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PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux

ISBN-100374514429

ISBN-139780374514426

eBay Product ID (ePID)124668

Product Key Features

Book TitlePine Barrens

Number of Pages176 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1978

TopicEcosystems & Habitats / Wilderness, Plants / Trees, Ecosystems & Habitats / Forests & Rainforests, United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa)

IllustratorGraves, James, Yes

GenreNature, Travel

AuthorJohn Mcphee

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight6 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN67-022439

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ReviewsIt will be a long time before another book appears to equal the literary quality and human compassion of this one., An outstanding reading experience."—Natural History Using his fine eye, great ear and good heart" (Newsday), McPhee "tells how this geographic anomaly has come to be, describes its people and their distinctive folklore, and captures something of the dreamlike quality of this incredibly quiet land in the midst of the noisy clutter of mechanical civilization." —Kansas City Star It will be a long time before another book appears to equal the literary quality and human compassion of this one."—The New York Times Book Review, Using his fine eye, great ear and good heart" (Newsday), McPhee "tells how this geographic anomaly has come to be, describes its people and their distinctive folklore, and captures something of the dreamlike quality of this incredibly quiet land in the midst of the noisy clutter of mechanical civilization., "An outstanding reading experience." -- Natural History "Using his fine eye, great ear and good heart" (Newsday), McPhee "tells how this geographic anomaly has come to be, describes its people and their distinctive folklore, and captures something of the dreamlike quality of this incredibly quiet land in the midst of the noisy clutter of mechanical civilization." -- Kansas City Star "It will be a long time before another book appears to equal the literary quality and human compassion of this one." -- The New York Times Book Review, "An outstanding reading experience."- Natural History "Using his fine eye, great ear and good heart" (Newsday), McPhee "tells how this geographic anomaly has come to be, describes its people and their distinctive folklore, and captures something of the dreamlike quality of this incredibly quiet land in the midst of the noisy clutter of mechanical civilization." - Kansas City Star "It will be a long time before another book appears to equal the literary quality and human compassion of this one."- The New York Times Book Review

Table Of Content1. The Woods from Hog Wallow 2. The Vanished Towns 3. The Separate World 4. The Air Tune 5. The Capital of the Pines 6. The Turn of Events 7. Fire in the Pines 8. The Fox Handles the Day 9. Vision

SynopsisMost 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. The term refers to the predominant trees in the vast forests that cover the area and to the quality of the soils below, which are too sandy and acid to be good for farming. On all sides, however, developments of one kind or another have gradually moved in, so that now the central and integral forest is reduced to about a thousand square miles. 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.