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The Best American Essays 1988 / edited and with an Introduction by Annie Dillard ; Robert Atwan, Series Editor.

Format Book and Print
Publication Info New York : Ticknor & Fields, 1988.
Copyright Notice ©1988
Descriptionxxii, 328 pages ; 22 cm.
Subject(s)
American essays--20th century.
Other author/creatorDillard, Annie author.
Other author/creatorAtwan, Robert author.
Other author/creatorMcConkey, James. Heroes among the barbarians.
Other author/creatorSettle, Mary Lee. London --1944.
Other author/creatorCarson, Anne, 1950- Kinds of water.
Other author/creatorGoldbarth, Albert After Yitzl.
Other author/creatorManchester, William, 1922-2004. Okinawa : the bloodiest battle of all.
Other author/creatorHynes, Samuel, 1924-2019 Feelng of flying.
Other author/creatorDanto, Arthur C., 1924-2013 Gettysburg.
Other author/creatorKittredge, William. Home.
Other author/creatorGarrett, George, 1929-2008 My two one-eyed coaches.
Other author/creatorCooper, Bernard. Beacons burning down.
Other author/creatorHorgan, Paul. Après-midi de Mary Garden.
Other author/creatorHardwick, Elizabeth Heart of the seasons.
Other author/creatorMitchell, Susan, 1944- Dreaming in publc: a Provincetown memoir.
Other author/creatorMunro, Eleanor C. On the pilgrim's pat to Lourdes.
Other author/creatorSelzer, Richard, 1928-2016. Mask on the Face of Death.
Other author/creatorMcClane, Kenneth A., 1951- Walls: a journey to Auburn.
Other author/creatorWozencraft, Kim. Notes from the Country Club.
Other author/creatorFraser, Russell A. Wadi-bashing in Arabia Deserta.
Other author/creatorKahn, E. J., Jr. (Ely Jacques), 1916-1994. Honorable Member for Houghton.
Other author/creatorSimic, Charles, 1938-2023 Reading philosophy at night.
Series Best American series
Best American series. ^A787203
Contents Foreword / Robert Atwan -- Introduction / Annie Dillard -- London -- 1944 / Mary Lee Settle -- Kinds of Water / Anne Carson -- After Yitzl / Albert Goldbarth -- Okinawa : The Bloodiest Battle of All / William Manchester -- The Feeling of Flying / Samuel Hynes -- Gettysburg / Arthur C. Danto -- Home / William Kittredge -- Heroes Among the Barbarians / James McConkey -- My Two One-Eyed Coaches / George Garrett -- Beacons Burning Down / Bernard Cooper -- L'Après-midi de Mary Garden / Paul Horgan -- The Heart of the Seasons / Elizabeth Hardwick -- Dreaming in Public : A Provincetown Memoir / Susan Mitchell -- On the Pilgrim's Path to Lourdes / Eleanor Munro -- A Mask on the Face of Death / Richard Selzer -- Walls : A Journey to Auburn / Kenneth A. McClane -- Notes from the Country Club / Kimberly Wozencraft -- Wadi-Bashing in Arabia Deserta / Russell Fraser -- The Honorable Member for Houghton / E.J. Kahn, Jr. -- Reading Philosophy at Night / Charles Simic -- Biographical notes -- Notable essays of 1987.
Abstract Compiles a selection of the best literary essays of the year 1987 which were originally published in American periodicals.
Local noteJoyner Wright Coll. copy. Paperback. Stuart Wright Book Collection #95.10. See also related manuscript material in the Stuart Wright Collection, #1169, in Joyner Library Special Collections.
Acquisitions source Joyner Wright Coll. copy purchased from Stuart Wright, 2011
ISBN0899197302 (pbk.)
ISBN9780899197302 (pbk.)
ISBN0899197299 (hc)
ISBN9780899197296 (hc)

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