In Suspect Terrain
by McPhee, John
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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Noonday published a UK edition paperback in 1991.
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In Suspect Terrain
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, (1983), 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A fine copy in the publisher's brown cloth covered boards, gilt to the spine in a lovely pc. pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 210 pp. A master of the non-fiction genre, McPhee's ease with his subject matter lures the reader into eager… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1983. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. The second book in the author's magnificent Annals of the Former World series. First Printing stated. In brown cloth with gilt to spine. A very nice copy, but for some spotting/foxing to front page ends. Jacket is unclipped ($12.95) with 3/4 inch tear to top… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Farrar * Straus * Giroux, 1983. First Printing. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo, light brown cloth, Mylar-protected dust jacket with colored painting of the "Delaware Water Gap" by George Innes (1859), colored geological era charts for endpapers, [210] pages. The author"s sixteenth book and the second in his geological series of books. McPhee draws on the expertise… Read more about this item Item Price
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NY: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1983. Illustrated end papers, textblock is clean and tight. Moisture soiled covers, bumped head and foot of spine, bumped corners. Price-clipped dust jacket, moisture rippled and creasedhead and foot of spine and back cover, rubbing to the corners, usual shelf worn edges. 210pp.. First Printing. Cloth. Good/Fair to Good (in mylar). 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read more about this item Item Price
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