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Silk parachute
Title:
Silk parachute
Author:
McPhee, John, 1931-
ISBN:
9780374263737
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.
Physical Description:
227 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents:
Silk parachute -- Season on the chalk -- Swimming with canoes -- Warming the jump seat -- Spin right and shoot left -- Under the cloth -- My life list -- Checkpoints -- Rip Van Golfer -- Nowheres.
Abstract:
Ten essays cover a wide range of topics, including recollections of the author's youth and discussions of lacrosse, long-exposure view-camera photography, weird foods he has been served, and a season in Europe.