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Assembling california explores an area uniquely demonstrative of the plate tectonic theory. John mcphee discusses teaching creative nonfiction at princeton and the process putting together his most recent book the patch. The early californian john bidwell, an emigrant of 1841, expressed this in his memoirs. The final entry in mcphee s fourvolume hymn to geology, known collectively as annals of the former world most recently rising from the plains, 1986. His beautifully articulated structures, clear prose, and participatory voice have become a model for other literary journalists, norman sims.
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