The Pine BarrensMost people think of the American state of New Jersey as a suburban industrial corridor that sits just west of New York City. But in the centre of the state lies a vast wildernesslarger than most national parkswhich has been known since the seventeenth century as the Pine Barrens. In The Pine Barrens, McPhee uses his uncanny skills as a journalist to explore the history of the region and to describe the peopleand their distinctive folklorewho call it