LEADER 03745nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910457475903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8014-6367-X 010 $a0-8014-6366-1 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801463662 035 $a(CKB)2550000000062854 035 $a(OCoLC)763161308 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10508780 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000537866 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11344978 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537866 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10556977 035 $a(PQKB)11541290 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138255 035 $a(DE-B1597)527064 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801463662 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse58587 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138255 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10508780 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL768215 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000062854 100 $a20110518d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIn the words of E.B. White$b[electronic resource] $equotations from America's most companionable of writers /$fedited by Martha White 210 $aIthaca $cCornell University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (244 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8014-4955-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tA Note to the Reader -- $tIntroduction: "A Simple and Sincere Account" -- $tE. B. White Chronology -- $tThe Words of E. B. White -- $tSelected Bibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aThe author of Charlotte's Web and One Man's Meat, coauthor of The Elements of Style, and columnist for The New Yorker for almost half a century, E. B. White (1899-1985) is an American literary icon. Over the course of his career, White inspired generations of writers and readers with his essays (both serious and humorous), children's literature, and stylistic guidance.In the Words of E. B. White offers readers a delightful selection of "ations, selected and annotated by his granddaughter and literary executor, Martha White. The "ations cover a wide range of subjects and situations, from Automobiles, Babies, Bees, City Life, and College to Spiders, Taxes, Weather, Work, and Worry. E. B. White comments on writing for children, how to tell a major poet from a minor one, and what to do when one becomes hopelessly mired in a sentence. White was apt to address the subject of security by speaking first about a Ferris wheel at the local county fair, or the subject of democracy from the perspective of roofing his barn and looking out across the bay-he had a gift for bringing the abstract firmly into the realm of the everyday. Included here are gems from White's books and essay collections, as well as bits from both published and unpublished letters and journals.This is a book for readers and writers, for those who know E. B. White from his "Notes and Comment" column in The New Yorker, have turned to The Elements of Style for help in crafting a polished sentence, or have loved a spider's assessment of Wilbur as "Some Pig." This distillation of the wit, style, and humanity of one of America's most distinguished essayists of the twentieth century will be a welcome addition to any reader's bookshelf. 606 $aQuotations, American 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aQuotations, American. 676 $a813/.52 700 $aWhite$b E. B$g(Elwyn Brooks),$f1899-1985.$0272058 701 $aWhite$b Martha$f1954 Dec. 18-$01044927 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457475903321 996 $aIn the words of E.B. White$92470847 997 $aUNINA