NY: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. 210 pages. Geology. Tiny abrasion to rear pictorial endpaper, else a fine copy in fine dust jacket. F/F.

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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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Bookseller: Caterwaul Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 2982
Title: In Suspect Terrain
Author: McPhee, John
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover

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