McPhee, John 1931- (John Angus McPhee)

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McPhee, John 1931- (John Angus McPhee)

PERSONAL:

Born March 8, 1931, in Princeton, NJ; son of Harry Roemer (a physician for Princeton University athletes) and Mary McPhee; married Pryde Brown, March 16, 1957 (marriage ended); married Yolanda Whitman (a horticulturist), March 8, 1972; children: (first marriage) Laura, Sarah, Jenny, Martha; (stepchildren) Cole, Andrew, Katherine, Vanessa Harrop. Education: Princeton University, A.B., 1953; graduate study at Cambridge University, 1953-54.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Princeton, NJ. Office—c/o New Yorker, 25 W. 43rd St., New York, NY 10036.

CAREER:

Author. Playwright for "Robert Montgomery Presents" television show, 1955-57; Time magazine, New York, NY, associate editor, 1957-64; New Yorker magazine, New York, NY, staff writer, 1964—; Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, Ferris Professor of Journalism, 1975—.

MEMBER:

Geological Society of America (fellow), American Academy of Arts and Letters.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Award in Literature, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 1977; Litt. D., Bates College, 1978, Colby College, 1978, Williams College, 1979, University of Alaska, 1980, College of William and Mary, 1988, and Sc.D. Rutgers University, 1988, and Maine Maritime Academy, 1992; American Association of Petroleum Geologists Journalism Award, 1982, 1986; Woodrow Wilson Award, Princeton University, 1982; John Wesley Powell Award, United States Geological Survey, 1988; John Burroughs Medal, 1990; Walton Sullivan Award, American Geophysical Union, 1993; Pulitzer Prize, Nonfiction, 1999, for Annals of the Former World.

WRITINGS:

NONFICTION

A Sense of Where You Are: A Profile of William Warren Bradley, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (New York, NY), 1965.

The Headmaster: Frank L. Boyden of Deerfield, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, NY), 1966.

Oranges, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (New York, NY), 1967.

The Pine Barrens, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, NY), 1968.

A Roomful of Hovings and Other Profiles (collection), Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, NY), 1969.

The Crofter and the Laird, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, NY), 1969.

Levels of the Game, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, NY), 1970.

Encounters with the Archdruid (also see below), Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, NY), 1972.

Wimbledon: A Celebration, photographs by Alfred Eisenstaedt, Viking (New York, NY), 1972.

The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, NY), 1973.

The Curve of Binding Energy, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, NY), 1974.

Pieces of the Frame (collection), Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, NY), 1975.

The Survival of the Bark Canoe, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, NY), 1975.

The John McPhee Reader, edited by William Howarth, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, NY), 1977.

Coming into the Country, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, NY), 1977.

Giving Good Weight (collection), Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, NY), 1979.

(With Rowell Galen) Alaska: Images of the Country, Sierra (South Lake Tahoe, CA), 1981.

Basin and Range (also see below), Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, NY), 1981.

In Suspect Terrain (also see below), Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, NY), 1983.

Heirs of General Practice, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, NY), 1984.

Annals of the Former World (contains Basin and Range and In Suspect Terrain), two volumes, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, NY), 1984.

La Place de la Concorde Suisse, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, NY), 1984.

Table of Contents (collection), Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, NY), 1985.

Rising from the Plains (also see below), Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, NY), 1986.

Outcroppings (includes portions of Encounters with the Archdruid, Basin and Range, and Rising from the Plains), photographs by Tom Till, Peregrine Smith (Layton, UT), 1988.

The Control of Nature, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, NY), 1989.

Looking for a Ship, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, NY), 1990.

Assembling California, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, NY), 1993.

The Ransom of Russian Art, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, NY), 1994.

The Second John McPhee Reader, edited by David Remnick and Patricia Strachan, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, NY), 1996.

Irons in the Fire, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, NY), 1997.

(Editor, with Carol Rigolot) The Princeton Anthology of Writing: Favorite Pieces by the Ferris/McGraw Writers at Princeton University, Princeton University Press (Princeton, NJ), 2001.

The Founding Fish, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, NY), 2002.

Uncommon Carriers, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, NY), 2006.

SIDELIGHTS:

John McPhee is an acclaimed journalist and writer of nonfiction works covering an incredible variety of topics. No matter what his subject is, McPhee is able to create an essay that is both "interesting and artistic," asserted Norman Sims in the Dictionary of Literary Biography. Sims further declared that his "clear prose" provides a benchmark that should be followed by other literary journalists.

Many critics have agreed that the appeal of McPhee's nonfiction books, mostly collections of his New Yorker articles, lies in their offbeat subject matter. At times it appears that the author intentionally picks subjects that don't seem like they would be interesting enough to write about, "just to show what he can do with them," remarked New Republic reviewer Richard Horwich. Sims called McPhee's range of subjects "unprecedented" in its variety.

One of the author's early books, Oranges, illustrates Horwich's point. The volume delves into the history, growth cycles, and manufacture of that one citrus fruit. Another work, The Survival of the Bark Canoe, is "the best book on bark canoes," according to a Time critic. The book introduces canoemaker Henri Vaillencourt, and not long into the story the reader becomes "drawn irresistibly" to the intricacies of the making of bark canoes, wrote Christopher Lehmann-Haupt in the New York Times.

McPhee is regarded by many as a gifted liaison between the specialist and the lay reader. He shows a "pleasantly flexible technique," as Michiko Kakutani of the New York Times Book Review explained it. Many critics believe one of McPhee's strongest works is Coming into the Country, in which the author presents an insider's view of one of America's last frontiers—Alaska. The volume consists of "three lengthy bulletins" about Alaska, according to Time critic Paul Gray. The first concerns a canoe trip down an Alaskan river taken by McPhee and four friends; the second essay relates the story of a helicopter ride the author took with a group of businesspeople staking out a new location for the state capital; the third essay details life in the tiny town of Eagle during the course of several winter months.

Edward Hoagland, who characterized McPhee as no "risk-taker" in his early books, declared in the New York Times Book Review of Coming into the Country that McPhee "introduced a new generosity of tempo to his work."

McPhee has also produced several books on American geology, including Basin and Range and In Suspect Terrain. Basin and Range begins with McPhee taking a "deceptively simple" road trip across the United States, observed Los Angeles Times critic Carolyn See. The author is accompanied by an accomplished geologist who points out the vast history of various western rock formations, and the "ideas do tumble out," according to Lehmann-Haupt in another New York Times article.

Among the theories discussed in Basin and Range is one suggesting that moving segments of the earth, both on land and in the oceans, will eventually cause the west coast of America to break off into the Pacific, making California an island, as Evan Connell explained in a Washington Post Book World review. McPhee covers these theories with ease. "His tone is affable, his meandering appropriate," noted Connell.

