IN SUSPECT TERRAIN.
by McPhee, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in a near fine dustjacket. (very inconspicuous previous owner's name, minor edgewear to dj.)/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374176507
- ISBN 13
- 9780374176501
- Seller
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Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75712
- Title
- IN SUSPECT TERRAIN.
- Author
- McPhee, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in a near fine dustjacket. (very inconspicuous previous owner's name, minor edgewear to dj.)
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374176507
- ISBN 13
- 9780374176501
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (1983.)
- Keywords
- new york, appalachia, indiana, plate tectonics,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Geology and physical sciences;
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