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Title:

The best American essays 2002 / edited and with an introduction by Stephen Jay Gould ; Robert Atwan, series editor.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Co.,

Copyright Date:

2002

Description:

xvii, 376 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

American essays--20th century.

Other Authors:

Gould, Stephen Jay.
Atwan, Robert.

Contents:

The Moonrise / Penny Wolfson. Turning point / Rudolph Chelminski -- Winner take nothing / Bernard Cooper -- The countess of Stanlein Restored / Nicholas Delbanco -- Welcome to cancerland / Barbara Ehrenreich -- My father's brain / Jonathan Franzen -- Final cut / Atul Gawande -- Who we are / David Halberstam -- For patriot dreams / Christopher Hitchens -- The lion in winter / Sebastian Junger -- Fire / Amy Kolen -- The anti-Jefferson / Andrew Levy -- The price we pay / Adam Mayblum -- College : the end of the golden age / Louis Menand -- Out of the ordinary / Cullen Murphy -- Merced / Danielle Ofri -- Busted in New York / Darryle Pinckney -- Word on the street / Richard Price and Anne Hudson-Price -- Matriculation fixation / Joe Queenan -- Inside the bunker / John Sack -- Why literature? / Mario Vargas Llosa -- The meaning of Timothy McVeigh / Gore Vidal -- The dramaturgy of death / Garry Wills -- Moonrise / Penny Wolfson.

Series:

The Best American series, 0888-3742

ISBN:

9780618213887
9780618049325 (pbk.)
0618049320 (pbk.)
9780618213887 (hbk.) :
0618213880 (hbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)50771774

Locations:

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

SKPC094 -- Sumner Public Library (Sumner)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)