I did not know about John McPhee's book on California. I enjoyed his
book so much on the Pine Barrens and have intended to read others by
him.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Feb 18, 2006, at 1:23 PM, Scott Gomez wrote:
> I'd also recommend John McPhee's book, "Assembling California" for a
> decent perspective on CA geology/geography, written by a layman.
> McPhee
> has been a writer on many subjects for "The New Yorker" magazine for
> many years. Or, if one is really interested in this stuff, his "Annals
> of the Former World" (which includes "Assembling California") and
> constitutes the results of some 20 years of traveling, meeting
> geologists and learning about the geologic make-up of the USA along a
> track that follows US Interstate 80 from NYC to San Francisco.
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