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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Ivan Terence Sanderson |
| OCLC Number: | 1142478 |
| Notes: | "A Chanticleer Press edition." Includes index. |
| Description: | 299 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 33 cm. |
| Contents: | Map of North America: the belts of vegetation -- Map of North America: the natural provinces -- Doorway to North America -- Lemmings, meteorites, and belugas -- Moose, spruce, and muskeg -- Mammoths, volcanos, and mountains -- Trees, fjords, and salmon -- The heartland -- Many green mountains -- Sand dunes and sea gulls -- The great southern pine belt -- White mists and emerald hills -- The great grass sea -- Land of the Bayous -- Flatwoods and Everglades -- Land of the Mesquite -- Alps, deserts, and canyons -- Towering peaks and gushing geysers -- Saline lakes and alkaline flats -- Hummingbirds and kelp beds -- The empire of the cactuses -- Brown rocks and white sands -- The Mexican Sierras. |
| Series Title: | Continents we live on. |
| Responsibility: | Ivan T. Sanderson ; photographs by Eliot Porter ... and others. |
Abstract:
Extensive natural history survey of the North American continent.
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