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From the outwash plains of Brooklyn to Indiana's drifted diamonds and gold In Suspect Terrain is a narrative of the earth, told in four sections of equal length, each in a different way reflecting the three others—a biography; a set piece about a fragment of Appalachian landscape in illuminating counterpoint to the human history there; a modern collision of ideas about the origins of the mountain range; and, in contrast, a century-old collision of ideas about the existence of the Ice Age. The central figure is Anita Harris, an internationally celebrated geologist who went into her profession to get out of a Brooklyn ghetto. The unifying theme is plate tectonics—here concentrating on the acceptance that all aspects of the theory do not universally enjoy. As such, In Suspect Terrain is a report from the rough spots at the front edge of a science.
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux published a First Printing, First Edition hardcover in New York, 1983.
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- Title In Suspect Terrain
- Author John McPhee
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Later Printing
- Pages 208
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
- Date 1984-01
- ISBN 9780374517946 / 0374517940
- Weight 0.54 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 8.21 x 5.48 x 0.64 in (20.85 x 13.92 x 1.63 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Geology - Northeastern States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 82021031
- Dewey Decimal Code 550
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