The Tugman's Passage

The life and times of Johnny Appleseed. The adventures of New York City tugboatmen. Street life in Cairo and Dar es Salaam. The pains and paradoxes of being male and female; the dilemmas of an aging America; the unease of writers between books. The natural history of swallows, juneberries, owls, foxes, and toads. The fourteen essays in this brilliant collection cover all of the above and much more. (51/2 X 81/4, 224 pages, map)