Control of Nature, The
by McPhee, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- vg /vg
- ISBN 10
- 0374128901
- ISBN 13
- 9780374128906
- Seller
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
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Synopsis
The Control of Nature is John McPhee's bestselling account of places where people are locked in combat with nature. Taking us deep into these contested territories, McPhee details the strategies and tactics through which people attempt to control nature. Most striking is his depiction of the main contestants: nature in complex and awesome guises, and those attempting to wrest control from her - stubborn, sometimes foolhardy, more often ingenious, and always arresting characters.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Library Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 189860
- Title
- Control of Nature, The
- Author
- McPhee, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg
- Jacket Condition
- vg
- ISBN 10
- 0374128901
- ISBN 13
- 9780374128906
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus Giroux
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1989
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature-Ecology;
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