The eternal frontier
Subtitle: an ecological history of North America and its peoples
By: Tim Flannery.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press; Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
Subjects: Natural history -- North America; Ecology -- North America
Description: "Sixty-five million years ago, a meteor six miles wide smashed into the Gulf of Mexico, ending the age of dinosaurs and devastating the North American continent. Starting with this catastrophic event, The Eternal Frontier recounts the extraordinary ecological history of North America, showing how the continent originally came into being and eventually transformed into the landscape we know today."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: First published by Text Publishing, Melbourne Australia in 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-395) and index.