In Suspect Terrain
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…
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- ISBN: 978-0-374-51794-6
- EAN: 9780374517946
- Produktnummer: 9259273
- Verlag: Farrar Strauss & Giroux
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1984
- Seitenangabe: 208 S.
- Masse: H20.9 cm x B13.9 cm x D1.6 cm 245 g
- Auflage: Pbk
- Gewicht: 245
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John McPhee
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