Basin and Range
by McPhee, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
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 history of vanished landscapes, enhanced by the histories of people who bring them to light. The title refers to the physiographic province of the United States that reaches from eastern Utah to eastern California, a silent world of austere beauty, of hundreds of discrete high mountain ranges that are green with junipers and often white with snow. The terrain becomes the setting for a lyrical evocation of the science of geology, with important digressions into the plate-tectonics revolution and the history of the geologic time scale.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Repton and Clover (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- DB-M12E-1H74
- Title
- Basin and Range
- Author
- McPhee, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus Giroux
- Date Published
- 1981
Terms of Sale
Repton and Clover
About the Seller
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.