess which one of these > impacted a house? > > I'm selling hardcover books for $150 (limited to 100 copies, signed & > numbered), unsigned hardcover for $90, and softcover books for $36 each. > Shipping for 1 or 2 books runs $6. > Payment can be through Paypal or check, and books will be available at the > Tucson show at the Tucson City Center (old Inn Suites) in room 180 (Mo's > Meteorites), room 184 (Mike Farmer), and room 322 (Anne Black, Impactika). > Thanks for your interest. > Frank______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
