false 10815 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134m/10815.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134s/10815.jpg New Yorker writings that had yet to be collected. There's certainly nothing mediocre about these 161 pieces, which range from nature vignettes (a New York City sparrow extols urban life) to musings on language, business, and liberty. White's 1953 fantasia of visiting Thoreau's Walden Pond with Joseph McCarthy is peerless. "Wait a minute!" the senator realizes. "This man was Communist-inspired. That accounts for his sour attitude about housing--" The satire is strong, but so is the celebration. A short piece on a skating fest ends: "Ice is an odd substance to have at last freed the body in its persistent attempt to catch up with the spirit." And speaking of which, in "Fred On Space" White asks his dead dachshund how he feels about the first dog launched by the Russians. Fred is far from impressed: "The excuse you men give is that you must continually add to the store of human knowledge--a store that already resembles a supermarket and is beginning to hypnotize the customers."]]> 10815 2 13436 1990 Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976 total:94|5:2|4:2|3:3|2:0|1:0| 94 400 143 12 988142 4.09 73027 4215 78573387 1436799 10815 0060921234 9780060921231 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134m/10815.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134s/10815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10815.Writings_from_The_New_Yorker_1927_1976 4.26 93 New Yorker writings that had yet to be collected. There's certainly nothing mediocre about these 161 pieces, which range from nature vignettes (a New York City sparrow extols urban life) to musings on language, business, and liberty. White's 1953 fantasia of visiting Thoreau's Walden Pond with Joseph McCarthy is peerless. "Wait a minute!" the senator realizes. "This man was Communist-inspired. That accounts for his sour attitude about housing--" The satire is strong, but so is the celebration. A short piece on a skating fest ends: "Ice is an odd substance to have at last freed the body in its persistent attempt to catch up with the spirit." And speaking of which, in "Fred On Space" White asks his dead dachshund how he feels about the first dog launched by the Russians. Fred is far from impressed: "The excuse you men give is that you must continually add to the store of human knowledge--a store that already resembles a supermarket and is beginning to hypnotize the customers."]]> 1990 5 0 false Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 16:36:57 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 16:37:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 79788247 2941390 10815 0060921234 9780060921231 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134m/10815.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134s/10815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10815.Writings_from_The_New_Yorker_1927_1976 4.26 94 New Yorker writings that had yet to be collected. There's certainly nothing mediocre about these 161 pieces, which range from nature vignettes (a New York City sparrow extols urban life) to musings on language, business, and liberty. White's 1953 fantasia of visiting Thoreau's Walden Pond with Joseph McCarthy is peerless. "Wait a minute!" the senator realizes. "This man was Communist-inspired. That accounts for his sour attitude about housing--" The satire is strong, but so is the celebration. A short piece on a skating fest ends: "Ice is an odd substance to have at last freed the body in its persistent attempt to catch up with the spirit." And speaking of which, in "Fred On Space" White asks his dead dachshund how he feels about the first dog launched by the Russians. Fred is far from impressed: "The excuse you men give is that you must continually add to the store of human knowledge--a store that already resembles a supermarket and is beginning to hypnotize the customers."]]> 1990 5 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1974 Thu Dec 03 13:43:08 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 13:52:03 -0800 2009 numerous readings starting in my youth
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The plant-patent bu...more...]]> 67521418 977989 10815 0060921234 9780060921231 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134m/10815.