A collection of personal essays includes biographical studies, unusual travelogues, journalistic pieces, elegaic mood essays about the wilderness, and other examples of discursive writing
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The life and times of Johnny Appleseed. The adventures of New York City tugboatmen. Street life in Cairo and Dar es Salaam. The pains and paradoxes of being male and female; the dilemmas of an aging America; the unease of writers between books. The natural history of swallows, juneberries, owls, foxes, and toads. The fourteen essays in this brilliant collection cover all of the above and much more. (51/2 X 81/4, 224 pages, map)
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- PublisherRandom House
- Publication date1982
- ISBN 10 0394522680
- ISBN 13 9780394522685
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages208
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