Publication

1968 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

62,500 words, Guess

Page Count

250 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more

Classifications

  • DDC920.009
  • LCCCT120 .M35

Description

Profiles include: Thomas P. F. Hoving, art historian, sometime political influence, former floorwalker; the late Euell Gibbons, famous forager of edible wild plants and author of Stalking the Wild Asparagus; Carroll Brewster of the intrepid team of M.I.T. Fellows, in the Sudan; Robert Twynam, tender of the lawn at Wimbledon; and Temple Fielding, mercurial and influential author of the popular travel guides to Europe.

Subjects

People

Euell GibbonsTemple Fielding (1913-)Thomas Hoving (1931-2009)

Times

Other Editions

  • A roomful of Hovings and other profilesFarrar, Straus and Giroux1968-01-01

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