Jump to content
 







Main menu
   


Navigation  



Main page
Contents
Current events
Random article
About Wikipedia
Contact us
Donate
 




Contribute  



Help
Learn to edit
Community portal
Recent changes
Upload file
 








Search  

































Create account

Log in
 









Create account
 Log in
 




Pages for logged out editors learn more  



Contributions
Talk
 



















Contents

   



(Top)
 


1 References  





2 External links  














Annals of the Former World







Add links
 









Article
Talk
 

















Read
Edit
View history
 








Tools
   


Actions  



Read
Edit
View history
 




General  



What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Cite this page
Get shortened URL
Download QR code
Wikidata item
 




Print/export  



Download as PDF
Printable version
 
















Appearance
   

 






From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 


Annals of the Former World
Cover for Annals of the Former World
AuthorJohn McPhee
SubjectGeology
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux

Publication date

1998
Pages696
ISBN978-0-374-10520-4

Dewey Decimal

557.3 21
LC ClassQE77 .M38 1998

Annals of the Former World is a book on geology written by John McPhee and published in 1998 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.[1] It won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.[2]

The book presents a geological historyofNorth America, and was researched and written over the course of two decades beginning in 1978. It consists of a compilation of five books, the first four of which were previously published as Basin and Range (1981), In Suspect Terrain (1983), Rising from the Plains (1986), and Assembling California (1993), plus a final book, Crossing the Craton. A narrative table of contents provides an overview of the project, which largely consisted of a series of road journeys by McPhee across the North American continent in the company of noted geologists.

References[edit]

  1. ^ McPhee, John (1998). Annals of the Former World. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 0-374-10520-0.
  • ^ "1999 Pulitzer Prize Winners". Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  • External links[edit]


  • t
  • e

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Annals_of_the_Former_World&oldid=996801030"

    Categories: 
    Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction-winning works
    1998 non-fiction books
    Books about California
    Farrar, Straus and Giroux books
    Books by John McPhee
    Geology stubs
    Science book stubs
    Hidden categories: 
    Articles with short description
    Short description matches Wikidata
    Articles with Open Library links
    All stub articles
     



    This page was last edited on 28 December 2020, at 17:58 (UTC).

    Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.



    Privacy policy

    About Wikipedia

    Disclaimers

    Contact Wikipedia

    Code of Conduct

    Developers

    Statistics

    Cookie statement

    Mobile view



    Wikimedia Foundation
    Powered by MediaWiki