Modern Geography
by Marion I. Newbigin
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co. 1911
ISBN/ASIN: B0006AG684
Number of pages: 264
Description:
In the following chapters we shall look, so far as possible, at those aspects of the subject which make the widest appeal, and which are best fitted to enable the ordinary man to understand his surroundings, whatever they may be, and so aid him in that delicate task of adjustment which, consciously or unconsciously, is the task of every living thing.
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