I found this book to be an almost definitive work on ALL of the aspects of this event, not just restricted to the geological.. (bookbrowse.com)
It was conceived as an essential, comprehensive and definitive work covering, in a single volume, the entire range of family proceedings at every level of court. (newlawjournal.co.uk)
McQueen's epic has a strong claim to being one of the few definitive works of art on America's history of slavery, and it packs an emotional punch entirely unlike any film in recent memory. (relevantmagazine.com)