Eb white essays

This collection contains 31 essays that "cover a long expanse of time, a wide variety of subjects" divided into seven categories: The Farm; The Planet; The City; Florida; Memories; Diversions and Obsessions; and Books, Men, and Writing. White impresses me most with his ability to entertain and inform readers on wide-ranging subjects.

This year is the centenary anniversary of their first meeting when White attended Prof. Strunk's class in Cornell back in 1919. Mr White had no idea that decades later, he would be the one to revise and expand his teacher's little book. White's essays bears the hallmark of tightness.

The E.B. White Read Aloud Award is given by The Association of Booksellers for Children (ABC) to honor books that its membership feel embodies the universal read-aloud standards that E. B. White's works created.

The pig story is classic EB White....so humane, so clear his writing...a man who can make you grieve for a dying spider and a dying pig is a man who understands the meaning of life and the power and lyricism of the English language. Lovely writing. A variety of types of 'essay' written over many years, grouped into themes.