Coming into the Country - Hardcover

McPhee, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374126453 ISBN 13: 9780374126452

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1977

Synopsis

Coming into the Country is an unforgettable account of Alaska and Alaskans. It is a rich tapestry of vivid characters, observed landscapes, and descriptive narrative, in three principal segments that deal, respectively, with a total wilderness, with urban Alaska, and with life in the remoteness of the bush.

Readers of McPhee's earlier books will not be unprepared for his surprising shifts of scene and ordering of events, brilliantly combined into an organic whole. In the course of this volume we are made acquainted with the lore and techniques of placer mining, the habits and legends of the barren-ground grizzly, the outlook of a young Athapaskan chief, and tales of the fortitude of settlers-ordinary people compelled by extraordinary dreams. Coming into the Country unites a vast region of America with one of America's notable literary craftsmen, singularly qualified to do justice to the scale and grandeur of the design.
Coming into the Country is an unforgettable account of Alaska and Alaskans. It is a rich tapestry of vivid characters, observed landscapes, and descriptive narrative, in three principal segments that deal, respectively, with a total wilderness, with urban Alaska, and with life in the remoteness of the bush.

Readers of McPhee's earlier books will not be unprepared for his surprising shifts of scene and ordering of events, brilliantly combined into an organic whole. In the course of this volume we are made acquainted with the lore and techniques of placer mining, the habits and legends of the barren-ground grizzly, the outlook of a young Athapaskan chief, and tales of the fortitude of settlers-ordinary people compelled by extraordinary dreams. Coming into the Country unites a vast region of America with one of America's notable literary craftsmen, singularly qualified to do justice to the scale and grandeur of the design.

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Review:

" It is a reviewer' s greatest pleasure to ring the gong for a species of masterpiece." -- Edward Hoagland, "The New York Times Book Review "
“It is a reviewer’s greatest pleasure to ring the gong for a species of masterpiece.”—Edward Hoagland, "The New York Times Book Review "
“Justly celebrated...By showing us what Alaska is like, McPhee reminds us of what we have become.” --"The Washington Post Book World"
“What is really in view in Coming into the Country is a matter not usually met in works of reportage . . . nothing less than the nature Of the human condition.” --Benjamin De Mott, "The Atlantic Monthly"
“McPhee has acted as an antenna in a far-off place that few will see. He has brought back a wholly satisfying voyage of spirit and mind.” --Paul Grey, "Time"""
“With this book McPhee proves to be the most versatile journalist in America.” --Editor's Choice, "The New York Times
"

"It is a reviewer's greatest pleasure to ring the gong for a species of masterpiece."--Edward Hoagland, "The New York Times Book Review "
"Justly celebrated...By showing us what Alaska is like, McPhee reminds us of what we have become." --"The Washington Post Book World"
"What is really in view in Coming into the Country is a matter not usually met in works of reportage . . . nothing less than the nature Of the human condition." --Benjamin De Mott, "The Atlantic Monthly"
"McPhee has acted as an antenna in a far-off place that few will see. He has brought back a wholly satisfying voyage of spirit and mind." --Paul Grey, "Time"""
"With this book McPhee proves to be the most versatile journalist in America." --Editor's Choice, "The New York Times
"

It is a reviewer's greatest pleasure to ring the gong for a species of masterpiece. "Edward Hoagland, The New York Times Book Review"

Justly celebrated By showing us what Alaska is like, McPhee reminds us of what we have become. "The Washington Post Book World"

What is really in view in Coming into the Country is a matter not usually met in works of reportage . . . nothing less than the nature Of the human condition. "Benjamin De Mott, The Atlantic Monthly"

McPhee has acted as an antenna in a far-off place that few will see. He has brought back a wholly satisfying voyage of spirit and mind. "Paul Grey, Time"

With this book McPhee proves to be the most versatile journalist in America. "Editor's Choice, The New York Times""

It is a reviewer's greatest pleasure to ring the gong for a species of masterpiece. Edward Hoagland, The New York Times Book Review

Justly celebrated By showing us what Alaska is like, McPhee reminds us of what we have become. The Washington Post Book World

What is really in view in Coming into the Country is a matter not usually met in works of reportage . . . nothing less than the nature Of the human condition. Benjamin De Mott, The Atlantic Monthly

McPhee has acted as an antenna in a far-off place that few will see. He has brought back a wholly satisfying voyage of spirit and mind. Paul Grey, Time

With this book McPhee proves to be the most versatile journalist in America. Editor's Choice, The New York Times

"

"It is a reviewer's greatest pleasure to ring the gong for a species of masterpiece." --Edward Hoagland, The New York Times Book Review

"Justly celebrated...By showing us what Alaska is like, McPhee reminds us of what we have become." --The Washington Post Book World

"What is really in view in Coming into the Country is a matter not usually met in works of reportage . . . nothing less than the nature Of the human condition." --Benjamin De Mott, The Atlantic Monthly

"McPhee has acted as an antenna in a far-off place that few will see. He has brought back a wholly satisfying voyage of spirit and mind." --Paul Grey, Time

"With this book McPhee proves to be the most versatile journalist in America." --Editor's Choice, The New York Times

About the Author:

John McPhee is the author of more than 25 books, including Annals of the Former World, for which he received the Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction in 1999. He has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1965 and lives in Princeton, New Jersey. McPhee's Encounters with the Archdruid and The Curve of Binding Energy were both nominated for National Book Awards in the category of science.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0374126453
• ISBN 13: 9780374126452
• Binding: Hardcover