Basin and Range - (Annals of the Former World) by John McPhee (Paperback)

Basin and Range is a captivating journey through ancient terrains and modern landscapes, revealing the history of vanished landscapes and the people who bring them to light.

With lyrical prose, John McPhee takes readers on a geological adventure, exploring the physiographic province of the United States that stretches from eastern Utah to eastern California.

This book is an exciting account of geology and the geologist, providing both an excellent history and an up-to-date snapshot of our science in the 1980s.

McPhee's writing career began at Time magazine and led to his long association with The New Yorker, where he has been a staff writer since 1965.

With nearly 30 books published, including Oranges (1967), Coming into the Country (1977), The Control of Nature (1989), The Founding Fish (2002), Uncommon Carriers (2007), and Silk Parachute (2011), McPhee has taken on something that all of us--especially the American Geological Institute and its news magazine Geotimes--should take on: the explanation to non-geologists of what geology is all about.

Don't miss out on this fascinating book!