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The Pulitzer prize winning view of the continent, across the fortieth parallel and down through 4.6 million yearsTwenty decades ago, when John McPhee began his journeys back and forth across the Usa, he planned to explain a cross-section of North America at concerning the fortieth parallel and, along the way, come to an awareness not just of the science but of the type of the geologists he traveled with. The framework of the guide never changed, but-its breadth caused him to accomplish it in stages, underneath the general title Annals of the Former World.Like the ground it covers, Annals of the Former World tells a multilayered story, and the reader may choose one of the most significant paths through it. As clearly and succinctly written because it is profoundly informed, this really is our finest popular survey of geology and a masterpiece of contemporary nonfiction. Annals of the Former World may be the winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction.