Coming into the Country

1976 book by John McPhee

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Coming into the Country

First edition

Author| John McPhee
Language| English
Genre| Nonfiction
Publisher| Farrar, Straus, and Giroux

Publication date

| December 1, 1977
Publication place| United States
Media type| Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages| 438 pp
ISBN| 0-374-12645-3
OCLC| 3223527

Dewey Decimal

| 917.98/04/50924
LC Class| 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".

Like all of McPhee's books, Coming into the Country started out as an outline that he proceeded to fill in. It is McPhee's best-selling book.[1]

After the publication of Coming into the Country, The New York Times called McPhee "the most versatile journalist in America".[2]

## See also

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* Going to Extremes, a book by Joe McGinniss which covers much of the same subject matter and time frame

## References

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1. ^ Sims, Norman (1996). "John McPhee" (PDF). Dictionary of Literary Biography, American Literary Journalists, 1945–1995. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
2. ^ "New York Times". November 27, 1977. ProQuest 123039617.

## External links

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* Coming into the Country at the http://us.macmillan.com web site

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