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The Second John McPhee Reader

by John Mcphee

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This second volume of The John McPhee Reader includes material from his eleven books published since 1975, including Coming into the Country, Looking for a Ship, The Control of Nature, and the four books on geology that comprise Annals of the Former World.

Synopsis:

This second volume of The John McPhee Reader includes material from his eleven books published since 1975, including Coming into the Country, Looking for a Ship, The Control of Nature, and the four books on geology that comprise Annals of the Former World.

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About the Author

John McPhee is the author of twenty-six books, including Annals of the Former World, for which he received the Pulitzer Prize in 1999. He has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1965 and lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Table of Contents

[With the exception of "Under the Snow," which is here in its entirety, all titles are represented by excerpts.]

Introduction

from Giving Good Weight (A Collection)

"Giving Good Weight"

"Brigade de Cuisine"

from Basin and Range

from In Suspect Terrain

from La Place de la Concorde Suisse

from Table of Contents (A Collection)

"Under the Snow"

"Heirs of General Practice"

"North of the C. P. Line"

from Rising from the Plains

from The Control of Nature

from Looking for a Ship

from Assembling California

from The Ransom of Russian Art

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780374524630

Editor:

Strachan, Patricia

Introduction:

Remmick, David

Introduction by:

Remmick, David

Introduction:

Remmick, David

Editor:

Strachan, Patricia

Author:

McPhee, John

Author:

Remnick, David

Author:

Remmick, David

Publisher:

Farrar Straus Giroux

Location:

New York :

Subject:

General

Subject:

Essays

Subject:

American

Subject:

American - General

Subject:

Biology-Reference

Copyright:

1996

Edition Number:

1st ed.

Edition Description:

Trade Paperback

Series Volume:

no. 10

Publication Date:

19960231

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Yes

Pages:

416

Dimensions:

8.25 x 6.00 in

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"Synopsis" by Macmillan,

This second volume of The John McPhee Reader includes material from his eleven books published since 1975, including Coming into the Country, Looking for a Ship, The Control of Nature, and the four books on geology that comprise Annals of the Former World.