Author
John McPhee
2 award wins, 4 nominations across 6 books.
Annals of the Former World
Published 1999-01-06 · 695 pages
"Twenty years ago, when John McPhee began his journeys back and forth across the United States, he planned to describe a cross-section of North America at about the fortieth parallel and, in the process, come to an understanding not only of the science but of the style of the geologists he traveled with." "Like the terrain it covers, Annals of the Former World tells a many-layered tale, and the reader may choose one of many paths through it, guided by twenty-five new maps and the "Narrative Table of Contents" (an essay outlining the history and structure of the project).
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Basin and Range
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Coming Into the Country
438 pages
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Looking for a Ship
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Rising from the Plains
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The Control of Nature
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