Ebook: The Second John McPhee Reader

Coming into the country [excerpt] -- Giving good weight : a collection. Giving good weight [excerpt] ; Brigade de cuisine [excerpt] -- Basin and range [excerpt] -- In suspect terrain [excerpt] -- La Place de la Concorde Suisse [excerpt] -- Table of contents : a collection. Under the snow ; Heirs of general practice [excerpt] ; North of the C.P. line [excerpt] -- Rising from the plains [excerpt] -- The control of nature [excerpt] -- Looking for a ship [excerpt] -- Assembling California [excerpt] -- The ransom of Russian art [excerpt].;This second volume of The John McPhee Reader includes material from his eleven books published since 1975, including Coming into the Country, Looking for a Ship, The Control of Nature, and the four books on geology gathering under the title Annals of the Former World: Basin and Range, In Suspect Terrain, Rising from the Plains, and Assembling California.