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Irons in the Fire
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Irons in the Fire Hardcover - 1997

by John McPhee


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In this collection John McPhee once agains proves himself as a master observer of all arenas of life as well a powerful and important writer.

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  • Title Irons in the Fire
  • Author John McPhee
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 216
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
  • Date 1997
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780374177263 / 0374177260
  • Weight 0.84 lbs (0.38 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.58 x 5.76 x 0.91 in (21.79 x 14.63 x 2.31 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96032358
  • Dewey Decimal Code 081

About the author

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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