South November 21 Kurlansky begins with the science

Kurlansky begins with the science and history of the only sulfuric acid-spewing plant

juxtaposing floral beauty with the city's trademark energy and grit

examples of how cyanobacteria began belching oxygen into the atmosphere as they converted carbon dioxide and water into living matter using the sun's light

but the truth may be even more shocking than the headlines

South November 21 Kurlansky begins with the scienceWhen his grandfather dies, a boy named Jay travels south with his family to the property he left them, a once flourishing farm that has fallen into disrepair. The trees are diseased, the fields parched from months of drought. Still, Jay's father, Jack, sends him out to work the land, or whatever land is left. Over the course of these hot, dense days, Jay finds himself drawn to Chuan, the son of the farm's manager, different from him in every way