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134s/10815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10815.Writings_from_The_New_Yorker_1927_1976 4.26 94 New Yorker writings that had yet to be collected. There's certainly nothing mediocre about these 161 pieces, which range from nature vignettes (a New York City sparrow extols urban life) to musings on language, business, and liberty. White's 1953 fantasia of visiting Thoreau's Walden Pond with Joseph McCarthy is peerless. "Wait a minute!" the senator realizes. "This man was Communist-inspired. That accounts for his sour attitude about housing--" The satire is strong, but so is the celebration. A short piece on a skating fest ends: "Ice is an odd substance to have at last freed the body in its persistent attempt to catch up with the spirit." And speaking of which, in "Fred On Space" White asks his dead dachshund how he feels about the first dog launched by the Russians. Fred is far from impressed: "The excuse you men give is that you must continually add to the store of human knowledge--a store that already resembles a supermarket and is beginning to hypnotize the customers."]]> 1990 4 0 false Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 13:41:31 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 20:59:10 -0700 2009
"He got a reputation for being a naturalist, and he was not much of a naturalist. He got a reputation for being a hermit, and...more...]]> 37175541 1361000 10815 0060921234 9780060921231 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134m/10815.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134s/10815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10815.Writings_from_The_New_Yorker_1927_1976 4.26 94 New Yorker writings that had yet to be collected. There's certainly nothing mediocre about these 161 pieces, which range from nature vignettes (a New York City sparrow extols urban life) to musings on language, business, and liberty. White's 1953 fantasia of visiting Thoreau's Walden Pond with Joseph McCarthy is peerless. "Wait a minute!" the senator realizes. "This man was Communist-inspired. That accounts for his sour attitude about housing--" The satire is strong, but so is the celebration. A short piece on a skating fest ends: "Ice is an odd substance to have at last freed the body in its persistent attempt to catch up with the spirit." And speaking of which, in "Fred On Space" White asks his dead dachshund how he feels about the first dog launched by the Russians. Fred is far from impressed: "The excuse you men give is that you must continually add to the store of human knowledge--a store that already resembles a supermarket and is beginning to hypnotize the customers."]]> 1990 4 0 false Sat Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 07:08:26 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 07:08:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 11785957 718280 10815 0060921234 9780060921231 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134m/10815.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134s/10815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10815.Writings_from_The_New_Yorker_1927_1976 4.26 94 New Yorker writings that had yet to be collected. There's certainly nothing mediocre about these 161 pieces, which range from nature vignettes (a New York City sparrow extols urban life) to musings on language, business, and liberty. White's 1953 fantasia of visiting Thoreau's Walden Pond with Joseph McCarthy is peerless. "Wait a minute!" the senator realizes. "This man was Communist-inspired. That accounts for his sour attitude about housing--" The satire is strong, but so is the celebration. A short piece on a skating fest ends: "Ice is an odd substance to have at last freed the body in its persistent attempt to catch up with the spirit." And speaking of which, in "Fred On Space" White asks his dead dachshund how he feels about the first dog launched by the Russians. Fred is far from impressed: "The excuse you men give is that you must continually add to the store of human knowledge--a store that already resembles a supermarket and is beginning to hypnotize the customers."]]> 1990 3 0 false Sun Jan 06 09:48:51 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 09:54:03 -0800 2008 more...]]> 23263337 1038802 10815 0060921234 9780060921231 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134m/10815.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134s/10815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10815.Writings_from_The_New_Yorker_1927_1976 4.26 94 New Yorker writings that had yet to be collected. There's certainly nothing mediocre about these 161 pieces, which range from nature vignettes (a New York City sparrow extols urban life) to musings on language, business, and liberty. White's 1953 fantasia of visiting Thoreau's Walden Pond with Joseph McCarthy is peerless. "Wait a minute!" the senator realizes. "This man was Communist-inspired. That accounts for his sour attitude about housing--" The satire is strong, but so is the celebration. A short piece on a skating fest ends: "Ice is an odd substance to have at last freed the body in its persistent attempt to catch up with the spirit." And speaking of which, in "Fred On Space" White asks his dead dachshund how he feels about the first dog launched by the Russians. Fred is far from impressed: "The excuse you men give is that you must continually add to the store of human knowledge--a store that already resembles a supermarket and is beginning to hypnotize the customers."]]