This collection of acclaimed essays on a variety of topics by our "dean of literary journalists" ("The Baltimore Sun") reveals McPhee at the top of his form, showcasing writing that's "full of ideas in force, of attempts at progress, of a world endlessly flexed with promise" ("San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle Book Review").
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This collection of acclaimed essays on a variety of topics by our "dean of literary journalists" ("The Baltimore Sun") reveals McPhee at the top of his form, showcasing writing that's "full of ideas in force, of attempts at progress, of a world endlessly flexed with promise" ("San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle Book Review").
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Brand Inspectors reveal in author John McPhee's short story the facts about brands (how to design, read, register) and use branding irons on free-roaming privately owned cattle and horses. John McPhee names names: true stories about cattle rustlers (Casey, Simpson, Hooper, Loper, Stewart, and Lee families); victims (Sharp brothers), and adventures of the gun-totin' Inspectors (Collis, Nevin, Hanks) trying to prevent, catch and prosecute them, and $1500 rewards for assisting. Many brand examples, including that of the Duckwater Shoshone. The Nevada Livestock Brand Book; cattle bidding today by satellite, and dirty deeds by the rustlers. The 1997 book tells how it still is today (2021). 56 pages. Also, essays, same book: Release (bio, blind writer Bob Russell); In Virgin Desert (saving primeval woods in the U.S.); The Gravel Page (criminal scene investigators solve crimes using forensic geography of rocks); Duty of Care (Calif. valley's used tires, piled 6 stories high); Renard at Manheim (auctions of exotic cars); and Travels of the Rock (interesting history of Plymouth Rock of Mayflower fame). McPhee writes like he's telling you a story and you're spellbound. And it's all true.
