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The John McPhee Reader

by John McPhee · 1976

Selections from John McPhee's first twelve books, edited with an introduction by William L. Howarth.

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Personal formative reading. Source date is transcript publication, not recording. McPhee retailer paperback is June1982, later than original1976; no edition-specific endorsement inferred. Unnamed biography excluded. Catalog summary, no excerpt copied.

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