In Suspect Terrain, McPhee's follow-up to Basin and Range, explores the geological relationships in urban areas, including a study of the geology of Brooklyn. Serving as a travelogue of sorts, In Suspect Terrain is "a most instructive book," found Wallace Stegner, in the Los Angeles Times.

According to T.H. Watkins of the Washington Post Book World, McPhee's Basin and Range, In Suspect Terrain, Rising from the Plains, and Assembling California form a "four-volume literary pilgrimage." McPhee's mentor in Assembling California, Eldridge Moores, is a world-class tectonicist who demonstrates himself as an "imaginative and articulate guide." Watkins referred to the book as "lucid."

A chance encounter on a train with Norton Dodge led McPhee to write about the economics professor's unusual art collection. The Ransom of Russian Art relates how Dodge came to own 9,000 pieces of art by 600 dissident Soviet artists, describes the Soviet persecution of artists from the mid-1950s to the end of the Communist era, and profiles painter Evgeny Rukhin and other artists. The book includes illustrations of many of the pieces of art. Some critics were disappointed by McPhee's coverage of the artwork, finding that the author "never alights on any one artist or idea for very long," commented Harlow Robinson in the New York Times Book Review. McPhee takes on the somewhat unusual role as a regular investigative reporter, noted Sims, as he grills Dodge on his association with the CIA, asks about his smuggling activities, and questions where a college professor obtained the millions of dollars required for this enterprise.

McPhee returns to his examination of nature and geology in Irons in the Fire. This collection of seven New Yorker essays include "Duty of Care," which tells the story of the biggest tire dump in the country, and "Travels of the Rock," which follows a contractor hired to fix cracks that have surfaced on Plymouth Rock. Other essays chronicle a blind English professor who uses a computer with speech-recognition software, a group of forensic geologists, and cattle rustlers from Nevada. Overall, critics gave the book positive reviews, citing McPhee's engaging writing style and genuine curiosity in his subjects. Irons in the Fire is full of essays that are "warm and welcoming," wrote Scott Berinato in a review for Earth. The collection is so strong because of the author's "unflappable curiosity and openness to experience," noted one Publishers Weekly contributor.

From deciphering technological jargon to exploring the surface and depths of the earth, McPhee continues to elucidate his fascination and concern for the environment in The Control of Nature, a work comprised of three examples of the battles humans wage against the forces of nature. The key to making these seemingly dry and involved topics both gripping and understandable "is McPhee himself," reported Chicago Tribune critic Kerry Luft. From a "tragic" Louisiana situation in which attempts are made to divert the Mississippi River, to the "comic opera" of attempts to save an Icelandic town from destruction by a flow of lava, the story begins to imitate the "rhythms of the natural flows it describes," remarked New York Times Book Review critic Stephen Pyne. The critic concluded that The Control of Nature "is a fascinating, if sometimes disjointed, report."

McPhee may have won widespread acclaim for his nonfiction, but in a New York Times Book Review interview with Stephen Singular, he reveals that his early career interests included a variety of genres, including poetry and fiction in college, and later on plays written for television. Discussing the inspiration for his articles, McPhee noted that he often draws ideas from experiences he has had in his own life. As for the criticism that his work does not include enough personal material, the author said that the criticism misses the point of what he is trying to do in his writing. "Fundamentally, I'm a working journalist and I've got to go out and work," he said. When questioned during a Los Angeles Times interview on the absence of moral judgments in his works, McPhee responded, "I want the judgments to be performed by the reader."

In contrast, a critic for Kirkus Reviews noted a shift toward a more personal perspective in McPhee's The Founding Fish. The critic praised McPhee for first allowing the reader to see things from the fish's perspective, and then from McPhee's, "which is a surprise and a pleasure." This book's subject matter is the Alosa sapidissima, commonly known as the American shad and one of the most primitive of all fish. These fish leave the ocean in hundreds of thousands each year to make their long, arduous journey up river to spawn. McPhee, a long-time angler of the fish (its name means "most savory") traces its history, its place in nature and—of all things—its place in American history: George Washington fed them to his starving soldiers at Valley Forge, and fished them commercially, catching 7,760 in 1771. The fish made a cameo appearance in the life of Henry David Thoreau and played a role in the murder of Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth.

Donna Seaman wrote in Booklist that in this work the author is full of information as usual but also "funny, unusually self-revealing, and quite passionate." BookPage contributor Bruce Tierney felt that it reflected well on McPhee's talent as a writer and as a reporter that he could take a topic like American shad and make it a fascinating read. McPhee gives plenty of factual information to make the more academic readers happy, "while writing an easy conversational style." he commented.

Switching gears again from the world of geology and nature, in 2006's Uncommon Carriers. McPhee takes on the business of logistics and freight. Focusing on a different form of freight in each essay, he follows a railroad engineer, an interstate truck driver and a towboat captain, among others. Having traveled personally with each carrier while researching his stories, McPhee illustrates the skills and vibrant personalities of these workers as they conduct their business. In one essay, a ship captain parallel parks his 700-foot ship in a space only fifty feet longer than the vessel. In another, McPhee shows how trucker Dan Ainsworth calculates factors like fuel weight, road distances and the weight of the chemicals he carries to determine if he will surpass the weigh stations' weight limit. As a reporter and a writer, McPhee continues to demonstrate that he is "acutely attentive" to his subjects, observed Booklist contributor Gilbert Taylor. Overall, Uncommon Carriers is simply "a pleasure to read," noted Brigeen Radoicich in a review for the School Library Journal.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

BOOKS

Anderson, Chris, Style as Argument: Contemporary American Nonfiction, Southern Illinois University Press (Carbondale, IL), 1987.

Anderson, Chris, editor, Literary Nonfiction: Theory, Criticism, Pedagogy, Southern Illinois University Press (Carbondale, IL), 1989, p. 70.

Contemporary Literary Criticism, Volume 36, Thomson Gale (Detroit, MI), 1986.

Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 185: American Literary Journalists, 1945-1995, First Series, Thomson Gale (Detroit, MI), 1997.

Pearson, Michael, John McPhee, Twayne (New York, NY), 1997.

Sims, Norman, editor, The Literary Journalists, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1984, p. 3.

Sims, Norman, editor, Literary Journalism in the Twentieth Century, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1990, p. 191.

Sims, Norman, and Mark Kramer, editors, Literary Journalism, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1995, p. 3.

Weber, Ronald, editor, The Literature of Fact: Literary Nonfiction in American Writing, Ohio University Press (Athens, OH), 1980.

PERIODICALS

50 Plus, August, 1979, Maggie Paley, review of Coming into the Country, p. 43; December, 1981, Maggie Paley, review of The Pine Barrens, p. 56.

AB Bookman's Weekly, January 25, 1982, review of Coming into the Country, p. 571.

