The control of nature

McPhee details the strategies and tactics through which people attempt to control nature. Most striking in his vivid depiction of the main contestants: nature in complex and awesome guises, and those who would attempt to wrest control from her--stubborn, often ingenious, and always arresting charact...

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Main Author: McPhee, John, 1931-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, [1989]
Physical Description: 272 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
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