James Alan McPherson

30 books

On Becoming an American Writer: Essays and Nonfiction by James Alan McPherson

On Becoming an American Writer: Essays and Nonfiction

James Alan McPherson

264 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction essays
Ploughshares Fall 1974 Guest-Edited by DeWitt Henry by James Alan McPherson, Richard Yates, Megan Staffel, Margaret Robison, Fred Pfeil, Tim O'Brien, Brian Moore, Andre Dubus, Carla Tomaso, DeWitt Henry

Ploughshares Fall 1974 Guest-Edited by DeWitt Henry

Ploughshares #6

James Alan McPherson, Richard Yates, Megan Staffel, Margaret Robison, Fred Pfeil, Tim O'Brien, Brian Moore, Andre Dubus, Carla Tomaso, DeWitt Henry

158 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Ploughshares Fall 1988 by George Garrett
Ploughshares Fall 1988
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George Garrett

Ploughshares Fall 1988

George Garrett

192 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

Ploughshares Fall 1990: Confronting Racial Difference by James Alan McPherson, DeWitt Henry

Ploughshares Fall 1990: Confronting Racial Difference

Ploughshares #52

James Alan McPherson, DeWitt Henry

298 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

race informative medium-paced
Ploughshares Fall 2008 by James Alan McPherson

Ploughshares Fall 2008

Ploughshares #106

James Alan McPherson

missing page info • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging informative medium-paced
Railroad: Trains and Train People in American Culture by James Alan McPherson

Railroad: Trains and Train People in American Culture

James Alan McPherson

185 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

medium-paced
Stories of Breece D'j Pancake by James Alan McPherson, Andre Dubus III, John Casey, Breece D'J Pancake
Stories of Breece D'j Pancake
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James Alan McPherson, Andre Dubus III, John Casey, Breece D'J Pancake

Stories of Breece D'j Pancake

James Alan McPherson, Andre Dubus III, John Casey, Breece D'J Pancake

missing page info • first pub 1983 (editions)

fiction short stories dark emotional reflective fast-paced
What If? 1: The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been by John Keegan, James Alan McPherson, Ted Morgan, Caleb Carr, Josiah Ober, David McCullough, Stephen E. Ambrose, Tom Wicker, Robert Cowley, David Fromkin
What If? 1: The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been
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John Keegan, James Alan McPherson, Ted Morgan, Caleb Carr, Josiah Ober, David McCullough, Stephen E. Ambrose, Tom Wicker, Robert Cowley, David Fromkin

What If? 1: The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been

What If #1

John Keegan, James Alan McPherson, Ted Morgan, Caleb Carr, Josiah Ober, David McCullough, Stephen E. Ambrose, Tom Wicker, Robert Cowley, David Fromkin

missing duration info • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction history adventurous informative slow-paced
What If?: The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been by Robert Cowley
What If?: The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been
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Robert Cowley

What If?: The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been

Robert Cowley

416 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

Why I like Country Music by James Alan McPherson
Why I like Country Music
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James Alan McPherson

Why I like Country Music

James Alan McPherson

11 pages • missing pub info (editions)

short stories