Grand Canyon: A Different View
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Grand Canyon: A Different View (ISBN 0-89051-373-2), by Tom Vail, is a controversial book that offers the Creationist explanation of the Grand Canyon's formation, namely, God's world-convulsing judgment at the time of the Global Flood. The presidents of seven leading scientific societies issued a joint letter to the National Park calling for the book's removal from National Park bookstores, claiming it to be "at odds with the well-documented scientific understanding of Earth history" and arguing that the books presence violated the Establishment clause of the US Constitution.