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Silk Parachute Hardcover - 2010
by John McPhee
The brief, brilliant essay Silk Parachute has become McPhee's most anthologized piece of writing. In the nine other pieces here, McPhee writes, with his characteristic humor and intensity, about lacrosse, photography, weird foods, and other varied recollections.
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- Title Silk Parachute
- Author John McPhee
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 227
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Farrar Straus Giroux, New York
- Date 2010-03
- Features Dust Cover, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780374263737 / 0374263736
- Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.86 in (21.84 x 14.22 x 2.18 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Authors, American - 20th century, American essays
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009031887
- Dewey Decimal Code 810.900
Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 02/01/2010, Page 15
- BookPage, 03/01/2010, Page 0
- Christianity Today, 05/01/2010, Page 58
- Kirkus Reviews, 01/15/2010, Page 73
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 11/15/2009, Page 52
- New York Times Book Review, 03/28/2010, Page 20
- Publishers Weekly, 01/25/2010, Page 109
- Time, 03/08/2010, Page 59
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