Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface: On the Reality of Time Travel ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. 1. How to Listen to a Sky Island with Global Ambition: Climbing Mount Monadnock 1
6. 2. How an Island Cluster Acquires Its Shape: A Journey in Late Cambrian Time to Wisconsin’s Baraboo Archipelago 19
7. 3. How Islands Trade in Physical Wear and Organic Growth: A Journey in Late Ordovician Time to Hudson Bay’s Jens Munk Archipelago 38
8. 4. How Islands Recall Windward Surf and Leeward Calm: A Journey in Late Silurian Time to Inner Mongolia’s Bater Island 58
9. 5. How Bigger Islands Are Broken Into Smaller Pieces: A Journey in Late Devonian Time to Western Australia’s Mowanbini Archipelago 76
10. 6. How Softer Islands Dissolve: A Journey in Early Permian Time to the Labyrinth Karst of Western Australia 103
11. 7. How Islands React to Big Storms: A Journey in Early Jurassic Time to Saint David’s Archipelago of Wales 122
12. 8. How Island Life Aligns with Global Currents: A Journey in Late Cretaceous Time to Baja California’s Eréndira Islands 140
13. 9. How Island Life Adjusts to Opposing Shores on Oceanic Islands: A Journey in Middle Miocene Time to the Madeira Archipelago 166
14. 10. How Volcanic Islands Rise, Fall, and Renew: A Journey in Early Pliocene Time to the Azorean Santa Maria Island 187
15. 11. How the Youngest Islands Challenge Witness: Journeys in Pleistocene Time to Islands on the African and Pacific Tectonic Plates 215
16. 12. How Islands Draw Meaning and Obligation: Descending Mount Misen on Japan’s Sacred Miyajima 239
17. Glossary 259
18. Notes 265
19. Bibliography 281
20. Index 289