This thematically organized collection provides students with 49 essays that are models of the craft of writing non-fiction. The 8 carefully chosen themes explore the human experience and the individual's role in the world. Authors include David Mamet, Maxine Hong Kingston, Naomi Shihab Nye, E.B. White, Frank Conroy, Dave Barry, Rachel Carson, Anne Dillard, Douglas Adams, Edward Abbey, Isaac Asimov, Daniel Boorstin, Primo Levi, Paul Fussell, Garrison Keillor, Paul Theroux, Eudora Welty, James Baldwin, Amy Tan, and many more!
- ISBN10 0844258083
- ISBN13 9780844258089
- Publish Date 1 November 1996
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 16 April 2014
- Publish Country US
- Imprint NTC Publishing Group,U.S.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 470
- Language English