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In Suspect Terrain

In Suspect Terrain

John McPhee
McPhee on the geology of the Appalachians — the oldest mountains in North America, worn down to nubs by time. The companion piece to Basin and Range, looking east instead of west.
geology Narrative Nonfiction Eastern U.S.
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Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published 1983
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