And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Indeed; McPhee was once reviewed as being "incapable of writing a dull sentence." The collections like The John McPhee Reader(s) and Giving Good Weight are particular gold mines.
Anything by John McPhee is recommended, highly. Try 'The Founding Fish'
ReplyDeleteIndeed; McPhee was once reviewed as being "incapable of writing a dull sentence." The collections like The John McPhee Reader(s) and Giving Good Weight are particular gold mines.
DeleteAgreed. "The curve of binding energy". A roomful of Hovings".
ReplyDeleteThe guy is a master of making anything interesting.
Never heard of that book before, but McPhee is a great writer. Thanks for the mention of it.
ReplyDeleteJust bought a copy for my New Englander brother in law who sailed for many decades prior to getting Parkinson’s. Thanks for the recommendation!
ReplyDeleteAnnals of the Former World is the most interesting geology book ever written.
ReplyDelete"Coming into the Country" - An introduction to the 'real Alaska'
ReplyDeleteIndeed. All of the above. Also on my bookshelf: Rising From the Plain, and Basin and Range.
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