by Ken Miller
When Ken Miller dropped by the quarry where I worked many years ago I had already done some research on lime kilns in the area and had visiting a working one a bit to our north. There I had recorded two men who were familiar with the history and I shared a digitized version of that conversation with Ken. He returned some time later and handed me a transcription he had made of the recordings an a suiseki (a japanese art of mounting rocks on bases as scenic table pieces) made from a piece of Wissahickon Schist I had displayed on my desk that he had asked to borrow.
I still have that suiseki displayed and will treasure it along with this book that represents decades of tramping about the county and locating the geology and remains of these historic sites. It’s a monumental task that is somewhat uncharacteristic of a study that you might expect a retired biology professor to tackle. Whether your interest is history or geology, whether you live in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania or not, this is an important work.
Hardcover, 192 pages. /// Randy’s Price on Bookshop $27.60