{"product_id":"the-princeton-anthology-of-writing-favorite-pieces-by-the-ferrismcgraw-writers-at-princeton-university-9780691086811","title":"The Princeton Anthology of Writing: Favorite Pieces by the Ferris\/McGraw Writers at Princeton University","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1957--long before colleges awarded degrees in creative nonfiction and back when newspaper writing's reputation was tainted by the fish it wrapped--Princeton began honoring talented literary journalists. Since then, fifty-nine of the finest, most dedicated, and most decorated nonfiction writers have held the Ferris and McGraw professorships. This monumental volume harbors their favorite and often most influential works. Each contribution is rewarding reading, and collectively the selections validate journalism's ascent into the esteem of the academy and the reading public. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Necessarily eclectic and delightfully idiosyncratic, the fifty-nine pieces are long and short, political and personal, comic and deadly serious. Students will be provoked by William Greider's pointed critique of the democracy industry, eerily entertained by Leslie Cockburn's fraternization with the Cali cartel, inspired by David K. Shipler's thoughts on race, unsettled by Haynes Johnson's account of Bay of Pigs survivors, and moved by Lucinda Frank's essay on a mother fighting to save a child born with birth defects. Many of the essays are finely crafted portraits: Charlotte Grimes's biography of her grandmother, Blair Clark's obituary for Robert Lowell, and Jane Kramer's affecting story of a woman hero of the French Resistance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Other contributions to savor include Harrison Salisbury on the siege of Leningrad, Landon Jones on the 1950s, Christopher Wren on Soviet mountaineering, James Gleick on technology, Gloria Emerson on Vietnam, Gina Kolata on Fermat's last theorem, and Roger Mudd on the media. Whether approached chronologically, thematically, randomly, or, as the editors order them, more intuitively, each suggests a perfect evening reading. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Designed for students as well as general readers, \u003ci\u003eThe Princeton Anthology of Writing\u003c\/i\u003e splendidly attests to the elegance, eloquence, and endurance of fine nonfiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John McPhee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.14w x 0.98d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691086811\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/23\/2001 pg. 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn McPhee\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of twenty-five books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Control of Nature, Irons in the Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAnnals of the Former World\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1999. \u003cb\u003eCarol Rigolot\u003c\/b\u003e is the Executive Director of the Council of the Humanities at Princeton University. She is a faculty member in the Romance Languages department, specializing in twentieth-century French literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40087127654515,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":57.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_6cd872f9-778c-4373-80e4-677546b3cb3f.jpg?v=1652538379","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-princeton-anthology-of-writing-favorite-pieces-by-the-ferrismcgraw-writers-at-princeton-university-9780691086811","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}