> 1990 4 0 false Thu May 29 17:40:09 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 17:54:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 67835022 1058046 10815 0060921234 9780060921231 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134m/10815.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134s/10815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10815.Writings_from_The_New_Yorker_1927_1976 4.26 94 New Yorker writings that had yet to be collected. There's certainly nothing mediocre about these 161 pieces, which range from nature vignettes (a New York City sparrow extols urban life) to musings on language, business, and liberty. White's 1953 fantasia of visiting Thoreau's Walden Pond with Joseph McCarthy is peerless. "Wait a minute!" the senator realizes. "This man was Communist-inspired. That accounts for his sour attitude about housing--" The satire is strong, but so is the celebration. A short piece on a skating fest ends: "Ice is an odd substance to have at last freed the body in its persistent attempt to catch up with the spirit." And speaking of which, in "Fred On Space" White asks his dead dachshund how he feels about the first dog launched by the Russians. Fred is far from impressed: "The excuse you men give is that you must continually add to the store of human knowledge--a store that already resembles a supermarket and is beginning to hypnotize the customers."]]> 1990 0 0 false Mon Aug 17 20:52:30 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 20:53:20 -0700 2009 43168634 1180982 10815 0060921234 9780060921231 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134m/10815.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134s/10815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10815.Writings_from_The_New_Yorker_1927_1976 4.26 94 New Yorker writings that had yet to be collected. There's certainly nothing mediocre about these 161 pieces, which range from nature vignettes (a New York City sparrow extols urban life) to musings on language, business, and liberty. White's 1953 fantasia of visiting Thoreau's Walden Pond with Joseph McCarthy is peerless. "Wait a minute!" the senator realizes. "This man was Communist-inspired. That accounts for his sour attitude about housing--" The satire is strong, but so is the celebration. A short piece on a skating fest ends: "Ice is an odd substance to have at last freed the body in its persistent attempt to catch up with the spirit." And speaking of which, in "Fred On Space" White asks his dead dachshund how he feels about the first dog launched by the Russians. Fred is far from impressed: "The excuse you men give is that you must continually add to the store of human knowledge--a store that already resembles a supermarket and is beginning to hypnotize the customers."]]> 1990 5 0 false Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jan 15 14:57:57 -0800 2009 Tue Apr 14 11:51:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 220423 19158 10815 0060921234 9780060921231 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134m/10815.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134s/10815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10815.Writings_from_The_New_Yorker_1927_1976 4.26 94 New Yorker writings that had yet to be collected. There's certainly nothing mediocre about these 161 pieces, which range from nature vignettes (a New York City sparrow extols urban life) to musings on language, business, and liberty. White's 1953 fantasia of visiting Thoreau's Walden Pond with Joseph McCarthy is peerless. "Wait a minute!" the senator realizes. "This man was Communist-inspired. That accounts for his sour attitude about housing--" The satire is strong, but so is the celebration. A short piece on a skating fest ends: "Ice is an odd substance to have at last freed the body in its persistent attempt to catch up with the spirit." And speaking of which, in "Fred On Space" White asks his dead dachshund how he feels about the first dog launched by the Russians. Fred is far from impressed: "The excuse you men give is that you must continually add to the store of human knowledge--a store that already resembles a supermarket and is beginning to hypnotize the customers."]]> 1990 0 0 false Fri Mar 09 22:34:57 -0800 2007 Fri Mar 09 22:36:06 -0800 2007 2380797 153322 10815 0060921234 9780060921231 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134m/10815.