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To geologists, rocks are beautiful, roadcuts are windowpanes, and the earth is alive, a work in progress. The cataclysmic movement that gives birth to mountains and oceans is ongoing and can still be seen at certain places on our planet. One of these is the Basin and Range region centered in Nevada and Utah.
In this first book of a Pulitzer Prize-winning collection, the author crosses the spectacular Basin and Range with geology professor Kenneth Deffeyes in tow. McPhee draws on Deffeyes' expertise to dazzle you with the vast perspective of geologic time and the fascinating history of vanished landscapes. The effect is guaranteed to expand your mind.
McPhee's enthusiasm is infectious, as he provides one of the best introductions to plate tectonics and the New Geology. His elegant style is more pleasing than ever with narrator Nelson Runger's smooth, enthusiastic delivery. Runger mines the book's rich veins of poetic prose and subtle humor, and the result is pure gold.
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Average Customer Review: 4.83 of 5
Publisher: Recorded Books
ISBN: 0-7887-7726-2
Audio Length: 6 hours and 56 min.
Other audio books by John McPhee:
In Suspect Terrain: Annals of the Former World, Book 2 (Unabridged)
Rising From the Plains: Annals of the Former World, Book 3 (Unabridged)
The Founding Fish (Unabridged)
The Second John McPhee Reader, Book One (Unabridged)
The Second John McPhee Reader, Book Two (Unabridged)
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