| The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2000 Edition Contributor(s): Quammen, David (Author), Bilger, Burkhard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0618082956 ISBN-13: 9780618082957 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $18.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2000 Annotation: The editors have assembled selections from a remarkable group of writers--from John McPhee to Oliver Sacks to Wendell Berry--whose work have appeared in such periodicals as "National Geographic, Science", and "The New Yorker". |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Essays - Science | Essays |
| Dewey: 508 |
| LCCN: 00213820 |
| Series: Best American Science & Nature Writing |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.80 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With The Best American Science and Nature Writing, Houghton Mifflin expands its stellar Best American series with a volume that honors our long and distinguished history of publishing the best writers in these fields. David Quammen, together with series editor Burkhard Bilger, has assembled a remarkable group of writers whose selections appeared in periodicals from NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, SCIENCE, and THE NEW YORKER to PUERTO DEL SOL and DOUBLETAKE. Among the acclaimed writers represented in this volume are Richard Preston on "The Demon in the Freezer," John McPhee bidding "Farewell to the Nineteeth Century," Oliver Sacks remembering the "Brilliant Light" of his boyhood, and Wendell Berry going "Back to the Land." Also including such literary lights as Anne Fadiman, David Guterson, Edward Hoagland, Natalie Angier, and Peter Matthiessen, this new collection presents selections bound together by their timelessness. |