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In Hammerstone, author Olivia Fletcher tells the tale of an island in the Gulf of Georgia between Vancouver and Vancouver Island, from its molten birth in the South Pacific to the present. The story starts nearly 350 million years ago, and has not yet ended.Hammerstone is a book about time: geological, mythical, cyclical and the present. In geological time, the journey begins underwater and takes us north on the back of a moving Pacific Ocean plate. Millions of years later we emerge on an island where dinosaurs feed on gingko and cycad trees, and carnivorous snails search the sea floor for food. Much later, following earthquakes, four ice ages and four interglacials, we attend a Coast Salish festival where we dance and feast on whale meat.Fletchers attention to detail, in-depth research and gift of storytelling enrich the truly remarkable history of the West Coast.
