The Control of Nature
by McPhee, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- BOOK FINE/JACKET FINE
- Seller
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LEXINGTON, South Carolina, United States
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Synopsis
The Control of Nature is John McPhee's bestselling account of places where people are locked in combat with nature. Taking us deep into these contested territories, McPhee details the strategies and tactics through which people attempt to control nature. Most striking is his depiction of the main contestants: nature in complex and awesome guises, and those attempting to wrest control from her - stubborn, sometimes foolhardy, more often ingenious, and always arresting characters.
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- Bookseller
- Books Plus, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19712
- Title
- The Control of Nature
- Author
- McPhee, John
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - BOOK FINE
- Jacket Condition
- JACKET FINE
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾""
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