Black Rock - Softcover

Nevada's enigmatic Black Rock county, despite its apparent silence and isolation, is actually an area where natural forces are ceaselessly restless and life in many forms has endured for millennia. Its haunting landscape has been the focus of study and contemplation by scientists, explorers, outdoors aficionados, and artists. In

""Black Rock"goes beyond the literate, learned, and playful flair of Paul Starr's language and the art, irony, and honesty of Peter Goin's photographs. The"ideas"in both visions the intellectual statements of what place means distill the relationship between people and landscape to its physical essence more clearly than any book I know. . . . And the Black Rock, as they say, is an 'iconic landscape.'"-Stephen Trimble"

"The authors construct a narrative that assays the basic physical make-up of the place land, air, water, fire as well as some of the human interactions Gerlach, Burning Man, land sailers, hot-spring dippers. The result suggests that Black Rock Country is not one place, but many." -Kirk Robertson, "Reno News & Review," December 8, 2005"

"Another good trait of"Black Rock"is Goin and Starr's ability to attend to both the physical and cultural qualities of the region in such a way that is not only accessible for both physical and human geographers, but also quite enjoyable." -Jacob Sowers, "The Professional Geographer"58.4, November 2006"