Annals of the Former World
- Annals of the Former World
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author = John McPhee
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publisher = Farrar, Straus and Giroux
pub_date = 1998
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"Annals of the Former World" is a book on geology written by John McPhee and published in 1998 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux,[cite book | last =McPhee | first =John | authorlink =John McPhee | title =Annals of the Former World | publisher =Farrar, Straus and Giroux | date =1998 | location = | pages =698 pages | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=AHIKHgAACAAJ&dq=%22Annals+of+the+Former+World%22 | doi = | id = ISBN 0374105200 ] won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. ][cite web | title = Pulitzer Prize Winners: General Non-Fiction | work = | publisher =pulitzer.org | date = | url =http://www.pulitzer.org/ | format =web | doi = | accessdate = 2008-03-12 ] ]References
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