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First published in book form 1985, Table of Contents is a collection of eight pieces written by John McPhee between 1981 and 1984. Geographically and thematically, they range from Alaska to New Jersey, describing, for example, the arrival of telephones in a small village near the Arctic Circle and t...

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Main Author: McPhee, John, 1931-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, [1985]
Physical Description:
293 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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505 0 |a Under the snow -- A textbook place for bears -- Riding the boom extension -- Heirs of general practice -- Open man -- Ice pond -- Minihydro -- North of the C.P. line. 
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