The Control of Nature by John McPhee Robert F. Sibert Honor Book and the "Aubrey trilogy" of

and the "Aubrey trilogy" of autobiographical novels

the author delivers

Boyce Upholt makes clear that a true accounting of the mighty river has all of the elements of a frontier novel: violence

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The Control of Nature by John McPhee Robert F. Sibert Honor Book and the "Aubrey trilogy" ofThe Control of Nature is John McPhee's bestselling account of places where people are locked in combat with nature. Taking us deep into these contested territories, McPhee details the strageties and tactics through which people attempt to control nature. Most striking is his depiction of the main contestants: nature in complex and awesome guises, and those attempting to wrest control from her stubborn, sometimes foolhardy, more often ingenious, and