Alaska, April, 1978, review of Coming into the Country, p. 70.

America, February 5, 1977, review of The John McPhee Reader, p. 115; June 3, 1978, Daniel Coogan, review of Coming into the Country, p. 450; April 3, 1982, Thomas L. Sheridan, review of Basin and Range, p. 266.

American Forests, November, 1971, review of Encounters with the Archdruid, p. 35.

American Scientist, September, 1998, review of Annals of the Former World, p. 477.

American Spectator, February, 1986, review of Table of Contents, p. 53.

American West, September-October, 1978, Ted C. Hinckley, review of Coming into the Country, p. 53; January-February, 1982, Paul Damon, review of Basin and Range, p. 63; July-August, 1982, review of Alaska: Images of the Country, p. 67; August, 1989, review of Outcroppings, p. 10.

Antioch Review, spring, 1983, review of In Suspect Terrain, p. 249.

Artforum International, November, 1995, Andrew Solomon, review of The Ransom of Russian Art, p. 18.

Atlantic Monthly, January, 1978, Benjamin DeMott, review of Coming into the Country, p. 91; May, 1981, Amy Meeker, review of Basin and Range, p. 82.

Audubon, May, 1988, Frank Graham Jr., review of Coming into the Country, p. 22; November, 1998, review of Annals of the Former World, p. 104.

Best Sellers, February 1, 1969, review of A Roomful of Hovings and Other Profiles, p. 439; September 15, 1970, review of Levels of the Game, p. 238; February 1, 1973, review of Encounters with the Archdruid, p. 503; March, 1978, review of Coming into the Country, p. 387; April, 1981, review of Basin and Range, p. 36; April, 1983, review of In Suspect Terrain, p. 32; July, 1984, review of La Place de la Concorde Suisse, p. 152; November, 1985, review of Table of Contents, p. 317.

Biography, winter, 2002, review of Annals of the Former World, p. 45; summer, 2006, Adam Hochschild, review of Uncommon Carriers, p. 555.

Blair & Ketchum's Country Journal, September, 1981, Kevin T. Dann, review of Basin and Range, p. 119; January, 1982, review of Alaska, p. 96; August, 1986, Alan Pistorius, review of Table of Contents, p. 16.

Bloomsbury Review, January, 1990, reviews of Rising from the Plains, In Suspect Terrain, and Basin and Range, p. 17.

Book, November-December, 2002, Beth Kephart, review of The Founding Fish, p. 84.

Booklist, September 1, 1968, review of The Pine Barrens, p. 41; June 1, 1969, review of A Roomful of Hovings and Other Profiles, p. 1111; January 1, 1970, review of Levels of the Game, p. 535; September 15, 1970, review of The Crofter and the Laird, p. 81; October 1, 1971, review of Encounters with the Archdruid, p. 122; September 1, 1973, review of The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed, p. 19; September 1, 1974, review of The Curve of Binding Energy, p. 9; June 15, 1975, review of Pieces of the Frame, p. 1039; October 15, 1975, review of The Survival of the Bark Canoe, p. 272; February 1, 1977, review of The John McPhee Reader, p. 750; December 15, 1977, review of Coming into the Country, p. 659; January 1, 1980, review of Giving Good Weight, p. 638; February 15, 1981, review of Basin and Range, p. 776; February 15, 1983, review of In Suspect Terrain, p. 745; March 1, 1984, review of La Place de la Concorde Suisse, p. 907; September 1, 1985, review of Table of Contents, p. 7; January 1, 1986, review of In Suspect Terrain, p. 680; August 1986, review of Rising from the Plains, p. 1635; January 15, 1989, review of Outcroppings, p. 832; March 1, 1989, review of The Control of Nature, p. 1053; July, 1990, review of Looking for a Ship, p. 2043; September 15, 1990, review of Coming into the Country, p. 106; December 1, 1992, Donna Seaman, review of Assembling California, p. 633; January 15, 1994, review of Assembling California, p. 862; April 15, 1994, review of Assembling California, p. 1547; October 1, 1994, Donna Seaman, review of The Ransom of Russian Art, p. 186; February 15, 1996, Benjamin Segedin, review of The Second John McPhee Reader, p. 964; July, 1997, Karen Harris, review of The Second John McPhee Reader, p. 1830; January 1, 1997, Donna Seaman, review of Irons in the Fire, p. 777; March 15, 1997, Alice Joyce, "John McPhee," p. 1221; April, 1998, Donna Seaman, review of Annals of the Former World, p. 1276; December 1, 1999, Gilbert Taylor, review of Annals of the Former World, p. 677; December 1, 2000, Karen Harris, review of Basin and Range and In Suspect Terrain, p. 741; July, 2002, review of The Founding Fish, p. 1799; September 1, 2002, Donna Seaman, review of The Founding Fish, p. 3; April 15, 2006, Gilbert Taylor, review of Uncommon Carriers, p. 4.

Bookmarks, September-October, 2006, review of Uncommon Carriers, p. 50.

BookPage, October, 2002, review of The Founding Fish, p. 6.

Books & Bookman, October, 1972, review of The Crofter and the Laird, p. 30; May, 1985, review of The Swiss Army, p. 22.

Books of the Times, December, 1979, review of Giving Good Weight, p. 575; July, 1981, review of Basin and Range, p. 334.

Bookwatch, January, 1992, review of Looking for a Ship, p. 5; March, 1997, "Reader," p. 8; August, 1998, review of Annals of the Former World, p. 50.

Book World, August 15, 1971, review of Encounters with the Archdruid, p. 4; June 25, 1972, review of Wimbledon, p. 4; March 13, 1977, review of The Survival of the Bark Canoe, p. 7; June 5, 1977, review of The Survival of the Bark Canoe, p. 4; November 20, 1977, review of Encounters with the Archdruid, p. 4; January 22, 1978, review of Coming into the Country, p. 1; January 14, 1979, review of Coming into the Country, p. 2; September 21, 1980, review of Giving Good Weight, p. 12; April 19, 1981, review of Basin and Range, p. 4; January 30, 1983, review of Coming into the Country, p. 10; March 13, 1983, review of In Suspect Terrain, p. 6; October 15, 1985, review of Table of Contents, p. 10; November 9, 1986, review of Rising from the Plains, p. 8; April 1, 1990, review of Coming into the Country and The Control of Nature, p. 8; September 2, 1990, review of Encounter with the Archdruid, p. 12; September 9, 1990, review of Looking for a Ship, p. 1; May 24, 1992, review of Levels of the Game, p. 15; March 7, 1993, review of Assembling California, p. 5; February 27, 1994, review of Assembling California, p. 12; December 4, 1994, review of The Ransom of Russian Art, p. 14; March 12, 1995, review of The Ransom of Russian Art, p. 13; April 13, 1997, review of Irons in the Fire, p. 13; June 28, 1998, review of Annals of the Former World, p. 13; September 26, 1999, review of A Sense of Where You Are, p. 10; April 23, 2000, review of Coming into the Country, p. 3; September 15, 2002, review of The Founding Fish, p. 5; October 27, 2002, review of The Founding Fish, p. 9; July 9, 2006, Jason Goodwin, review of Uncommon Carriers, p. 10.

