Stated first printing. As new hardcover with similar unclipped dust jacket. The book combines three long essays previously published in The New Yorker: "Atchafalaya", "Cooling the Lava", and "Los Angeles Against the Mountains". These respectively describe the Old River Control Structure regulating inflow to the Atchafalaya River; the Eldfell volcanic eruption of 1973; and debris flow from the San Gabriel Mountains.272 pages.

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Title: The Control of Nature
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication Date: 1989
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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