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A Roomful of Hovings and Other Profiles
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A Roomful of Hovings and Other Profiles Tapa dura - 1968

de John McPhee


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In this unique book, John McPhee takes us into the world of several fascinating people. His inimitable style reveals the intricate details of his characters' lives. 1. Thomas P. F. Hoving
2. Euell Gibbons
3. M.I.T. Fellows in Africa
4. Robert Twynam, of Wimbledon
5. Temple Fielding

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  • Título A Roomful of Hovings and Other Profiles
  • Autor John McPhee
  • Encuadernación Tapa dura
  • Edición First Edition
  • Páginas 256
  • Volúmenes 1
  • Idioma ENG
  • Editorial Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  • Fecha de publicación 1968-10
  • ISBN 9780374252083 / 0374252084
  • Peso 1.02 libras (0.46 kg)
  • Dimensiones 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.75 pulgadas (21.59 x 13.97 x 1.91 cm)
  • Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 68023746
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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John McPhee was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and was educated at Princeton University and Cambridge University. His writing career began at Time magazine and led to his long association with The New Yorker, where he has been a staff writer since 1965. Also in 1965, he published his first book, A Sense of Where You Are, with Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and in the years since, he has written nearly 30 books, including Oranges (1967), Coming into the Country (1977), The Control of Nature (1989), The Founding Fish (2002), Uncommon Carriers (2007), and Silk Parachute (2011). Encounters with the Archdruid (1972) and The Curve of Binding Energy (1974) were nominated for National Book Awards in the category of science. McPhee received the Award in Literature from the Academy of Arts and Letters in 1977. In 1999, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Annals of the Former World. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
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