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Writings from the New Yorker: 1926-1976
E.B. White
Edited by Rebecca M. Dale
#UB8032
Paperback, 244 pages; 2006 (1990)
$14.95
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The moon, it turns out, is a great place for men. One-sixth gravity must be a lot of fun, and when Armstrong and Aldrin went into their bouncy little dance, like two happy children, it was a moment not only of triumph but of gaiety. The moon, on the other hand, is a poor place for flags. Ours looked stiff and awkward, trying to float on the breeze that does not blow. (There must be a lesson here somewhere.)
Read these essays and other bits from E. B. White's years at the New Yorker, and you'll be transported back to your own mid-twentieth-century sensibilities. (If you're too young to have had sensibilities those decades ago, go ahead and read the essays. You'll enjoy the writing, and the subject matter will offer a bit of a history lesson.) We know E. B. White as a writer of children's books and an editor of The Elements of Style, but this thoughtful anthology gives us a real feeling for his brilliance—and sense of humor—as an interpreter of the events and culture of his time.
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