{"product_id":"the-history-of-the-future-paperback-2","title":"The History of the Future - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward McPherson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of long essays centered on American places where the past is erupting into the present in unexpected ways.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\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\u003eAmerican 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 02, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53679856484659,"sku":"9781566894678","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/IZDwlGkZ399781566894678.webp?v=1784403055","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-history-of-the-future-paperback-2","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}