| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
ix, 277 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Farm: Good-bye to forty-eighth street -- Home-coming -- A report in spring -- Death of a pig -- Eye of Edna -- Coon tree -- A report in January -- Winter of the great snows -- Riposte -- Geese -- 2. Planet: Letter from the East -- Bedfellows -- Sootfall and fallout -- Unity -- 3. City: World of tomorrow -- Here is New York -- 4. Florida: On a Florida Key -- Ring of time -- What do our hearts treasure? -- 5. Memories: Afternoon of an American boy -- Farewell, my love! -- Years of wonder -- Once more to the lake -- 6. Diversions and obsessions: Sea and the wind that blows -- Railroad -- 7. Books, men, and writing: St. Nicholas League -- A slight sound at evening -- Some remarks on humor -- Don Marquis -- Will Strunk -- Mr. Forbush's friends. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Summary |
Thirty-one of E.B. White's essays grouped under such headings as "The Farm," "The Planet," "Memories," and "Books, Men, and Writing." |
| Subject |
American essays -- 20th century.
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American essays. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Indexed Term |
Essays in English American writers, 1900-1945 - Texts |
| Added Title |
Essays https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006026496
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| Other Form: |
Online version: White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985. Essays. Essays of E.B. White. 1st ed. New York : Harper & Row, c1977 (OCoLC)644575613 |
| ISBN |
0060145765 |
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9780060145767 |
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