Basin and Range (Annals of the Former World, 1)

Basin and Range (Annals of the Former World, 1)

The first of John McPhee’s works in his series on geology and geologists, Basin and Range is a book of journeys through ancient terrains, always in juxtaposition with travels in the modern world—a his…

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