{"product_id":"the-history-of-the-future-edward-mcpherson-9781566894678","title":"The History of the Future","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eThe History of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e, McPherson explores America in all its beauty and strangeness. He is funny and searching--a joy to read.\"--Elizabeth Kolbert\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Edward McPherson: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mr. McPherson is an intrepid traveler. . . a charming and literate companion, and he approaches his task with becoming modesty.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to think about Dallas in relationship to \u003ci\u003eDallas?\u003c\/i\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe History of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e, McPherson reexamines American places and the space between history, experience, and myth. Private streets, racism, and the St. Louis World's Fair; fracking for oil and digging for dinosaurs in North Dakota boomtowns--Americana slides into apocalypse in these essays, revealing us to ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward McPherson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two previous books: \u003ci\u003eBuster Keaton: Tempest in a Flat Hat\u003c\/i\u003e (Faber \u0026amp; Faber) and \u003ci\u003eThe Backwash Squeeze and Other Improbable Feats\u003c\/i\u003e (HarperCollins). He has written for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eParis Review, Tin House\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. He teaches creative writing at Washington University in St. Louis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward McPherson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1566894670\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566894678\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coffee House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/20\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2017","brand":"Edward McPherson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052913029375,"sku":"9781566894678","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c8067da2-1bec-4163-a946-a60572decd2f.jpg?v=1685021344","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-history-of-the-future-edward-mcpherson-9781566894678","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}