Table of Contents

Download or read book Table of Contents written by John McPhee and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in book form 1985, Table of Contents is a collection of eight pieces written by John McPhee between 1981 and 1984. Geographically and thematically, they range from Alaska to New Jersey, describing, for example, the arrival of telephones in a small village near the Arctic Circle and the arrival of wild bears in considerable numbers in New Jersey, swarming in from the Poconos in search of a better life. The essays in this collection, which The New York Times called "pretty close to flawless," offer an excellent introduction to the work of one of our finest writers.