Mcphee, John (Angus)

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MCPHEE, John (Angus)

MCPHEE, John (Angus). American, b. 1931. Genres: Documentaries/ Reportage, Essays, Air/Space topics, Earth sciences, Education, Environmental sciences/Ecology, Food and Wine, Natural history, Sports/Fitness. Career: Time mag., NYC, associate ed., 1957-64; New Yorker, staff writer, 1965-; Princeton University, NJ, Ferris Professor of Journalism, 1975-. Publications: A Sense of Where You Are, 1965; The Headmaster, 1966; Oranges, 1967; The Pine Barrens, 1968; A Roomful of Hovings, 1968; Levels of the Game, 1969; The The Crofter and the Laird, 1970; Encounters with the Archdruid, 1971; The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed, 1973; The Curve of Binding Energy, 1974; Pieces of the Frame, 1975; The Survival of the Bark Canoe, 1975; The John McPhee Reader, 1977; Coming into the Country, 1977; Giving Good Weight, 1979; Basin and Range, 1981; In Suspect Terrain, 1982; La Place de la Concorde Suisse, 1984; Table of Contents, 1985; Rising from the Plains, 1986; The Control of Nature, 1989; Looking for a Ship, 1990; Assembling California, 1993; The Ransom of Russian Art, 1994; The Second John McPhee Reader, 1996; Irons in the Fire, 1997; Annals of the Former World, 1998 (Pulitzer Prize 1999); The Founding Fish, 2002. Address: c/o Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 19 Union Sq. W, New York, NY 10003, U.S.A.

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