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Tabula rasa. Volume 1  Cover Image Book Book

Tabula rasa. Volume 1 / John McPhee.

McPhee, John, 1931- (author.). McPhee, John, 1931- Trujillo. (Added Author). McPhee, John, 1931- Thornton Wilder at the century. (Added Author). McPhee, John, 1931- Moons of Methuselah. (Added Author). McPhee, John, 1931- Hitler youth. (Added Author). McPhee, John, 1931- Bridges of Christian men. (Added Author). McPhee, John, 1931- Airplane that crashed in the woods. (Added Author). McPhee, John, 1931- On the campus. (Added Author). McPhee, John, 1931- Guilt of the U.S. male. (Added Author). McPhee, John, 1931- Extremadura. (Added Author). McPhee, John, 1931- Zoom laude. (Added Author).

Summary:

Looking back at his career from the vantage point of his desk drawer, and reflecting on projects he never got around to - people to profile, regions he meant to portray, a literary legend presents a collection of vignettes and a "reminiscent montage" from a writing life.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780374603601
  • ISBN: 037460360X
  • Physical Description: viii, 180 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Trujillo -- Thornton Wilder at the century -- The moons of Methuselah -- "Hitler youth" -- The Bridges of Christian men -- The airplane that crashed in the woods -- On the campus -- The guilt of the U.S. male -- Extremadura -- Zoom Laude -- The delta islands of the Great Valley -- Time-out on the floor -- Outcrops of Washington Road -- Blind skier -- Writing about science -- Meredith Willson -- The impostor syndrome -- Sloop to Gibraltar -- The valley -- December 19, 1943 -- The dutch ship tyger -- Ray brock -- Writer -- Beelining -- Walking the Province line -- The safe houses of suburbia -- Joseph Henry House -- Workouts with Princeton coaches -- The commemorations of Woodrow Wilson -- Back up the riverbank -- World premiere -- The leghorn syndrome -- North East rising sun -- Dams 2020 -- Breaking away -- The eunuch of Talcott hall -- Hyperlincs, the Gettysburg addresses, or the shot heard round the web -- Not that one -- Night watchman -- George Recker and Dr. Dick -- Dinners with Henry Luce -- Bourbon and bing cherries -- Dropped antaeus -- Generation P -- The monks of pharma -- O Beautiful for stripes and stars -- Highlander -- La Torre Pendente -- Beantown -- Deep insight.
Subject: McPhee, John, 1931-
Journalists > United States > Biography.
Journalism > United States > History.
American essays > 20th century.
Genre: Autobiographies.
Essays.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Hood River County Library District.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Hood River County Library 921 MCPHEE 2023 (Text) 33892100932319 Adult Non-Fiction Available -


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