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Silk Parachute
Silk Parachute
Author: John McPhee
The brief, brilliant essay "Silk Parachute," which first appeared in The New Yorker a decade ago, has become John McPhee's most anthologized piece of writing. In the nine other pieces here -- €•highly varied in length and theme -- €•McPhee ranges with his characteristic humor and intensity through lacrosse, long-exposure...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780374532628
ISBN-10: 0374532621
Publication Date: 3/1/2011
Pages: 240
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Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Book Type: Paperback
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A collection of essays about a wide variety of topics from an author who usually writes for the New Yorker magazine. Some of the most interesting essays were about fact-checkers who must verify each fact for every article to go into magazines and books, and another essay about the variety of foods the author has eaten on his travels, which included moose and bear.


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