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Annals of the Former World (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
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John McPhee makes everything unbelievably interesting. This modern classic is an engaging history of our physical world as no one had thought to tell before McPhee figured it out. Swap scrolling on a phone for this amazing book, an unforgettable geologic ride formed from sharp sentences and telling details that grounds us firmly on this planet of ours.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning view of the continent, across the fortieth parallel and down through 4.6 billion years
Twenty years ago, when John McPhee began his journeys back and forth across the United States, he planned to describe a cross section of North America at about the fortieth parallel and, in the process, come to an understanding not only of the science but of the style of the geologists he traveled with. The structure of the book never changed, but its breadth caused him to comple...
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