The Essays of E. B. White

by E. B. White

• ISBN13: 9780060906627
• ISBN10: 0060906626
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1979-05-30
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

Such diverse subjects as nuclear weapons and children's literature are covered in these essays.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
I. THE FARM	3	(68)
GOOD-BYE TO FORTY-EIGHTH STREET	3	(4)
HOME-COMING	7	(7)
A REPORT IN SPRING	14	(3)
DEATH OF A PIG	17	(8)
THE EYE OF EDNA	25	(9)
COON TREE	34	(12)
A REPORT IN JANUARY	46	(7)
THE WINTER OF THE GREAT SNOWS	53	(7)
RIPOSTE	60	(2)
THE GEESE	62	(9)
II. THE PLANET	71	(40)
LETTER FROM THE EAST	71	(9)
BEDFELLOWS	80	(10)
SOOTFALL AND FALLOUT	90	(10)
UNITY	100	(11)
III. THE CITY	111	(26)
THE WORLD OF TOMORROW	111	(7)
HERE IS NEW YORK	118	(19)
IV. FLORIDA	137	(20)
ON A FLORIDA KEY	137	(5)
THE RING OF TIME	142	(8)
WHAT DO OUR HEARTS TREASURE?	150	(7)
V. MEMORIES	157	(48)
AFTERNOON OF AN AMERICAN BOY	157	(5)
FAREWELL, MY LOVELY!	162	(7)
THE YEARS OF WONDER	169	(28)
ONCE MORE TO THE LAKE	197	(8)
VI. DIVERSIONS AND OBSESSIONS	205	(20)
THE SEA AND THE WIND THAT BLOWS	205	(3)
THE RAILROAD	208	(17)
VII. BOOKS, MEN, AND WRITING	225
THE ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE	225	(9)
A SLIGHT SOUND AT EVENING	234	(9)
SOME REMARKS ON HUMOR	243	(7)
DON MARQUIS	250	(6)
WILL STRUNK	256	(6)
MR. FORBUSH'S FRIENDS	262