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The Pine Barrens
by McPhee, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374233608
- ISBN 13
- 9780374233600
- Seller
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La Grande, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Graves, James. Sixth printing (1975). Association copy, charmingly inscribed on the title page to neighbors in Princeton: "For the Westoffs, from their own personal pine planter, of Drake's Corner Road, best, John, 9/18/75." Thats McPhee's street. One can imagine him standing in this planter with pen in hand and glancing up at the trees. Charles Westoff was professor of demography and sociology at Princeton, and so McPhee's colleague. Leslie Westoff was a firebrand feminist author who published four books as well as pieces in The New York Times and New York Magazine among other places. She and Charles co-authored From Now to Zero, a book about population growth. Another book was about remarrying: The Second Time Around. Her first marriage was to John Aldridge, a notable literary critic who also taught at Princeton in the 50s before ending up at the University of Michigan. The book is in very good condition only because of a speckling of foxing to the top of the text block. The jacket is near fine. Additionally signed in full on the title page. A rare association copy that brings together an interesting cast of Princeton characters. Please inquire for photos.
Synopsis
Most people think of New Jersey as a suburban-industrial corridor that runs between New York and Philadelphia. Yet in the low center of the state is a near wilderness, larger than most national parks, which has been known since the seventeenth century as the Pine Barrens. Although New Jersey has the heaviest population density of any state, huge segments of the Pine Barrens remain uninhabited. The few people who dwell in the region, the "Pineys," are little known and often misunderstood. Here McPhee uses his uncanny skills as a journalist to explore the history of the region and describe the people—and their distinctive folklore—who call it home. - Publisher’s Site
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- Rural Hours
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ABE-1593626407798
- Title
- The Pine Barrens
- Author
- McPhee, John
- Illustrator
- Graves, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374233608
- ISBN 13
- 9780374233600
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
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