Description
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. The structure of the book never changed, but its breadth caused him to complete it in stages, under the overall title Annals of the Former World.
Like the terrain it covers, Annals of the Former World tells a multilayered tale, and the reader may choose one of many paths through it. As clearly and succinctly written as it is profoundly informed, this is our finest popular survey of geology and a masterpiece of modern nonfiction.
Info
ISBN: 9780374518738
Published Date: January 1, 2000
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Language: English
Page Count: 696
Size: 9.10" l x 6.04" w x 2.10" h
Category
Science
Subject
Earth Sciences