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The Control Of Nature

The Control Of Nature

The Control Of Nature

The Control Of Nature

by McPhee, John

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ISBN 10
0374128901
ISBN 13
9780374128906
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New York, New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux. Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket. 1989. First Edition: Third Printing. Hard Cover. 272 pages: 5.75 x 8.5 in.: 1.4: KB#006501: Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Dustjacket is lightly worn along edges. "Some of the more expensive real estate in Los Angeles is up against mountains that are rising and disintegrating as rapidly as any in the world. After a complex coincidence of natural events, boulders will flow out of these mountains like fish eggs, mixed with mud, sand, and smaller rocks in a cascading mass known as debris flow. Plucking up trees and cars, bursting through doors and windows, filling up houses to their eaves, debris flows threaten the lives of people living in and near Los Angeles' famous canyons. At extraordinary expense the city has built a hundred and fifty stadium-like basins in a daring effort to catch the debris. Taking us deep into these contested territories, McPhee details the strategies and tactics through which people attempt to control nature. Most striking in his vivid depiction of the main contestants: nature in complex and awesome guises, and those who would attempt to wrest control from her--stubborn, often ingenious, and always arresting characters. " .

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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
KEENER BOOKS (Member IOBA) US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
006501
Title
The Control Of Nature
Author
McPhee, John
Illustrator
Gudjon Olafsson
Format/Binding
Hard Cover
Book Condition
Used - Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket
Edition
First Edition: Third Printing
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0374128901
ISBN 13
9780374128906
Publisher
Farrar Straus & Giroux
Place of Publication
New York, New York
Date Published
1989
Keywords
Environmental, Nature

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