Months ago I wrote of a relatively new book on meteorites, METEORITES, A Journey Space and Time, written by Alex Bevan and John De Laeter and received many notes from you echoing my admiration of the book. (By the way, if you did not see that post, you should look up this very informative and beautiful book.) At the time of that post I should also have mentioned another one which I had even before METEORITES. Written by a professional astronomer and astute and interesting writer, METEORITE HUNTER, The Search for Siberian Meteorite Craters, by Roy A. Gallant is a great read. Beginning his adventures at an age when many find raking the leaves too strenuous, Gallant launched a series of explorations to the great Russian meteorite sites. His insight of the Russian culture alone is worth the book, but you meteorite hunters out there will chill at some of the adversities of travel in the great Russian north, and thrill along with the team when they make a find. Our son-in-law has traveled extensively on gold mining projects in Russia and states flatly that the difficulties Gallant writes of are no exageration. Period. Not at all like pedaling around Park Forest, or even braving the rattlesnakes of Gold Basin.
Larry Johnson IMCA #6116 ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