British Book News, July, 1987, review of Rising from the Plains, p. 411.

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, October, 1974, review of The Curve of Binding Energy, p. 49; October, 1984, review of La Place de la Concorde Suisse, p. 42.

Business Week, December 19, 1977, review of Coming into the Country, p. 11.

Canadian Yachting, March-April, 1991, review of Looking for a Ship, p. 37.

Catholic Library World, March, 1972, review of Encounters with the Archdruid, p. 421.

Catholic World, December, 1969, review of Levels of the Game, p. 144.

Changing Times, April, 1979, review of Coming into the Country, p. 38.

Chicago Tribune, August 27, 1989, Kerry Luft, review of The Control of Nature, p. 7.

Choice, January, 1970, review of Levels of the Game, p. 1614; September, 1972, review of Wimbledon, p. 840; November, 1974, review of The Curve of Binding Energy, p. 1334; June, 1977, review of The John McPhee Reader, p. 518; September, 1981, review of Basin and Range, p. 112; February, 1989, review of Outcroppings, p. 960; February, 1999, J.T. Andrews, review of Annals of the Former World, p. 1088.

Christian Century, May 18, 1977, review of The Survival of the Bark Canoe, p. 485.

Christian Science Monitor, February 1, 1969, review of A Roomful of Hovings and other Profiles, p. 9; July 9, 1970, review of The Crofter and the Laird, p. 13; September 30, 1971, review of Encounters with the Archdruid, p. 8; May 24, 1972, review of Wimbledon, p. 11; August 8, 1973, review of The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed, p. 11; December 21, 1977, review of Coming into the Country, p. 19; September 18, 1978, review of The Crofter and the Laird and The Pine Barrens, p. 12; January 8, 1979, review of Coming into the Country, p. 5; November 13, 1979, Victor Burg, review of Giving Good Weight, p. 3; February 10, 1982, Stewart McBride, review of Alaska and The Pine Barrens, p. 17; June 11, 1982, review of Basin and Range, p. 4; March 11, 1983, Pamala Marsh, review of In Suspect Terrain, p. 17; March 2, 1984, review of In Suspect Terrain, p. 12; May 18, 1984, James Kaufmann, review of La Place de la Concorde Suisse, p. 18; December 3, 1985, review of Table of Contents, p. 38; November 5, 1986, review of Rising from the Plains, p. 22; August 29, 1989, Jim Bencivenga, review of The Control of Nature, p. 13; April 18, 1990, review of Encounters with the Archdruid, p. 12; September 21, 1990, Jim Bencivenga, review of Looking for a Ship, p. 14; March 3, 1993, Peter N. Spotts, review of Assembling California, p. 13; December 13, 1994, Simson Garfinkel, review of The Control of Nature, p. 11; October 10, 2002, review of The Founding Fish, p. 20; November 21, 2002, review of The Founding Fish, p. 14.

Christianity and Crisis, October 22, 1990, Robert Allen Warrior, review of Looking for a Ship, p. 313.

CoEvolution Quarterly, fall, 1981, review of Basin and Range, p. 39.

Commonweal, May 26, 1972, review of Encounters with the Archdruid, p. 292; June 28, 1974, review of The Curve of Binding Energy, p. 362; November 24, 1978, George Woodcock, review of Coming into the Country, p. 764; June 18, 1999, review of A Roomful of Hovings, p. 24; December 3, 1999, review of Cullen Murphy, p. 26.

Conde Nast Traveler, March, 1993, Dee Lovatt, review of Assembling California, p. 88.

Conservationist, July-August, 1978, review of Coming into the Country, p. 39; July-August, 1982, Alvin S. Fick, review of Alaska, p. 45.

Cosmopolitan, December, 1981, Jane Clapperton, review of Alaska, p. 22; June, 1984, Carol E. Rinzler, review of La Place de la Concorde Suisse, p. 54; October, 1985, Carol E. Rinzler, review of Table of Contents, p. 34.

Deomkratizatsiya, summer, 2003, Phillip A. Starling, review of The Ransom of Russian Art, p. 471.

Earth, December, 1997, Scott Berinato, review of Irons in the Fire, p. 63.

Earth Science, summer, 1981, Wendell Cochran, review of Basin and Range, p. 39; spring, 1982, review of Basin and Range, p. 39; spring, 1983, review of In Suspect Terrain and Basin and Range, p. 27; spring, 1990, review of The Control of Nature, p. 31.

Ecology Law Quarterly, May, 2004, Carl Tobias, review of The Founding Fish, p. 205.

Economist, January 18, 2003, review of The Founding Fish; July 8, 2006, review of Uncommon Carriers, p. 78.

English Journal, December, 1979, review of Coming into the Country, p. 72; September, 1982, reviews of The Curve of Binding Energy, Coming into the Country, The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed, The Headmaster, Levels of the Game, Oranges, The Pine Barrens, A Roomful of Hovings, A Sense of Where You Are, Basin and Range, The Crofter and the Laird, Encounters with the Archdruid, Giving Good Weight, The John McPhee Reader, and The Survival of the Bark Canoe, p. 77; April, 1988, review of A Sense of Where You Are, p. 83.

Entertainment Weekly, July 24, 1998, Vanessa V. Friedman, review of Annals of the Former World, p. 70; April 30, 1999, review of Annals of the Former World, p. 88.

Fly Fisherman, July, 2003, review of The Founding Fish, p. 471.

Flying, February, 1974, review of The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed, p. 98.

Forbes, January 31, 1983, Malcolm S. Forbes, review of Coming into the Country, p. 19; July 2, 1984, review of La Place de la Concorde Suisse, p. 27.

Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy, spring, 2000, Joshua A. Chamot, "Rockin' across the USA," p. 116.

Globe & Mail (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), January 25, 2003, review of The Founding Fish, p. 15; July 25, 2006, review of Uncommon Carriers, p. 3.

Grade Teacher, February, 1971, review of Levels of the Game, p. 148.

Guardian Weekly, February 19, 1978, review of Coming into the Country, p. 18; January 4, 1987, review of In the Highlands and Islands, p. 22.

Harper's, June, 1970, review of The Crofter and the Laird, p. 111; May, 2003, review of The Founding Fish, p. 79.

Hartford Courant, June 25, 2006, review of Uncommon Carriers.

