{"product_id":"9781566894678-the-history-of-the-future","title":"The History of the Future","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA collection of long essays centered on American places where the past is erupting into the present in unexpected ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe History of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e, McPherson explores America in all its beauty and strangeness. He is funny and searchinga joy to read.”Elizabeth Kolbert\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for Edward McPherson:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMr. 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 boomtownsAmericana 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55422268440950,"sku":"9781566894678","price":15.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_21766531.jpg?v=1742894729","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781566894678-the-history-of-the-future","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}