The Control of Nature by John McPhee, First Edition, Hardcover, Dust Jacket,1989

The Control of Nature is a 1989 nonfiction book by John McPhee. Bestseller that chronicles three attempts to control natural processes that had varying success. 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. Hardcover, dust jacket, 1989, Clean copy, no rips, tares, folds, creases, or marks.