Rising from the Plains by John McPhee

Rising from the Plains

Annals of the Former World #3

John McPhee

208 pages first pub 1986 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous informative reflective slow-paced

Description

This is about high-country geology and a Rocky Mountain regional geologist. I raise that semaphore here at the start so no one will feel misled by an opening passage in which a slim young woman who is not in any sense a geologist steps down from a...

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Moods

informative 100%
adventurous 50%
funny 25%
lighthearted 25%
reflective 25%
relaxing 25%

Pace

medium 75%
slow 25%

Average rating

3.96

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