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The Pulitzer Prize-winning view of the continent, across the fortieth parallel and down through 4.6 billion years Twenty years ago, when John McPhee began his journeys back and forth across the United States, he planned to describe a cross section of North America at about the fortieth... read more
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- Anita Harris
- Deffeyes
- David Love
- James Hutton
- Davis
- Van Schmus
- John Love
- Agassiz
- Rawlins
- Harry Hess
- Marshall
- Charpentier
- Edelman
- Allan
- Darwin
- Richter
- Reno
- Jim Bridger
- Wegener
- Lovelock
- Andrew Lawson
- Smartville
- Mrs. Welty
- Sutter
- Laramie
- Dave
- Playfair
- Donner
- Leonard Harris
- Washalde
- Lake Gosiute
- Fred Vine
- Van Allen
- Jack Epstein
- Moho
- Judy
- Werner
Setting & Locations edit
- California
- Wyoming
- North America
- San Francisco
- Sierra Nevada
- Pennsylvania
- United States Geological Survey
- Africa
- New Jersey
- Cyprus
- San Andreas Fault
- Atlantic
- Colorado
- Indiana
- Sonomia
- Europe
- Nebraska
- Alaska
- Pacific
- Ohio
- New York
- Utah
- Sacramento
- Iowa
- Illinois
- Australia
- Canada
- Miocene
- Princeton
- Berkeley
- Japan
- Franciscan
- Antarctica
- Taconic
- Great Central Valley
- Napa Valley
- South America
- Manhattan
- Scotland
- Great Valley
- Hawaii
- Los Angeles
- Washington
- Auburn
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The poles of the earth have wandered.
Authors & Contributors edit
- John McPhee (Author)
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Publication Date: 1981
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Publication Date: 1981
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Awards edit
- Pulitzer Prize (1999: General Nonfiction)
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- Dewey: 557.3
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