The first of John McPhee’s works in his series on geology and geologists, Basin and Range is a book of journeys through ancient terrains, always in juxtaposition with travels in the modern world—a history of vanished landscapes, ...

Giant New Foundland trilobites and trilobite eyes that he began two decades ago.

Rock collecting has never been quite like this!

With introductions and notes.

Comprises articles on geology, paleontology, mammalogy, ornithology, entomology, and anthropology.

This is both a travel memoir and scientific primer. It shows a naturalist making patient observations concerning geology, natural history, people, places and events.

Accompanying text takes the reader into the science behind these maps and the geologic history that they portray. The maps and text unfold the complex geologic history of the region as never seen before.