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By: McPhee, John
Price: $12.95
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux: October 1985
Seller ID: 56461
ISBN: 0374272417
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Used - Good
First published in book form 1985, Table of Contents is a collection of eight pieces written by John McPhee between 1981 and 1984. Geographically and thematically, they range from Alaska to New Jersey, describing, for example, the arrival of telephones in a small village near the Arctic Circle and the arrival of wild bears in considerable numbers in New Jersey, swarming in from the Poconos in search of a better life. The essays in this collection, which The New York Times called "pretty close to flawless," offer an excellent introduction to the work of one of our finest writer...
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