{"product_id":"the-history-of-the-future-paperback","title":"The History of the Future - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward McPherson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdward McPherson 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\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, and the\u003ci\u003e American Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. He has received a Pushcart Prize, the Gulf Coast Prize in Fiction, a Minnesota State Arts Board grant, and the Gesell Award from the University of Minnesota, where he received his MFA. He teaches creative writing at Washington University in St. Louis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 02, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771481686304,"sku":"9781566894678","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/04d03c4c21d4908425a625dcd7fdf3f3.webp?v=1780387319","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-history-of-the-future-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}