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Headmaster Frank L. Boyden of Deerfield

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780374168605 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, March 1, 1966, cover price $22.00

The Pine Barrens

McPhee's vivid account of the serene landscape, people, and folklore of southern New Jersey's immense Pine Barrens is complimented by the photography of Bill Curtsinger

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780374233624 | Subsequent edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, September 1, 1981), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: McPhee's vivid account of the serene landscape, people, and folklore of southern New Jersey's immense Pine Barrens is complimented by the photography of Bill Curtsinger

9780374233600 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, June 1, 1968, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Describes the natural vegetation and rustic peoples of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, an area of wilderness in the center of urban sprawl

Paperback:

9780374514426 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, May 1, 1978, cover price $15.00

Roomful of Hovings and Other Profiles

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780374252083 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, June 1, 1969, cover price $30.00

Paperback:

9780374515010 | 5th edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, June 1, 1985), cover price $18.00

Crofter and the Laird

When John McPhee returned to the island of his ancestors—Colonsay, twenty-five miles west of the Scottish mainland—a hundred and thirty-eight people were living there. About eighty of these, crofters and farmers, had familial histories of unbroken residence on the island for two or three hundred years; the rest, including the English laird who owned Colonsay, were “incomers.” Donald McNeill, the crofter of the title, was working out his existence in this last domain of the feudal system; the laird, the fourth Baron Strathcona, lived in Bath, appeared on Colonsay mainly in the summer, and accepted with nonchalance the fact that he was the least popular man on the island he owned. While comparing crofter and laird, McPhee gives readers a deep and rich portrait of the terrain, the history, the legends, and the people of this fragment of the Hebrides.

By John McPhee

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9780374131920 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, June 1, 1970, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: When John McPhee returned to the island of his ancestors—Colonsay, twenty-five miles west of the Scottish mainland—a hundred and thirty-eight people were living there.

Paperback:

9780374514655 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, September 1, 1978, cover price $16.00

The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed

Briefly unfolds the history of the experimental aircraft known as the deltoid Aereon and examines the problems and challenges faced by the individuals committed to the project

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780374137816 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, June 1, 1973, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Briefly unfolds the history of the experimental aircraft known as the deltoid Aereon and examines the problems and challenges faced by the individuals committed to the project

Paperback:

9780374516352 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, April 1, 1981, cover price $17.00

The John McPhee Reader

Selections from all twelve of the books by the eminent American journalist deal with such topics as basketball player Bill Bradley, the New Jersey Pine Barrens, and Indian River oranges

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780374179922 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, January 1, 1977, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Selections from all twelve of the books by the eminent American journalist deal with such topics as basketball player Bill Bradley, the New Jersey Pine Barrens, and Indian River oranges

Paperback:

9780374517199, titled "John McPhee Reader" | Farrar Straus & Giroux, June 1, 1982, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: Selections from all twelve of the books by the eminent American journalist deal with such topics as basketball player Bill Bradley, the New Jersey Pine Barrens, and Indian River oranges

Coming into the Country

An account of a kayak and canoe journey through the Brooks Range wilderness, impressions of urban life and political activity, and portraits of people in the bush make up a study of contemporary Alaska (view table of contents)

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780374126452 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, November 1, 1977, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: An account of a kayak and canoe journey through the Brooks Range wilderness, impressions of urban life and political activity, and portraits of people in the bush make up a study of contemporary Alaska

Paperback:

9780374522872 | Reissue edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, April 1, 1991), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: An account of a kayak and canoe journey through the Brooks Range wilderness, impressions of urban life and political activity, and portraits of people in the bush make up a study of contemporary Alaska

9780553255270 | Reissue edition (Bantam Books, December 1, 1978), cover price $4.95 | also contains Gone to the Grave: Burial Customs of the Arkansas Ozarks, 1850-1950

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780394584119 | Random House, July 1, 1991, cover price $16.00 | also contains Mobile DNA

Prebinding:

9780613133999 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 2001, cover price $29.40 | About this edition: An account of a kayak and canoe journey through the Brooks Range wilderness, impressions of urban life and political activity, and portraits of people in the bush make up a study of contemporary Alaska

Sense of Where You Are

A biography of Bill Bradley, the noted American basketball player

By John McPhee

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9780374260934 | 2nd edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, October 1, 1978), cover price $25.00 | also contains Life and Death Decisions: The Quest for Morality and Justice in Human Societies | About this edition: A biography of Bill Bradley, the noted American basketball player

Headmaster: Frank L.Boyden of Deerfield

A portrait of the educator who served as Deerfield's headmaster for sixty-six years illuminates Boyden's role in building the country school into a respected and prestigious academy.

