A study of the Mississippi River, its history, and efforts by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to hold it in place.

An interview with McPhee on his writing process, how he got his start at The New Yorker, and why he never understood how New Journalism could be called a revolution. “Anytime I was called a New Journalist I winced a little with embarrassment.”

Driving cross-country in a chemical tanker.