Table of contents / John McPhee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McPhee, John, 1931- author.

Contributor:

Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Social life and customs--1971-.

United States.

Manners and customs.

Penn Provenance:

Gutmann, Amy (donor) (Kislak copy)

McPhee, John, 1931- (autograph) (Kislak copy)

Physical Description:

10 unnumbered pages, 293 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, ©1985.

Summary:

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 writers.

Contents:

Under the snow

A textbook place for bears

Riding the boom extension

Heirs of general practice

Open man

Ice pond

Minihydro

North of the C.P. line.

Local Notes:

Kislak copy retains dust jacket.

ISBN:

0374272417 :

OCLC:

12161935