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1998 The
Control of Nature by John McPhee & Frankenstein by
Mary Shelley |
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ARCHIVES: The
Control of Nature (1998-99) |
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The
Control of Nature,
published in 1989 by Farrar,
Straus & Giroux, is John
McPhee's bestselling account
of places in the world where
people have been engaged
in all-out battles with nature.
In Louisiana, the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers has declared
war on the lower Mississippi
River, which threatens to
follow a new route to the
sea and cut off New Orleans
and Baton Rouge from the
rest of the United States.
McPhee details the strategies
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. |
John
McPhee was born in Princeton,
New Jersey, and was educated
at Princeton University and
Cambridge University. His writing
career began at Time magazine
and led to his long association
with the New Yorker, where
he has been a staff writer
since 1965. He published Annals
of the Former World in 1998
and was awarded the Pulitzer
Prize in 1999. |
Mr. John McPhee
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For
more on Mr. John McPhee:
* Mr.
John Mc Phee Webpage
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