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In Suspect Terrain
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In Suspect Terrain Tapa blanda - 1984

de John McPhee


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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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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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Farrar, Straus and Giroux published a First Printing, First Edition hardcover in New York, 1983.


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  • Título In Suspect Terrain
  • Autor John McPhee
  • Encuadernación Tapa blanda
  • Edición Later Printing
  • Páginas 208
  • Volúmenes 1
  • Idioma ENG
  • Editorial Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
  • Fecha de publicación 1984-01
  • ISBN 9780374517946 / 0374517940
  • Peso 0.54 libras (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensiones 8.21 x 5.48 x 0.64 pulgadas (20.85 x 13.92 x 1.63 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Geology - Northeastern States
  • Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 82021031
  • Dewey Decimal Code 550

Acerca del autor

John McPhee was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and was educated at Princeton University and Cambridge University. His writing career began at Time magazine and led to his long association with The New Yorker, where he has been a staff writer since 1965. Also in 1965, he published his first book, A Sense of Where You Are, with Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and in the years since, he has written nearly 30 books, including Oranges (1967), Coming into the Country (1977), The Control of Nature (1989), The Founding Fish (2002), Uncommon Carriers (2007), and Silk Parachute (2011). Encounters with the Archdruid (1972) and The Curve of Binding Energy (1974) were nominated for National Book Awards in the category of science. McPhee received the Award in Literature from the Academy of Arts and Letters in 1977. In 1999, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Annals of the Former World. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

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In Suspect Terrain (Annals of the Former World, 2)

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In Suspect Terrain

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In Suspect Terrain (Annals of the Former World)

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In Suspect Terrain (Annals of the Former World, 2)

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