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A Natural History of the Chicago Region
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A Natural History of the Chicago Region. By Joel Greenberg. Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 2002. xviii + 595 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth $40.00.
This substantial and impressive study of the Chicago region depicts its natural history in the context of "The Great Forces" that shaped it: glaciation, soil formation, climate, weather, fire, and human use of natural resources. Within this framework the author develops fourteen chapters, each relati...
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