Horn Book Magazine, December, 1971, review of Encounters with the Archdruid, p. 628; October, 1973, review of The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed, p. 492; October, 1974, review of The Curve of Binding Energy, p. 159; December, 1975, review of Pieces of the Frame, p. 617; June, 1976, review of The Survival of the Bark Canoe, p. 320; April, 1978, review of Coming into the Country, p. 195; April, 1980, Mary Silva Cosgrave, review of Giving Good Weight, p. 201; December, 1981, Mary Silva Cosgrave, review of Basin and Range, p. 692.

Horticulture, Gardening at its Best, March, 1968, review of Oranges, p. 71.

Hungry Mind Review, November, 1989, review of The Control of Nature, p. 21.

Insight on the News, December 4, 2000, Paul Schiffman, "Voices That Sound Like the Sea," p. 28.

Kirkus Reviews, July 15, 1969, review of Levels of the Game, p. 762; August 15, 1969, review of Levels of the Game, p. 870; April 1, 1970, review of The Crofter and the Laird, p. 430; June 1, 1971, review of Encounters with the Archdruid, p. 623; May 1, 1972, review of Wimbledon, p. 565; May 1, 1973, review of The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed, p. 546; March 15, 1974, review of The Curve of Binding Energy, p. 349; April 1, 1974, review of The Curve of Binding Energy, p. 381; April 15, 1975, review of Pieces of the Frame, p. 494; September 15, 1975, review of The Survival of the Bark Canoe, p. 1097; October 15, 1975, review of The Survival of the Bark Canoe, p. 1204; November 1, 1976, review of The John McPhee Reader, p. 1217; November 15, 1976, review of The John McPhee Reader, p. 1232; October 15, 1977, review of Coming into the Country, p. 1130; November 15, 1977, review of Coming into the Country, p. 1210; October 15, 1979, review of Giving Good Weight, p. 1245; March 1, 1981, review of Basin and Range, p. 336; March 15, 1981, review of Basin and Range, p. 366; January 1, 1983, review of In Suspect Terrain, p. 49; February 1, 1983, review of In Suspect Terrain, p. 128; April 15, 1984, review of La Place de la Concorde Suisse, p. 402; August 1, 1985, review of Table of Contents, p. 779; August 15, 1986, review of Rising from the Plains, p. 1274; April 15, 1989, review of The Control of Nature, p. 606; July 1, 1990, review of Looking for a Ship, p. 919; December 1, 1992, review of Assembling California, p. 1485; September 1, 1994, review of The Ransom of Russian Art, p. 1195; February 1, 1997, review of Irons in the Fire, p. 203; April 1, 1998, review of Annals of the Former World, p. 488; August 15, 2002, review of The Founding Fish, p. 1200; May 1, 2006, review of Uncommon Carriers, p. 448.

Kliatt, spring, 1977, review of The John McPhee Reader, p. 14; spring, 1978, review of Encounters with the Archdruid, p. 35; spring, 1979, review of Coming into the Country, p. 54; fall, 1979, reviews of Pieces of the Frame and The Headmaster, p. 27; winter, 1979, review of The Crofter and the Laird, p. 37; winter, 1981, review of Giving Good Weight, p. 21; fall, 1982, review of Basin and Range, p. 69; spring, 1984, review of In Suspect Terrain, p. 56; spring, 1986, reviews of La Place de la Concorde Suisse and Heirs of General Practice, p. 50; April, 1988, review of Rising from the Plains, p. 48; January, 1992, review of Looking for a Ship, p. 49; September, 1998, review of A Sense of Where You Are, p. 6.

Lapidary Journal, April, 1994, Deborah A. Ein, review of Assembling California, p. 160.

Library Journal, February 1, 1969, review of A Roomful of Hovings, and Other Profiles, p. 538; September 15, 1969, review of Levels of the Game, p. 3080; November 15, 1969, review of Levels of the Game, p. 4310; June 15, 1970, review of The Crofter and the Laird, p. 2253; July, 1972, review of Wimbledon, p. 2425; October 1, 1973, review of The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed, p. 2870; August, 1974, review of The Curve of Binding Energy, p. 1970; June 15, 1975, review of Pieces of the Frame, p. 1209; January 15, 1976, review of The Survival of the Bark Canoe, p. 357; January 1, 1977, Robert R. Harris, review of The John McPhee Reader, p. 110; January 1, 1978, review of Coming into the Country, p. 88; May 1, 1978, review of Encounter with the Archdruid and Coming into the Country, p. 931; December 1, 1979, William Ott, review of Giving Good Weight, p. 2572; May 1, 1980, review of Coming into the Country, p. 1045; April 1, 1981, review of Basin and Range, p. 804; April 1, 1983, review of In Suspect Terrain, p. 751; April 15, 1984, review of La Place de la Concorde Suisse, p. 818; October 1, 1985, Kenneth F. Kister, review of Table of Contents, p. 98; October 1, 1986, Joseph Hannibal, review of Rising from the Plains, p. 103; December, 1988, Joseph Hannibal, review of Outcroppings, p. 122; April 1, 1989, Laurie Tynan, review of The Control of Nature, p. 108; August, 1990, Harold N. Boyer, review of Looking for a Ship, p. 128; September 1, 1990, review of Coming into the Country, p. 276; June 1, 1991, review of Looking for a Ship, p. 226; August, 1991, review of Coming into the Country, p. 166; November 1, 1991, review of The Control of Nature, p. 149; September 1, 1992, Barbara Hoffert, review of Assembling California, p. 162; November 15, 1992, review of The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed, p. 127; January, 1993, Tim Markus, review of Assembling California, p. 162; March 1, 1994, review of Assembling California, p. 54; March 15, 1994, review of Assembling California, p. 118; November 1, 1994, Joan Levin, review of The Ransom of Russian Art, p. 74; January, 1996, Cathy Sabol, review of The Second John McPhee Reader, p. 100; February 15, 1997, Nancy R. Ives, review of Irons in the Fire, p. 136; May 1, 1998, Mary Paumier Jones, review of Annals of the Former World, p. 134; March 1, 1999, review of Annals of the Former World, p. 47; November 15, 1999, review of Annals of the Former World, p. 39; October 1, 2002, Mary J. Nickum, review of The Founding Fish, p. 124; March 1, 2003, review of The Founding Fish, p. 52.

Living Wilderness, winter, 1968, review of The Pine Barrens, p. 31.

Los Angeles Times, April 27, 1981, Carolyn See, review of Basin and Range, p. 8; July 15, 1984, Paul Rosta, review of La Place de la Concorde Suisse, p. 8; November 24, 1985, review of Table of Contents, p. 6; November 13, 1988, review of Outcroppings, p. 4; August 6, 1989, Bob Sipchen "Mountains from Molehills," p. 1; March 22, 1992, review of The Survival of the Bark Canoe, p. 10; January 13, 1993, review of Assembling California, p. 1; August 16, 1998, review of Annals of the Former World, p. 4.

