Stars illuminate the darkness, and even in death their dust becomes the building blocks of the universe, living on in every child, woman, and man. Every morning the stars seem to disappear and make way for daylight. These poems are what is left of the beauty of the night sky while beginning the day, that…

The culmination of more than four decades of collecting and interpreting information about waterfalls throughout the United States and its territories, Waterfall Atlas of the United States reveals the varied nature of these natural phenomenon from several perspectives--including geographical, physical, and cultural― through the use of maps, figures, and photographs. The first of three sections examines the…