Annals of the Former World Series

4 primary works • 5 total works
John McPhee's tetralogy on geology and geologists, covering the North American continent along the fortieth parallel.

The fifth and final volume in the series, Annals of the Former World, is a collection of all four of the previously published volumes, plus one short additional chapter, "Crossing the Craton". This compendium volume won the 1999 Puli…

Book 1

Basin and Range
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4.18 · 4166 Ratings · 372 Reviews · published 1981 · 29 editions
The first of John McPhee’s works in his series on …

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    Book 2

    In Suspect Terrain
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    4.12     · 1287 Ratings · 127 Reviews · published 1983 · 35 editions
    From the outwash plains of Brooklyn to Indiana's d…

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    Book 3

    Rising from the Plains
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    4.24     · 1973 Ratings · 207 Reviews · published 1986 · 25 editions
    This is about high-country geology and a Rocky Mou…

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    Book 4

    Assembling California
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    4.17     · 2299 Ratings · 215 Reviews · published 1992 · 23 editions
    At various times in a span of fifteen years, John …

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    Book 1-4

    Annals of the Former World
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    4.37     · 4375 Ratings · 353 Reviews · published 1998 · 20 editions
    The Pulitzer Prize-winning view of the continent, …

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