- Geology, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Geology, united states, Geology--united states
"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."
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Warm, epic, cool and contemplative.
- warmbleak
- intimateepic
- cooloverwhelming
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- John McPhee
- First published
- 1983
- Pages
- 695
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Audio Scholar, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781879557574
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