{"product_id":"history-of-the-future","title":"History of the Future","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eHistory of the Future\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eEdward McPherson\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781566894678\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eCoffee House Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2017\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\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\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for Edward McPherson: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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\n\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\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"History of the Future | Edward McPherson | Paperback | 9781566894678 | Used: Very Good | Essays 1669679 (temp: 1)","offer_id":48753558126744,"sku":"1669679","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81GGD4gFI7L.jpg?v=1774044066","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/history-of-the-future","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}