Basin and Range - Annals of the Former World - John McPhee - Books - Farrar, Straus and Giroux - 9780374516901 - April 1, 1982
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Basin and Range - Annals of the Former World Reissue edition

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Basin and Range - Annals of the Former World Reissue edition

The first of John McPhee?s works in his series on geology and geologists, Basin and Range is a book of journeys through ancient terrains, always in juxtaposition with travels in the modern world?a history of vanished landscapes, enhanced by the histories of people who bring them to light. The title refers to the physiographic province of the United States that reaches from eastern Utah to eastern California, a silent world of austere beauty, of hundreds of discrete high mountain ranges that are green with junipers and often white with snow. The terrain becomes the setting for a lyrical evocation of the science of geology, with important digressions into the plate-tectonics revolution and the history of the geologic time scale.


240 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released April 1, 1982
ISBN13 9780374516901
Publishers Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages 240
Dimensions 5 × 208 × 140 mm   ·   268 g
Language English  

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