The PatchJohn McPhees The Patch is just that: patches of work across a writers lifetime that come together to form a quilt of essays, reflections, and reminiscences. Ranging across a variety of genres and styles, subjects and moods, his patches are collected from writings that have not previously appeared in any book. This collection is divided into Part I The Sporting Scene and Part II An Album Quilt. It includes vignettes of his childhood hunting golf balls