The Control of Nature (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of The Control of Nature Sunday, August 2 2009.

• The Control of Nature is John McPhee's bestselling account of places where people are locked in combat with nature. Taking us deep into these contested territories, McPhee details the strageties and tactics through which people attempt to control nature. Most striking is his depiction of the main contestants: nature in complex and awesome guises, and those attempting to wrest control from her - stubborn, sometimes foolhardy, more often ingenious, and always arresting characters.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Control of Nature Tuesday, July 21 2009.

• reordered the contributors.
• 1 : John McPhee:

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Control of Nature Thursday, July 16 2009.

• Added a contributor: John McPhee: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of The Control of Nature Thursday, July 16 2009.

• THREE HUNDRED MILES up the Mississippi River from its mouth-many parishes above New Orleans and well north of Baton Rouge-a navigation lock in the Mississippi's right bank allows ships to drop out of the river.