The Patch Av John Mcphee

An essay collection by master of nonfiction and Pulitzer Prize-winner, John McPhee. Part 1, ''The Sporting Scene,'' consists of pieces on fishing, football, golf, and lacrosse '' from fly casting for chain pickerel in fall in New Hampshire to walking the linksland of St. Andrews at an Open Championship. Part 2, ''An Album Quilt,'' is a montage of fragments - occasional pieces, memorial pieces, reflections, reminiscences, and short items in various magazines including The New Yorker - ranging from a visit to the Hershey chocolate factory to encounters with Oscar Hammerstein, Joan Baez, and Mount Denali.