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134s/10815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10815.Writings_from_The_New_Yorker_1927_1976 4.26 94 New Yorker writings that had yet to be collected. There's certainly nothing mediocre about these 161 pieces, which range from nature vignettes (a New York City sparrow extols urban life) to musings on language, business, and liberty. White's 1953 fantasia of visiting Thoreau's Walden Pond with Joseph McCarthy is peerless. "Wait a minute!" the senator realizes. "This man was Communist-inspired. That accounts for his sour attitude about housing--" The satire is strong, but so is the celebration. A short piece on a skating fest ends: "Ice is an odd substance to have at last freed the body in its persistent attempt to catch up with the spirit." And speaking of which, in "Fred On Space" White asks his dead dachshund how he feels about the first dog launched by the Russians. Fred is far from impressed: "The excuse you men give is that you must continually add to the store of human knowledge--a store that already resembles a supermarket and is beginning to hypnotize the customers."]]> 1990 5 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Mon Jun 25 19:12:47 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 27 07:38:11 -0700 2007 31814765 284216 10815 0060921234 9780060921231 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134m/10815.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134s/10815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10815.Writings_from_The_New_Yorker_1927_1976 4.26 94 New Yorker writings that had yet to be collected. There's certainly nothing mediocre about these 161 pieces, which range from nature vignettes (a New York City sparrow extols urban life) to musings on language, business, and liberty. White's 1953 fantasia of visiting Thoreau's Walden Pond with Joseph McCarthy is peerless. "Wait a minute!" the senator realizes. "This man was Communist-inspired. That accounts for his sour attitude about housing--" The satire is strong, but so is the celebration. A short piece on a skating fest ends: "Ice is an odd substance to have at last freed the body in its persistent attempt to catch up with the spirit." And speaking of which, in "Fred On Space" White asks his dead dachshund how he feels about the first dog launched by the Russians. Fred is far from impressed: "The excuse you men give is that you must continually add to the store of human knowledge--a store that already resembles a supermarket and is beginning to hypnotize the customers."]]> 1990 4 0 false Sat Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 09:38:05 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 05:19:18 -0700 2008 27119834 1260354 10815 0060921234 9780060921231 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134m/10815.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134s/10815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10815.Writings_from_The_New_Yorker_1927_1976 4.26 94 New Yorker writings that had yet to be collected. There's certainly nothing mediocre about these 161 pieces, which range from nature vignettes (a New York City sparrow extols urban life) to musings on language, business, and liberty. White's 1953 fantasia of visiting Thoreau's Walden Pond with Joseph McCarthy is peerless. "Wait a minute!" the senator realizes. "This man was Communist-inspired. That accounts for his sour attitude about housing--" The satire is strong, but so is the celebration. A short piece on a skating fest ends: "Ice is an odd substance to have at last freed the body in its persistent attempt to catch up with the spirit." And speaking of which, in "Fred On Space" White asks his dead dachshund how he feels about the first dog launched by the Russians. Fred is far from impressed: "The excuse you men give is that you must continually add to the store of human knowledge--a store that already resembles a supermarket and is beginning to hypnotize the customers."]]> 1990 3 0 false Tue Jul 29 15:10:34 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 10:29:36 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 15:10:34 -0700 2008 82076099 543548 10815 0060921234 9780060921231 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134m/10815.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134s/10815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10815.Writings_from_The_New_Yorker_1927_1976 4.26 94 New Yorker writings that had yet to be collected. There's certainly nothing mediocre about these 161 pieces, which range from nature vignettes (a New York City sparrow extols urban life) to musings on language, business, and liberty. White's 1953 fantasia of visiting Thoreau's Walden Pond with Joseph McCarthy is peerless. "Wait a minute!" the senator realizes. "This man was Communist-inspired. That accounts for his sour attitude about housing--" The satire is strong, but so is the celebration. A short piece on a skating fest ends: "Ice is an odd substance to have at last freed the body in its persistent attempt to catch up with the spirit." And speaking of which, in "Fred On Space" White asks his dead dachshund how he feels about the first dog launched by the Russians. Fred is far from impressed: "The excuse you men give is that you must continually add to the store of human knowledge--a store that already resembles a supermarket and is beginning to hypnotize the customers."]]