The Curt Brown Chronicles – by Michael Pallamary.
For those of you who don’t know, Curtis M. Brown was a surveyor and the author of arguably the most cited books on surveying in the United States, On Boundaries and Surveying and Evidence and Procedures for Boundary Location. Michael Pallamary is someone who I call a friend. He is also a surveyor and author living in California. One reviewer said, “Pallamary has just published a 671-page collection of Brown’s writings and lectures. “The Curt Brown Chronicles” (Authorhouse) is a surveyor’s bowl of creme brulee: The history, science, equipment, ethics and complex law underlying the ownership of land, the source of so much joy, sorrow and bloodshed.”
I received the new, thick, very handsome volume in the mail a few days ago and cleared my current reading so I could make room for this book. It is a compilation with commentary of many of Brown’s published works and stories of his life. I am a few tens of pages into the book as I write this post and am certainly NOT disappointed! Normally I will write about a book in the form of a review after finishing it. This one promises to be special and so it gets different treatment.
Thanks, Michael.