Ep. 025

December 23, 2015

Description

Episode 025: Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Steven Rinella talks with Janis Putelis and Ron Leighton, a Vietnam veteran and former commercial fisherman. Subjects discussed: Janis' first Sitka...
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Books Referenced

Annals of the Former World

Author: John McPhee

Context:

Referenced during a discussion about geology and the Earth's age. The speaker describes it as 'a great trilogy written by [John McPhee] about geology' and quotes a memorable line from it about Mount Everest containing marine limestone at its peak. The author's name appears to be transcribed as 'geomic Fee' but this is clearly referring to John McPhee's famous geological work.