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  2. John McPhee - Wikipedia

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    John Angus McPhee (born March 8, 1931) is an American writer. He is considered one of the pioneers of creative nonfiction.He is a four-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the category General Nonfiction, and he won that award on the fourth occasion in 1999 for Annals of the Former World (a collection of five books, including two of his previous Pulitzer finalists). [1]

  3. Annals of the Former World - Wikipedia

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    Annals of the Former World is a book on geology written by John McPhee and published in 1998 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. [1] It won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. [2] The book presents a geological history of North America, and was researched and written over

  4. Coming into the Country - Wikipedia

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    Coming into the Country is a 1976 book by John McPhee about Alaska and McPhee's travels through much of the state with bush pilots, prospectors, and settlers, as well as politicians and businesspeople who each interpret the state in different ways.

  5. Book Review: John McPhee delivers a lovely ‘reminiscence ...

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    If you’re John McPhee, you crack open your notebooks and give fans a taste of the stories you never wrote. There are plenty of snippets here that will make readers wish McPhee had indeed delved ...

  6. John McPhee calls his new book an "old-people project ...

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    John McPhee, 92, is known for the length and longevity of his writing. Out with a new book, 'Tabula Rasa,' he hopes writing will keep him alive forever

  7. The Control of Nature - Wikipedia

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    The Control of Nature is a 1989 nonfiction book by John McPhee that chronicles three attempts to control natural processes that had varying success. The book combines three long essays previously published in The New Yorker: "Atchafalaya", "Cooling the Lava", and "Los Angeles Against the Mountains".

  8. A Sense of Where You Are - Wikipedia

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    A Sense of Where You Are, by John McPhee, profiles Bill Bradley during Bradley's senior year at Princeton University.Bradley, who would later play in the National Basketball Association and serve in the United States Senate, was widely regarded as one of the best basketball players in the country, and his status as a Rhodes Scholar playing in the Ivy League only added to his allure.

  9. The Pine Barrens - Wikipedia

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    The Pine Barrens is a 1968 book by American writer John McPhee about the history, people and biology of the New Jersey Pine Barrens that originally appeared in The New Yorker in 1967. The book is an early example of McPhee's acclaimed creative nonfiction literary style. The book employs a nonlinear narrative that incorporates profiles of ...

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