When seven-year-old Dave Lowell was camped out at his father s mine in the hills of southern Arizona in 1935, he knew he had found his calling. Life couldn t get any better than this, he recalls. I didn t know what science was, but wisps of scientific thought were already working into my plan. So began the legendary career of the engineer, geologist, explorer, and international businessman whose life is recounted in his own words in this captivating book.
An Arizona native with family roots in territorial times, Lowell grew from modest beginnings on a ranch near Nogales to become a major...