The Control of Nature

Mcphee Details The Strategies And Tactics Through Which People Attempt To Control Nature. Most Striking In His Vivid Depiction Of The Main Contestants: Nature In Complex And Awesome Guises, And Those Who Would Attempt To Wrest Control From Her--stubborn, Often Ingenious, And Always Arresting Characters. Atchafalaya -- Cooling The Lava -- Los Angeles Against The Mountains. John Mcphee. The Text Of This Book Originally Appeared In The New Yorker--t.p. Verso.