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A review by unladylike
Basin and Range by John McPhee
2.0
In [b:How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor: Critical Thinking in the Age of Bias, Contested Truth, and Disinformation|52696290|How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor Critical Thinking in the Age of Bias, Contested Truth, and Disinformation|Thomas C. Foster|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1579613304l/52696290._SY75_.jpg|68989434], [a:Thomas C. Foster|11550|Thomas C. Foster|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1249516675p2/11550.jpg] heaps praise on John McPhee to the max. He asks "Is there anyone who writes nonfiction better than John McPhee? I think not." (paraphrased)
I had never heard of either of these older white men, but I wasn't entirely surprised that one would be riding the dick of another and elevating both of their states of authoritative supremacy in the broad genre of nonfiction.
I've read hundreds of works of nonfiction in the past two years, many of which were the authors' debuts. With McPhee - and in particular his 4-part geological survey called [b:Annals of the Former World|78|Annals of the Former World|John McPhee|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1386924382l/78._SY75_.jpg|88676] - hyped up so much, and having won a major award for this work, I had fairly high expectations. Instead, I found the majority of Basin and Range to be dry as the dust archeologists brush from fossils within the earth.
I had never heard of either of these older white men, but I wasn't entirely surprised that one would be riding the dick of another and elevating both of their states of authoritative supremacy in the broad genre of nonfiction.
I've read hundreds of works of nonfiction in the past two years, many of which were the authors' debuts. With McPhee - and in particular his 4-part geological survey called [b:Annals of the Former World|78|Annals of the Former World|John McPhee|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1386924382l/78._SY75_.jpg|88676] - hyped up so much, and having won a major award for this work, I had fairly high expectations. Instead, I found the majority of Basin and Range to be dry as the dust archeologists brush from fossils within the earth.