The patch
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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
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Central - Adult Nonfiction
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
Format
Book
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242 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English

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"Earlier versions of most of these essays first appeared in The New Yorker, Time, and Vogue" -- Verso title page.
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The Patch is the seventh collection of essays by the nonfiction master, all published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. It is divided into two parts. Part 1, "The Sporting Scene," consists of pieces on fishing, football, golf, and lacrosse-from fly casting for chain pickerel in fall in New Hampshire to walking the linksland of St. Andrews at an Open Championship. Part 2, called "An Album Quilt," is a montage of fragments of varying length from pieces done across the years that have never appeared in book form-occasional pieces, memorial pieces, reflections, reminiscences, and short items in various magazines including The New Yorker. They range from a visit to the Hershey chocolate factory to encounters with Oscar Hammerstein, Joan Baez, and Mount Denali. Emphatically, the author's purpose was not merely to preserve things but to choose passages that might entertain contemporary readers. Starting with 250,000 words, he gradually threw out 75 percent of them, and randomly assembled the remaining fragments into "an album quilt." Among other things, The Patch is a covert memoir. -- from Amazon.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

McPhee, J. (2018). The patch (First edition.). Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

McPhee, John, 1931-. 2018. The Patch. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

McPhee, John, 1931-. The Patch Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

McPhee, John. The Patch First edition., Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.

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