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“Tripling as a geology primer, an autobiography and a panorama of the nation, bejeweled with splendid vignettes and set-pieces, "Annals of the Former World" offers a view of America like no other. It is the outpouring of a master stylist. Yield to its geopoetry and have your eyes opened to a barely known aspect of the continent.” ―Roy Porter, Los Angeles Times“John McPhee has produced, over nearly a quarter of a century, a deep philology of the continent. Annals of the Former World is surely a classic. If I didn't know better, I'd say it was timeless.” ―A.O. Scott, Village Voice“[McPhee] triumphs by succinct prose, by his uncanny ability to capture the essence of a complex issue, or an arcane trade secret, in a well-turned phrase.” ―Stephen Jay Gould, The New York Review of Books“The finest non-technical overview of geology ever written . . . ” ―Milo Miles, The Boston Sunday Globe“No other work explains so well -- and so vividly -- to the layman the living principles of geology. . . More than anyone else, McPhee has turned the world on to rocks.” ―Henry Kisor, Chicago Sun Times“Sunlit, brilliant. . . this book of wonders . . . ranks with the Journals of Lewis and Clark.” ―John Skow, Time Magazine“This major book incorporates some of the author's best work on geology into a comprehensive tour de force. Those familiar with McPhee's writing on the subject of geology will know that his narrative includes not only scientific theory but also portraitures of his geologic guides . . . McPhee's many fans won't be disappointed with the high-quality descriptive portraits of geologists, their work and theories. Since the writing follows McPhee's previous works and not any set geography or geologic logic, the author has provided what he calls a 'Narrative Table of Contents,' which not only describes each section in turn but the theories discussed in it. In this near flawless compilation of ambitious and expansive scope, McPhee's personalized style remains consistent and triumphant.” ―Publishers Weekly (starred review)“No one else can take topics as diverse and seemingly dry and make of them such diverting, entertaining, and educational literature . . . This is the book on geology.” ―Library Journal (starred review)

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About the Author

John McPhee was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and was educated at Princeton University and Cambridge University. His 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. Also in 1965, he published his first book, A Sense of Where You Are, with Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and in the years since, he has written nearly 30 books, including Oranges (1967), Coming into the Country (1977), The Control of Nature (1989), The Founding Fish (2002), Uncommon Carriers (2007), and Silk Parachute (2011). Encounters with the Archdruid (1972) and The Curve of Binding Energy (1974) were nominated for National Book Awards in the category of science. McPhee received the Award in Literature from the Academy of Arts and Letters in 1977. In 1999, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Annals of the Former World. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Product details

Series: Annals of the Former World

Paperback: 720 pages

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 1st edition (June 15, 2000)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 9780374518738

ISBN-13: 978-0374518738

ASIN: 0374518734

Product Dimensions:

6.2 x 1.8 x 9.2 inches

Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review:

4.7 out of 5 stars

211 customer reviews

Amazon Best Sellers Rank:

#40,532 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Page-turning suspense, profound human interest, a remarkable narrative arc, and shocking violence. Subject: geology. I'm not kidding.I am a complete newbie to geology. But even if, like me, you don't know schist about the subject, you will enjoy this wonderful book. Other reviewers here have pointed out some outdated information or subjective emphases. Okay, but he's writing a narrative, not a textbook.Before charging off on this book -- which, BTW, is great value for money -- be sure you're familiar with Kindle's look-up feature. I used it literally dozens of times to get definitions of unfamiliar terms. What you get out of this book depends on the effort you put into it.

I've read McPhee's geology books all the way through twice now and plan to read them all again a few more times. I was an art major, so the science is all foreign territory to me, but you couldn't ask for a better guide. I loved learning about the reasons why the landscape is the way it is, about the ways geologists work and think, about their different histories, personalities, and views. Plus, having read about two-thirds of McPhee's whole oeuvre, the prose here is the best of the best (which, in my opinion, is always excellent and fun, anyway). The world looks different to me now, but not just now, but also deep into the past and the future. In any case, I definitely feel this is one of those books that ought to be on the shortlist of "must-reads" for everyone, just because it's such an amazing, mind-expanding adventure that also happens to a true story (albeit a story that's always under review and subject to amendment, in the way of all science).

I most enjoyed "Basin and Range" in this tetralogy of geological nonfiction, as that is also the physiography of the land where I live. John McPhee is your best guide and storyteller of our immense, vast, and deep continental history. I cannot properly review the work in a short space, but let me disclose a rather astounding little surprise of the book: While traveling through the Nevada desert at night, McPhee and his companion (a geological expert) witness a large hovering vessel--a vehicle looking very alien and extraterrestrial--fly and propel itself in the most unusual and technologically unique way (but too advanced and luminescent to be military, especially 35 years ago). The next morning the local paper had comments from a number of locals who also reported seeing it.The incident is described in less than a page, only a short aside in the progressive, westward description of the continent, numbering hundreds of pages on an otherwise unrelated subject (or is it?). But by this point, McPhee has already established his credibility with conscientious articulations about his subjects, as well as restrained and informed expressions of the Earth, so that this aside cannot be dismissed so easily. For me, it caused a tumbler to fall in my brain, which seems to have had cascading effects, to the point that I have re-assessed possibilities for such phenomena on Earth.Which ironically brings me full circle to McPhee's subject. If I accept McPhee's account (and I think I just might) it is impossible to not think of the time it must take to travel to Earth from distant origins. Even with incomprehensible technology, the time in travelling must have been immense. And the conclusion emerging from both McPhee's written descriptions, and the cracks in the rocks themselves, is the breath-taking sense of deep time. (Could it be that if visits have occurred, they were only by artificial life forms that can physically endure thousands or even millions of years? Would they have been created by organic life forms? Did they rule over them? But I digress.)The point is that reading McPhee's book and the study of geology give me the sense of how recently we have come along. How even the oldest of the rocks we see, the Precambrian gneiss or schist, could well have come a billion years after other rock planets had been left by those who sought to gather and collect rocks on other planets. If you visit the Grand Canyon you get to see rocks that go back almost half of the 4.5 billion years that span the age of our world. These are the real documents of our Earth's history. And maybe even reflections of eras that coincide with glorious ages of exploration by others in our universe. Maybe that brief blip about a possible alien encounter, in the middle of a lengthy and conscientiously-described account of the geological history of our land, is not so out of place.

As someone with a technical background but virtually no geology, this well written book is just a bit too much for me. I love the way McPhee writes and his descriptions are masterful. Still, the quantity of geologic periods and the terms that accompany them left me weary. Maybe I'm a visual learner and would need to take a geology class in the field where I could see just what he is talking about.

This is a collection of 5 previous books by this iconic Geologist/writer. Highly technical but for the reader who will stick with him, the best way to gain insights into global geologic history. A good refresher and teacher for geologists whose educations or experiences are dated. Keep a dictionary handy, but stick with it to become re-educated or refreshed in how the world got this way.

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