By John McPhee

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9780374514969 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, April 1, 1979, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A portrait of the educator who served as Deerfield's headmaster for sixty-six years illuminates Boyden's role in building the country school into a respected and prestigious academy.

In Suspect Terrain

A study of the work of Anita Harris and the geological history of the Appalachian region points out questions about the theory of plate tectonics and examines evidence of continental glaciation

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780374176501 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, January 1, 1983, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: A study of the work of Anita Harris and the geological history of the Appalachian region points out questions about the theory of plate tectonics and examines evidence of continental glaciation

Paperback:

9780374517946 | Reissue edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, April 1, 1991), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: A study of the work of Anita Harris and the geological history of the Appalachian region points out questions about the theory of plate tectonics and examines evidence of continental glaciation

Prebinding:

9780613181204 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $22.75

Riding the Boom Extension

By John McPhee

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Paperback:

9780911381085 | Metacom Pr, June 1, 1983, cover price $32.50

Annals Former World

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780374105198 | Limited edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, December 1, 1983), cover price $75.00

Oranges

Interweaves the botany and history of this citrus fruit, while providing an entertaining discussion of the people and events that have contributed to this industry

By John McPhee

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9781417618187 | Turtleback Books, July 1, 1984, cover price $24.55 | About this edition: Interweaves the botany and history of this citrus fruit, while providing an entertaining discussion of the people and events that have contributed to this industry

Table of Contents

Eight essays discuss wild bears, a Maine game warden, family practice physicians, energy conservation, and political campaigning (view table of contents)

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780374272418 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, September 1, 1985, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: In eight pieces of highly varying length written between 1981 and 1984, McPhee describes the arrival of telephones in a village near the Arctic Circle, the migrations to New Jersey of wild bears seeking a better life, a day with Senator Bill Bradley, andmore

Paperback:

9780374520083 | Reissue edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, April 1, 1994), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Eight essays discuss wild bears, a Maine game warden, family practice physicians, energy conservation, and political campaigning

Heirs of General Practice

Tells the stories of recently graduated doctors who are following the new medical specialty of family practice, and describes their interactions with their patients

By John McPhee

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Paperback:

9780374519742 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, March 1, 1986, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Tells the stories of recently graduated doctors who are following the new medical specialty of family practice, and describes their interactions with their patients

Rising from the Plains

Blending history and geology, this narrative examines the influence of early surroundings on a geologist's choice of field and specialty and describes the terrain of the Wyoming plains

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780374250829 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, October 1, 1986, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: Blending history and geology, this narrative examines the influence of early surroundings on a geologist's choice of field and specialty and describes the terrain of the Wyoming plains

Paperback:

9780374520656 | Reissue edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, May 1, 1991), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Blending history and geology, this narrative examines the influence of early surroundings on a geologist's choice of field and specialty and vividly describes the terrain of the Wyoming plains

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780788743139 | Unabridged edition (Recorded Books, June 1, 2000), cover price $46.00

9780394584126 | Random House, August 1, 1990, cover price $16.00 | also contains Diagnostic Medical Parasitology

Outcroppings

Landscape photographs accompany selections from McPhee's writings about Switzerland, Alaska, the West, and the Pine Barrens

By John McPhee, Christopher Merrill and Tom Till

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Hardcover:

9780879052621 | 1 edition (Gibbs Smith, October 1, 1988), cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Landscape photographs accompany selections from McPhee's writings about Switzerland, Alaska, the West, and the Pine Barrens

The Control of Nature

Profiles various effects by humankind to thwart the course of nature, detailing the changing physical landscapes, as well as the political, economic, and legal battles that have arisen from these struggles.

