This writer first came to prominence with the publication of A Sense of Where You Are, his book-length study of Bill Bradley, the future Knicks player and senator, at the time when Bradley was playing basketball at Princeton, which this author also attended and where he currently lives.
One work by this writer is an essay about a trip to a New York market and describes the intricacies of measuring out produce; that essay is titled "Giving Good Weight." Another of this writer's works is divided into sections titled "A Mountain," "An Island," and "A River," and describes the efforts of conservationist David Brower. That book is titled Encounters with the Archdruid. This writer first came to prominence with the publication of A Sense of Where You Are, his book-length study of Bill Bradley, the future Knicks player and senator, at the time when Bradley was playing basketball at Princeton, which this author also attended and where he currently lives. This writer is most famous for his travelogues and books about nature, such Coming into the Country about his travels in Alaska, and his geological history of North America, Annals of the Former World, which won him a Pulitzer. For 10 points, identify this American non-fiction writer.
One work by this writer is an essay about a trip to a New York market and describes the intricacies of measuring out produce; that essay is titled "Giving Good Weight."
John Angus McPhee