{"product_id":"9780374708542","title":"In Suspect Terrain","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the outwash plains of Brooklyn to Indiana's drifted diamonds and gold, John McPhee's\u003ci\u003e In Suspect Terrain\u003c\/i\u003e is a narrative of the earth, told in four sections of equal length, each in a different way reflecting the three others-- a biography; a set piece about a fragment of Appalachian landscape in illuminating counterpoint to the human history there; a modern collision of ideas about the origins of the mountain range; and, in contrast, a century-old collision of ideas about the existence of the Ice Age. The central figure is Anita Harris, an internationally celebrated geologist who went into her profession to get out of a Brooklyn ghetto. The unifying theme is plate tectonics-- here concentrating on the acceptance that all aspects of the theory do not universally enjoy. As such, \u003ci\u003eIn Suspect Terrain\u003c\/i\u003e is a report from the rough spots at the front edge of a science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Suspect Terrain \u003c\/i\u003eis the second book in a series on geology and geologists, presenting a cross section of North America along the fortieth parallel, and gathered under the overall title \u003ci\u003eAnnals of the Former World\u003c\/i\u003e. The other books in the series are \u003ci\u003eBasin and Range\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRising from the Plains\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAssembling California\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077575000304,"sku":"9780374708542","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780374708542_p0.jpg?v=1763691359","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780374708542","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}