Los Angeles Times Book Review, February 27, 1983, Wallace Stegner, review of In Suspect Terrain, p. 1; November 9, 1986, review of Rising from the Plains, p. 12; July 30, 1989, review of The Control of Nature, p. 4; August 26, 1990, review of Looking for a Ship, p. 1.

Maclean's, February 28, 1983, review of In Suspect Terrain, p. 52.

Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December, 1977, review of The John McPhee Reader, p. 22.

MPLS, December, 1978, review of The John McPhee Reader, p. 114.

Nation, January 7, 1978, review of Coming into the Country, p. 21.

National Observer, January 27, 1969, review of A Roomful of Hovings and Other Profiles, p. 19; September 6, 1971, review of Encounters with the Archdruid, p. 17; July 15, 1972, review of Wimbledon, p. 19.

National Review, June 3, 1969, review of A Roomful of Hovings and Other Profiles, p. 555; July 11, 1970, review of The Crofter and the Laird, p. 27; February 6, 1976, review of Pieces of the Frame, p. 106; November 25, 1977, review of Coming into the Country, p. 1372; March 31, 1978, Donald Hall, reviews of The John McPhee Reader and Coming into the Country, p. 412; February 2, 1979, review of The Curve of Binding Energy, p. 182; October 26, 1979, review of Giving Good Weight, p. 1372; April 18, 1980, Donald Hall, review of Giving Good Weight, p. 483; July 24, 1981, Donald Hall, review of Basin and Range, p. 851; March 28, 1986, Thomas P. McDonnell, review of Table of Contents, p. 69; June 2, 1989, Ed Marston, review of The Control of Nature, p. 54; November 19, 1990, Christopher Caldwell, review of Looking for a Ship, p. 48.

Natural History, August, 1968, review of The Pine Barrens, p. 80; April 1983, Robert D. Hatcher, review of In Suspect Terrain, p. 92; June, 1998, review of Annals of the Former World, p. 15.

Nature, April 28, 1983, review of In Suspect Terrain, p. 764; August 27, 1998, Robert Muir-Wood, review of Annals of the Former World, p. 845.

New Republic, July 11, 1970, review of The Crofter and the Laird; September 1, 1973, review of The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed, p. 33; July 5, 1975, Richard Horwich, review of Pieces of the Frame, p. 30; January 7, 1978, review of Coming into the Country, p. 36.

New Scientist, October 13, 1990, Jeff Hecht, review of The Control of Nature, p. 46; July 24, 1993, Sara Maitland, review of Assembling California, p. 37; October 24, 1998, review of Annals of the Former World, p. 51; August 19, 2000, review of Annals of the Former World, p. 49; November 30, 2002, John Bonnet, review of The Founding Fish, p. 50.

New Statesman & Society, December 15, 1978, review of Coming into the Country, p. 830; September 14, 1990, Bernard Dixon, review of The Control of Nature, p. 37.

New Yorker, December 11, 1971, review of Encounters with the Archdruid, p. 164; December 3, 1973, review of The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed, p. 193; December 18, 1989, review of The Control of Nature, p. 114; December 17, 1990, review of Looking for a Ship, p. 122; December 27, 1993, review of Assembling California, p. 161; December 19, 1994, review of The Ransom of Russian Art, p. 117; December 15, 1997, review of Irons in the Fire, p. 152; December 21, 1998, review of Annals of the Former World, p. 99.

New York Review of Books, March 23, 1978, review of Coming into the Country, p. 3; May 14, 1981, Stephen Jay Gould, review of Basin and Range, p. 25; March 2, 1995, Derek Remnick, review of The Ransom of Russian Art, p. 10.

New York Times, March 8, 1967, review of Oranges; November 2, 1969, Wilfrid Sheed, review of Levels of the Game; July 13, 1973, review of The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed, p. 33; July 9, 1974, review of The Curve of Binding Energy, p. 35; June 18, 1975, review of Pieces of the Frame, p. 39; November 27, 1975, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, review of The Survival of the Bark Canoe, p. 31; January 11, 1976, Israel Shenker, "The Annals of McPhee," p. 20; November 25, 1977, review of Coming into the Country, p. 23; May 13, 1979, review of The Headmaster, p. 41; May 27, 1979, review of Pieces of the Frame, p. 23; June 24, 1979, review of A Roomful of Hovings, p. 41; November 17, 1979, Anatole Broyard, review of Giving Good Weight, p. 21; November 18, 1979, Larry McMurtry, review of Giving Good Weight, p. 3; September 7, 1980, review of Giving Good Weight, p. 43; May 8, 1981, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, review of Basin and Range, p. 21; May 17, 1981, Paul Zweig, review of Basin and Range, p. 1; May 9, 1982, review of Basin and Range, p. 35; January 30, 1983, Michiko Kakutani, review of In Suspect Terrain, p. 1; June 12, 1983, review of In Suspect Terrain, p. 39; April 30, 1984, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, review of La Place de la Concorde Suisse, p. 17; May 6, 1984, Jonathan Steinberg, review of La Place de la Concorde Suisse, p. 41; September 27, 1985, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, review of Table of Contents, p. 25; October 13, 1985, Noel Perrin, review of Table of Contents, p. 26; December 15, 1985, C. Gerald Fraser, review of La Place de la Concorde Suisse, p. 32; November 10, 1986, Herbert Mitgang, review of Rising from the Plains, p. 19; August 3, 1989, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, review of The Control of Nature, p. 2; December 25, 1990, Richard F. Shepard, review of Looking for a Ship, p. 10.