> 1990 0 0 false Sat Dec 26 08:52:44 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 26 08:52:44 -0800 2009 82016806 2939085 10815 0060921234 9780060921231 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134m/10815.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134s/10815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10815.Writings_from_The_New_Yorker_1927_1976 4.26 94 New Yorker writings that had yet to be collected. There's certainly nothing mediocre about these 161 pieces, which range from nature vignettes (a New York City sparrow extols urban life) to musings on language, business, and liberty. White's 1953 fantasia of visiting Thoreau's Walden Pond with Joseph McCarthy is peerless. "Wait a minute!" the senator realizes. "This man was Communist-inspired. That accounts for his sour attitude about housing--" The satire is strong, but so is the celebration. A short piece on a skating fest ends: "Ice is an odd substance to have at last freed the body in its persistent attempt to catch up with the spirit." And speaking of which, in "Fred On Space" White asks his dead dachshund how he feels about the first dog launched by the Russians. Fred is far from impressed: "The excuse you men give is that you must continually add to the store of human knowledge--a store that already resembles a supermarket and is beginning to hypnotize the customers."]]> 1990 0 0 false Fri Dec 25 13:08:16 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 25 13:08:16 -0800 2009 79903246 2520611 10815 0060921234 9780060921231 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134m/10815.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134s/10815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10815.Writings_from_The_New_Yorker_1927_1976 4.26 94 New Yorker writings that had yet to be collected. There's certainly nothing mediocre about these 161 pieces, which range from nature vignettes (a New York City sparrow extols urban life) to musings on language, business, and liberty. White's 1953 fantasia of visiting Thoreau's Walden Pond with Joseph McCarthy is peerless. "Wait a minute!" the senator realizes. "This man was Communist-inspired. That accounts for his sour attitude about housing--" The satire is strong, but so is the celebration. A short piece on a skating fest ends: "Ice is an odd substance to have at last freed the body in its persistent attempt to catch up with the spirit." And speaking of which, in "Fred On Space" White asks his dead dachshund how he feels about the first dog launched by the Russians. Fred is far from impressed: "The excuse you men give is that you must continually add to the store of human knowledge--a store that already resembles a supermarket and is beginning to hypnotize the customers."]]> 1990 0 0 false Fri Dec 04 14:16:32 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 04 14:16:36 -0800 2009 79291863 2035211 10815 0060921234 9780060921231 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134m/10815.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134s/10815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10815.Writings_from_The_New_Yorker_1927_1976 4.26 94 New Yorker writings that had yet to be collected. There's certainly nothing mediocre about these 161 pieces, which range from nature vignettes (a New York City sparrow extols urban life) to musings on language, business, and liberty. White's 1953 fantasia of visiting Thoreau's Walden Pond with Joseph McCarthy is peerless. "Wait a minute!" the senator realizes. "This man was Communist-inspired. That accounts for his sour attitude about housing--" The satire is strong, but so is the celebration. A short piece on a skating fest ends: "Ice is an odd substance to have at last freed the body in its persistent attempt to catch up with the spirit." And speaking of which, in "Fred On Space" White asks his dead dachshund how he feels about the first dog launched by the Russians. Fred is far from impressed: "The excuse you men give is that you must continually add to the store of human knowledge--a store that already resembles a supermarket and is beginning to hypnotize the customers."]]> 1990 3 0 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 29 09:41:46 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 09:42:43 -0800 2009 76120266 2870716 10815 0060921234 9780060921231 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134m/10815.