Description
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.” John McPhee; Introduced by David Remnick [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