New York Times Book Review, May 12, 1968, review of The Pine Barrens, p. 18; November 2, 1969, review of Levels of the Game, p. 36; December 7, 1969, review of Levels of the Game, p. 62; September 12, 1971, review of Encounters with the Archdruid, p. 71; February 11, 1973, reviews of Levels of the Game and A Sense of Where You Are, p. 20; July 29, 1973, review of The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed, p. 11; December 2, 1973, review of The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed, p. 72; June 23, 1974, review of The Curve of Binding Energy, p. 4; December 1, 1974, review of The Curve of Binding Energy, p. 74; June 22, 1975, review of Pieces of the Frame, p. 3; December 7, 1975, review of Pieces of the Frame, p. 60; May 15, 1977, review of The Survival of the Bark Canoe, p. 45; November 6, 1977, review of Encounters with the Archdruid, p. 59; November 27, 1977, Edward Hoagland, review of Coming into the Country, p. 1, and Stephen Singular, "Talk with John McPhee," p. 255; December 18, 1977, review of Coming into the Country, p. 3; January 1, 1978, review of Coming into the Country, p. 3; June 11, 1978, review of The Pine Barrens, p. 51; November 12, 1978, review of Coming into the Country, p. 81; May 13, 1979, review of The Headmaster, p. 41; May 27, 1979, review of Pieces of the Frame, p. 23; June 24, 1979, review of A Roomful of Hovings, p. 41; November 18, 1979, Larry McMurtry, review of Giving Good Weight, p. 3; September 7, 1980, review of Giving Good Weight, p. 43; May 17, 1981, Paul Zweig, review of Basin and Range, p. 1; May 9, 1982, review of Basin and Range, p. 35; January 30, 1983, Michiko Katutani, review of In Suspect Terrain, p. 1; June 12, 1983, review of In Suspect Terrain, p. 39; May 6, 1984, Jonathan Steinberg, review of La Place de la Concorde Suisse, p. 41; October 13, 1985, Noel Perrin, review of Table of Contents, p. 26; December 15, 1985, C. Gerald Fraser, review of La Place de la Concorde Suisee, p. 32; May 4, 1986, "Heirs of General Practice," p. 42; November 23, 1986, Evan S. Connell, review of Rising from thePlains, p. 14; November 29, 1987, review of Rising from the Plains, p. 34; August 6, 1989, Stephen J. Pyne, review of The Control of Nature, p. 1; September 23, 1990, Paul Theroux, review of Looking for a Ship, p. 3; June 16, 1991, review of Looking for a Ship, p. 22; September 1, 1991, review of Looking for a Ship, p. 22; March 7, 1993, David Rains Wallace, review of Assembling California, p. 9; June 6, 1993, review of Assembling California, p. 42; December 5, 1993, review of Assembling California, p. 74; December 18, 1994, Harlow Robinson, review of The Ransom of Russian Art, p. 24; June 11, 1995, review of The Ransom of Russian Art, p. 18; December 3, 1995, review of The Ransom of Russian Art, p. 66; June 30, 1996, John Motyka, review of The Second John McPhee Reader, p. 21; April 13, 1997, Robert R. Harris, review of Irons in the Fire; July 5, 1998, David Quammen, review of Annals of the Former World; December 6, 1998, review of Annals of the Former World, p. 75; June 18, 2002, review of Annals of the Former World, p. 28; December 8, 2002, Robert H. Boyle, review of The Founding Fish, p. 16; December 15, 2002, review of The Founding Fish, p. 30; December 22, 2002, review of The Founding Fish, p. 22; June 1, 2003, review of The Founding Fish, p. 22; September 14, 2003, review of The Founding Fish, p. 28; December 7, 2003, review of The Founding Fish, p. 72; June 18, 2006, Adam Hochschild, review of Uncommon Carriers, p. 12; August 10, 2006, Witold Rybczynski, review of Uncommon Carriers, p. 22; December 3, 2006, "100 Notable Books of the Year," p. 14.

Nieman Reports, summer, 1995, Murray Seeger, review of The Ransom of Russian Art, p. 86.

Observer (London, England), September 2, 1990, review of The Control of Nature, p. 63; September 8, 1991, review of The Control of Nature, p. 57.

People, January 14, 1980, review of Giving Good Weight, p. 12; June 29, 1981, review of Basin and Range, p. 8; February 28, 1983, review of In Suspect Terrain, p. 22; June 18, 1984, review of La Place de la Concorde Suisse, p. 21; April 19, 1993, L.Y. Jones, review of Assembling California, p. 31.

Philadelphia Inquirer, October 9, 2000, Sandy Bauers, review of Annals of the Former World.

Physics Today, June, 1999, W. Gary Ernst, review of Annals of the Former World, p. 59.

Playboy, February, 1980, review of Giving Good Weight, p. 36.

Publishers Weekly, July 21, 1969, review of Levels of the Game, p. 56; April 13, 1970, review of The Crofter and the Laird, p. 79; June 7, 1970, review of Encounters with the Archdruid, p. 53; July 6, 1970, review of Levels of the Game, p. 59; May 14, 1973, review of The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed, p. 46; February 25, 1974, review of The Curve of Binding Energy, p. 112; April 28, 1975, review of The Curve of Binding Energy, p. 47; May 5, 1975, review of Pieces of the Frame, p. 91; October 6, 1975, review of The Survival of the Bark Canoe, p. 84; October 24, 1977, review of Coming into the Country, p. 70; November 6, 1978, review of Coming into the Country, p. 76; October 1, 1979, review of Giving Good Weight, p. 83; March 6, 1981, Genevieve Stuttaford, review of Basin and Range, p. 85; September 18, 1981, Genevieve Stuttaford, review of Alaska, p. 138; April 23, 1982, review of Basin and Range, p. 91; January 21, 1983, review of In Suspect Terrain, p. 76; December 2, 1983, review of In Suspect Terrain, p. 85; March 23, 1984, review of La Place de la Concorde Suisse, p. 59; August 16, 1985, review of Table of Contents, p. 57; August 15, 1986, Genevieve Stuttaford, review of Rising from the Plains, p. 62; March 31, 1989, Genevieve Stuttaford, review of The Control of Nature, p. 52; October 6, 1989, review of The Control of Nature, p. 68; July 20, 1990, Genevieve Stuttaford, review of Looking for a Ship, p. 43; January 4, 1993, review of Assembling California, p. 67; October 3, 1994, review of The Ransom of Russian Art, p. 61; January 8, 1996, review of The Second John McPhee Reader, p. 62; January 27, 1997, review of Irons in the Fire, p. 84; May 18, 1998, review of Annals of the Former World, p. 61; July 23, 2001, review of The Princeton Anthology of Writing, p. 66; August 26, 2002, review of The Founding Fish, p. 57; April 17, 2006, review of Uncommon Carriers, p. 183.

Reference & Research Book News, February, 1989, review of Outcroppings, p. 7; February, 1998, review of Irons in the Fire, p. 1; November, 2006, review of Uncommon Carriers.

San Francisco Review of Books, 1993, review of Assembling California, p. 41.

Saturday Review, March 29, 1969, review of A Roomful of Hovings and Other Profiles, p. 26; November 14, 1970, review of The Crofter and the Laird, p. 77; November 13, 1971, review of Encounters with the Archdruid, p. 62; February 22, 1975, review of The Curve of Binding Energy, p. 58; January 22, 1977, review of The John McPhee Reader, p. 35; April, 1981, review of Basin and Range, p. 79; December, 1981, review of Basin and Range, p. 78.

School Library Journal, August, 1983, review of In Suspect Terrain, p. 85; December, 2002, review of The Founding Fish, p. 56; September, 2006, Brigeen Radoicich, review of Uncommon Carriers, p. 250.

