- Coming into the Country
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Coming into the Country Author(s) John McPhee Country United States Language English Genre(s) Nonfiction Publisher Farrar, Straus, and Giroux Publication date 1976 Media type Print (Hardcover and Paperback) Pages 438 pp ISBN 0-37-412645-3 OCLC Number 3223527 Dewey Decimal 917.98/04/50924 LC Classification F910 .M29 1977 Coming into the Country is a 1976 book by John McPhee about Alaska and McPhee's travels through much of the state with bush pilots, prospectors, and settlers, as well as politicians and businesspeople who each interpret the state in different ways.
One of his most widely read books, Coming into the Country is divided into three sections, "At the Northern Tree Line: The Encircled River," "In Urban Alaska: What They Were Hunting For," and "In the Bush: Coming into the Country."
After the publication of Coming into the Country, The New York Times called McPhee "the most versatile journalist in America."
References
- Coming into the Country at John McPhee's web site
Categories:- 1976 books
- Alaska culture
- Non-fiction book stubs
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