Among the Shoshones
Elijah Nicholas Wilson, "Uncle Nick"
Describes "Uncle Nick's" life story as he lived it. He tells it person to person, thus inviting you to go with thim thru one exciting adventure after another.
Read Time: ~4.2 hr
A roomful of Hovings and other profiles
by John McPhee (1968)
About this book
Profiles include: Thomas P. F. Hoving, art historian, sometime political influence, former floorwalker; the late Euell Gibbons, famous forager of edible wild plants and author of Stalking the Wild Asparagus; Carroll Brewster of the intrepid team of M.I.T. Fellows, in the Sudan; Robert Twynam, tender of the lawn at Wimbledon; and Temple Fielding, mercurial and influential author of the popular travel guides to Europe.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreA roomful of Hovings and other profiles Lead Character
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