Science, July-August, 1981, Alfred Meyer, review of Basin and Range, p. 100; October 30, 1998, Gordon P. Eaton, review of Annals of the Former World, p. 885.

Science Books & Films, March, 1975, review of The Curve of Binding Energy, p. 320.

Scientific American, September, 1974, review of The Curve of Binding Energy, p. 201.

SciQuest, December, 1981, review of Basin and Range, p. 30.

SciTech Book News, March, 1999, review of Annals of the Former World, p. 63; March, 2003, review of The Founding Fish, p. 68.

Sewanee Review, October, 1975, review of Pieces of the Frame, p. 676; January, 1978, review of The John McPhee Reader, p. 146; October, 1978, review of The Crofter and the Laird, p. 144; July, 1980, review of Giving Good Weight, p. 498; April, 1982, review of Basin and Range, p. 250; January, 1984, review of In Suspect Terrain, p. 160; October, 1985, review of Table of Contents, p. 93.

Sierra, October, 1978, David Gancher, review of Coming into the Country, p. 59.

Smithsonian, March, 1983, Patricia Curtis, review of In Suspect Terrain, p. 179; November, 1985, Bruce Allen, review of Table of Contents, p. 232.

Spectator, April 15, 2000, William Boyd, review of Oranges, p. 36.

Sports Afield, February, 1982, review of Alaska, p. 112.

Stanford Environmental Law Journal, 1993, David Braswell, review of Assembling California, p. 219.

Technology and Culture, April, 1991, Martin Reuss, review of The Control of Nature, p. 405.

Texas Monthly, February, 1978, review of Coming into the Country, p. 109.

Time, January 31, 1969, review of A Roomful of Hovings and Other Profiles, p. 78; September 14, 1970, review of The Crofter and the Laird, p. 92; April 17, 1972, review of Encounters with the Archdruid, p. 92; July 10, 1972, review of Wimbledon, p. 88; June 10, 1974, review of The Curve of Binding Energy, p. 94; December 15, 1975, review of The Survival of the Bark Canoe, p. 83; December 5, 1977, Paul Gray, review of Coming into the Country, p. 78; January 31, 1983, R.Z. Sheppard, review of In Suspect Terrain, p. 75; August 7, 1989, R.Z. Sheppard, review of The Control of Nature, p. 60; April 5, 1993, R.Z. Sheppard, review of Assembling California, p. 62; July 6, 1998, John Skow, review of Annals of the Former World, p. 90; November 25, 2002, Lev Grossman, review of The Founding Fish, p. 94.

Time Canada, August 7, 1989, review of The Control of Nature, p. 51; April 19, 1993, review of Assembling California, p. 64; July 13, 1998, review of Annals of the Former World, p. 49.

Times Literary Supplement, October 20, 1972, review of The Crofter and the Laird, p. 1259; December 7, 1984, review of The Swiss Army, p. 1413; January 30, 1987, review of In the Highlands and Islands, p. 120.

Top of the News, January, 1970, review of Levels of the Game, p. 210.

Transportation Journal, summer, 2006, Stanley G. Long, review of Uncommon Carriers, p. 76.

Tribune Books (Chicago, IL), November 22, 1987, review of Rising from the Plains, p. 11; September 16, 1990, review of Looking for the Ship, p. 6; February 5, 1995, review of The Ransom of Russian Art, p. 3; September 9, 2001, review of The Princeton Anthology of Writing, p. 6; September 21, 2003, review of Assembling California, p. 1; December 14, 2003, review of The Founding Fish, p. 6.

USA Today, October 4, 1985, review of Table of Contents, p. 4; November 21, 1986, review of Rising from the Plains, p. 4.

Village Voice, December 26, 1977, review of Coming into the Country, p. 75.

Virginia Quarterly Review, winter, 1972, review of Encounters with the Archdruid, p. 34; autumn, 1978, review of Coming into the Country and The John McPhee Reader, p. 733; spring, 1991, review of Looking for a Ship, p. 69; autumn, 1997, review of Irons in the Fire, p. 140; winter, 2002, review of The Princeton Anthology of Writing; spring, 2003, review of The Founding Fish, p. 67.

Vogue, December, 1977, review of Coming into the Country, p. 34.

Wall Street Journal, June 7, 1968, review of The Pine Barrens, p. 14; January 27, 1969, review of A Roomful of Hovings and Other Profiles, p. 14; June 24, 1970, review of The Crofter and the Laird, p. 14; August 11, 1971, review of Encounters with the Archdruid, p. 8; September 5, 1973, review of The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed, p. 12; May 10, 1974, review of The Curve of Binding Energy, p. 10; July 14, 1975, review of Pieces of the Frame, p. 8; December 5, 1975, review of Pieces of the Frame, p. 16; January 12, 1976, review of The Survival of the Bark Canoe, p. 8; December 8, 1976, review of The Survival of the Bark Canoe, p. 24; December 17, 1979, Edmund Fuller, review of Giving Good Weight, p. 18; June 15, 1981, Edmund Fuller, review of Basin and Range, p. 22; December 2, 1981, review of Basin and Range, p. 28; December 7, 1981, Edmund Fuller, review of The Pine Barrens and Alaska, p. 26; February 14, 1983, Edmund Fuller, review of In Suspect Terrain, p. 16; May 8, 1984, Edmund Fuller, Review of La Place de la Concorde Suisse, p. 28; October 8, 1985, Edmund Fuller, review of Table of Contents, p. 28; August 3, 1989, Stephen MacDonald, review of The Control of Nature, p. 13; November 29, 2002, Timothy Taylor, review of The Founding Fish, p. 9.

Washington Post, October 13, 1985, Dennis Drabelle, review of Table of Contents, p. 10.

Washington Post Book World, April 19, 1981, Evan Connell, review of Basin and Range, p. 4; January 30, 1983, review of Coming into the Country, p. 10; March 13, 1983, James Conaway, review of In Suspect Terrain, p. 6; April 8, 1984, Susan Dooley, review of La Place de la Concorde Suisse, p. 6; September 9, 1990, William W. Warner, "The Call of the Running Time," p. 1; March 7, 1993, T.H. Watkins, review of Assembling California, p. 5; March 12, 1995, "Hardcovers in Brief," p. 13; March 3, 1996, "Hardcovers in Brief," p. 13.

Western American Literature, November, 1981, review of Basin and Range, p. 236; fall, 1987, review of Rising from the Plains, p. 250; spring, 1994, review of Assembling California, p. 79.

Whole Earth Review, spring, 1990, Richard Nilsen, review of The Control of Nature, p. 15; summer, 1993, Richard Nilsen, reviews of Annals of the Former World, In Suspect Terrain, Basin and Range, Rising from the Plains and Assembling California, p. 114.

Writer, June, 2002, "Editors' Picks, New and Classic," p. 55.