NMLP P-015680 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Control of Nature

John McPhee · Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 1989

The US Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover is the true first (New York, 1989). The three constituent essays first appeared in The New Yorker before book publication.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-015680 for "The Control of Nature" by John McPhee (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-015680, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).