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780783887746 | Large print edition (G K Hall & Co, October 1, 1999), cover price $27.95

9780374128906 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, June 1, 1989, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Profiles various effects by humankind to thwart the course of nature, detailing the changing physical landscapes, as well as the political, economic, and legal battles that have arisen from these struggles.

Paperback:

9780374522599 | Reprint edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, September 1, 1990), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Profiles the various places where humankind is struggling to control the forces of nature, discussing both the natural forces at work and the individuals who attempt to foil them

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780394581453 | Random House, September 1, 1989, cover price $10.95 | also contains Fhrung, Kommunikation Und Teamentwicklung Im Bauwesen: Grundlagen - Anwendung - Praxistipps

Alaska: Images of the Country

Selections from McPhee's description of life in modern Alaska are accompanied by color photographs of the region, its animals, and its beautiful scenery

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780883940600 | Promontory, May 1, 1992, cover price $19.98 | About this edition: Selections from McPhee's description of life in modern Alaska are accompanied by color photographs of the region, its animals, and its beautiful scenery

Assembling California

Drawing on his travels along the fault lines of the earth's shifting plates, the author discusses how a half dozen large pieces of country have drifted from far and near to coalesce as California

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780374106454 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, January 1, 1993, cover price $21.00 | About this edition: Drawing on his travels along the fault lines of the earth's shifting plates, the author discusses how a half dozen large pieces of country have drifted from far and near to coalesce as California

Paperback:

9780374523930 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, February 1, 1994, cover price $17.00

The Second John McPhee Reader

Includes selections from the author's eleven books published since 1975

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780374256869 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, February 28, 1996, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Includes selections from the author's eleven books published since 1975

Paperback:

9780374524630 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, February 28, 1996, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: Includes selections from the author's eleven books published since 1975

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780788706707 | Unabridged edition (Recorded Books, November 1, 1999), cover price $49.00

Irons in the Fire

A collection of original stories and essays offers tales of cattle rustling in Nevada, a virgin forest in central New Jersey, forensic geology used to solve murders, and a repair at Plymouth Rock

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780844669885 | Peter Smith Pub Inc, June 1, 1999, cover price $24.50

9780374177263 | 1 edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, April 1, 1997), cover price $22.00 | About this edition: A collection of original stories and essays offers tales of cattle rustling in Nevada, a virgin forest in central New Jersey, forensic geology used to solve murders, and a repair at Plymouth Rock

Paperback:

9780374525453 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, May 1, 1998, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: A collection of original stories and essays offers tales of cattle rustling in Nevada, a virgin forest in central New Jersey, forensic geology used to solve murders, and a repair at Plymouth Rock

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780788718793 | Unabridged edition (Recorded Books, December 1, 1997), cover price $49.00

Annals of the Former World

Taking a cross-section of the United States at the fortieth parallel, the author offers fascinating multi-layered portrait of the continent's geology and history. Reprint. (view table of contents)

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780374105204 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, June 10, 1998, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: A multilayered tale arranged in an organic succession of set pieces, flashbacks, biographical sketches, and human and lithic histories, explores North American geology, plate tectonics, and geologic time

Paperback:

9780374518738 | Reprint edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, June 1, 2000), cover price $22.00 | About this edition: A multilayered tale arranged in an organic succession of set pieces, flashbacks, biographical sketches, and human and lithic histories, explores North American geology, plate tectonics, and geologic time.

In Suspect Terrain: From Annals of the Former World

By John McPhee and Nelson Runger (narrator)

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9780788740602 | Unabridged edition (Recorded Books, November 1, 1998), cover price $42.00

The Survival of the Bark Canoe

A double account of the evolution of the birch-bark canoe and of the author's one-hundred-and-fifty-mile canoe trip through the Maine woods with New Hampshire's Henri Vaillancourt, who continues to make canoes in the traditional Indian way

By John McPhee

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Hardcover:

9780374272074 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, November 1, 1975, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: A double account of the evolution of the birch-bark canoe and of the author's one-hundred-and-fifty-mile canoe trip through the Maine woods with New Hampshire's Henri Vaillancourt, who continues to make canoes in the traditional Indian way

Paperback:

9781899863587 | House of Lochar, June 12, 2000, cover price $12.35

9780374516932 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, May 1, 1982, cover price $14.00

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