Encounters with the Archdruid: Narratives about a Conservationist and Three of H

<p>The narratives in this book are of journeys made in three wildernesses - on a coastal island, in a Western mountain range, and on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. The four men portrayed here have different relationships to their environment, and they encounter each other on mountain trails, in forests and rapids, sometimes with reserve, sometimes with friendliness, sometimes fighting hard across a philosophical divide.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> John McPhee<br><b>Publisher:</b> Farrar, Straus and Giroux<br><b>Published:</b> 10/01/1977<br><b>Pages:</b> 256<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.66lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.74h x 5.15w x 0.65d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780374514310<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><p><b>John McPhee</b> was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and was educated at Princeton University and Cambridge University. His writing career began at <i>Time</i> magazine and led to his long association with <i>The New Yorker</i>, where he has been a staff writer since 1965. Also in 1965, he published his first book, <i>A Sense of Where You Are</i>, with Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and in the years since, he has written nearly 30 books, including <i>Oranges</i> (1967), <i>Coming into the Country</i> (1977), <i>The Control of Nature</i> (1989), <i>The Founding Fish</i> (2002), <i>Uncommon Carriers</i> (2007), and <i>Silk Parachute</i> (2011). <i>Encounters with the Archdruid</i> (1972) and <i>The Curve of Binding Energy</i> (1974) were nominated for Nationa