The Eternal Frontier
Subtitle: An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: April 17, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780802138880
Subjects: Science; North American; Nature; Nature/Ecology; Paleontology; Life Sciences - Ecology; Nature / Ecology; Natural history; Ecology; North America
First sentence: The death-dealing visitor appeared in the skies 65 million years ago above a planet that had long rested in contented stability.
Description: A paleontologist offers an ecological tour of North America, from the asteroid strike that killed the dinosaurs sixty-five million years ago to the present.