Books in the Sightline Books: The Iowa Series in Literary Nonfiction series

Originally published in the June 11, 1984, New Yorker, this long essay is a sharp-edged inquiry into the generational institutions of US national life. George Trow's story of the Harvard Black Rock Forest is ultimately a symbolic tale that bears upon some of the most significant institutions, professions, and legacies in contemporary American life.

Brings a humanist's keen eye and ear to one of the great questions of the ages: 'What am I?' Lavishly illustrated with beautiful woodcuts by Paul Landacre, an all-but-lost yet important Los Angeles artist, The Great Chain of Life will be cherished by new generations of readers.

Tom Lutz is on a mission to visit every country on earth. And the Monkey Learned Nothing contains reports from fifty of them, most describing personal encounters in rarely visited spots, anecdotes from way off the beaten path.