Pieces of the frame
By: John McPhee.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 1975
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780374232818; 9780374514983
Description: Pieces of the Frame is a gathering of memorable writings by one of the greatest journalists and storytellers of our time. They take the reader from the backwoods roads of Georgia, to the high altitude of Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico from the social decay of Atlantic City, to Scotland, where a pilgrimage for art's sake leads to a surprising encounter with history on a hilltop with a view of a fifth of the entire country. McPhee's writing is more than informative these are stories, artful and full of character, that make compelling reading. They play with and against one another, so that Pieces of the Frame is distinguished as much by its unity as by its variety. Subjects familiar to McPhee's readers-sports, Scotland, conservation-are treated here with intimacy and a sense of the writer at work.
Table of contents: title: Travels in Georgia; title: Reading the river; title: The search for Marvin Gardens; title: Pieces of the frame; title: Josie's well; title: From Birnam Wood to Dunsinane; title: Basketball and beefeaters; title: Centre court; title: Firewood; title: Ranger; title: Ruidoso.