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134s/10815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10815.Writings_from_The_New_Yorker_1927_1976 4.26 94 New Yorker writings that had yet to be collected. There's certainly nothing mediocre about these 161 pieces, which range from nature vignettes (a New York City sparrow extols urban life) to musings on language, business, and liberty. White's 1953 fantasia of visiting Thoreau's Walden Pond with Joseph McCarthy is peerless. "Wait a minute!" the senator realizes. "This man was Communist-inspired. That accounts for his sour attitude about housing--" The satire is strong, but so is the celebration. A short piece on a skating fest ends: "Ice is an odd substance to have at last freed the body in its persistent attempt to catch up with the spirit." And speaking of which, in "Fred On Space" White asks his dead dachshund how he feels about the first dog launched by the Russians. Fred is far from impressed: "The excuse you men give is that you must continually add to the store of human knowledge--a store that already resembles a supermarket and is beginning to hypnotize the customers."]]> 1990 3 0 false Thu Oct 29 10:10:02 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 10:10:11 -0700 2009 75165090 1838178 10815 0060921234 9780060921231 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134m/10815.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134s/10815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10815.Writings_from_The_New_Yorker_1927_1976 4.26 94 New Yorker writings that had yet to be collected. There's certainly nothing mediocre about these 161 pieces, which range from nature vignettes (a New York City sparrow extols urban life) to musings on language, business, and liberty. White's 1953 fantasia of visiting Thoreau's Walden Pond with Joseph McCarthy is peerless. "Wait a minute!" the senator realizes. "This man was Communist-inspired. That accounts for his sour attitude about housing--" The satire is strong, but so is the celebration. A short piece on a skating fest ends: "Ice is an odd substance to have at last freed the body in its persistent attempt to catch up with the spirit." And speaking of which, in "Fred On Space" White asks his dead dachshund how he feels about the first dog launched by the Russians. Fred is far from impressed: "The excuse you men give is that you must continually add to the store of human knowledge--a store that already resembles a supermarket and is beginning to hypnotize the customers."]]> 1990 0 0 false Tue Nov 10 15:45:00 -0800 2009 Tue Oct 20 15:11:34 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 10 15:45:00 -0800 2009 74962578 2825803 10815 0060921234 9780060921231 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134m/10815.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134s/10815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10815.Writings_from_The_New_Yorker_1927_1976 4.26 94 New Yorker writings that had yet to be collected. There's certainly nothing mediocre about these 161 pieces, which range from nature vignettes (a New York City sparrow extols urban life) to musings on language, business, and liberty. White's 1953 fantasia of visiting Thoreau's Walden Pond with Joseph McCarthy is peerless. "Wait a minute!" the senator realizes. "This man was Communist-inspired. That accounts for his sour attitude about housing--" The satire is strong, but so is the celebration. A short piece on a skating fest ends: "Ice is an odd substance to have at last freed the body in its persistent attempt to catch up with the spirit." And speaking of which, in "Fred On Space" White asks his dead dachshund how he feels about the first dog launched by the Russians. Fred is far from impressed: "The excuse you men give is that you must continually add to the store of human knowledge--a store that already resembles a supermarket and is beginning to hypnotize the customers."]]> 1990 4 0 false Sun Oct 18 17:16:50 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 17:16:50 -0700 2009 74806956 2795099 10815 0060921234 9780060921231 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134m/10815.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134s/10815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10815.Writings_from_The_New_Yorker_1927_1976 4.26 94 New Yorker writings that had yet to be collected. There's certainly nothing mediocre about these 161 pieces, which range from nature vignettes (a New York City sparrow extols urban life) to musings on language, business, and liberty. White's 1953 fantasia of visiting Thoreau's Walden Pond with Joseph McCarthy is peerless. "Wait a minute!" the senator realizes. "This man was Communist-inspired. That accounts for his sour attitude about housing--" The satire is strong, but so is the celebration. A short piece on a skating fest ends: "Ice is an odd substance to have at last freed the body in its persistent attempt to catch up with the spirit." And speaking of which, in "Fred On Space" White asks his dead dachshund how he feels about the first dog launched by the Russians. Fred is far from impressed: "The excuse you men give is that you must continually add to the store of human knowledge--a store that already resembles a supermarket and is beginning to hypnotize the customers."]]> 1990 0 0 false Sat Oct 17 04:48:25 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 04:48:25 -0700 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=10815