{"product_id":"in-suspect-terrain","title":"In Suspect Terrain","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eIn Suspect Terrain\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJohn McPhee\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e0374176507\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eFarrar Straus \u0026amp; Giroux\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1983\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e218\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the outwash plains of Brooklyn to Indiana's drifted diamonds and gold, John McPhee's\u003ci\u003e In Suspect Terrain\u003c\/i\u003e is a narrative of the earth, told in four sections of equal length, each in a different way reflecting the three others-- a biography; a set piece about a fragment of Appalachian landscape in illuminating counterpoint to the human history there; a modern collision of ideas about the origins of the mountain range; and, in contrast, a century-old collision of ideas about the existence of the Ice Age. The central figure is Anita Harris, an internationally celebrated geologist who went into her profession to get out of a Brooklyn ghetto. The unifying theme is plate tectonics-- here concentrating on the acceptance that all aspects of the theory do not universally enjoy. As such, \u003ci\u003eIn Suspect Terrain\u003c\/i\u003e is a report from the rough spots at the front edge of a science. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eIn Suspect Terrain \u003c\/i\u003eis the second book in a series on geology and geologists, presenting a cross section of North America along the fortieth parallel, and gathered under the overall title \u003ci\u003eAnnals of the Former World\u003c\/i\u003e. The other books in the series are \u003ci\u003eBasin and Range\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRising from the Plains\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAssembling California\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Farrar Straus \u0026 Giroux","offers":[{"title":"In Suspect Terrain | John McPhee | Hardcover | 0374176507 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks H 1768644","offer_id":49517620723864,"sku":"1768644","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81nxv35PKjL.jpg?v=1784616513","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/in-suspect-terrain","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}