The Control of Nature by John McPhee [FIRST EDITION] 1989 afterlife " the latter a fine

" the latter a fine elegy to childhood loss

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and the magnificently impecunious Wilkins Micawber

messages that grow increasingly hostile

The Control of Nature by John McPhee [FIRST EDITION] 1989 afterlife " the latter a fineThe Control of Nature by John McPhee FIRST EDITION SECOND PRINTING [1989] FARRAR STRAUS & GIROUX Hardcover with dust jacket in very good condition. Mild spot of water damage to underside of front of DJ [slight rippling] otherwise Very Good. Book reads like new; cloth cover has a very faint corresponding water stain to lower right corner. The Control of Nature is a 1989 book by John McPhee that chronicles three attempts to control natural processes. It