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McKay Jenkins holds degrees from Amherst, Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism, and Princeton, where he received a Ph.D. in English. He is also the author of The White Death and the editor of The Peter Matthiessen Reader. An associate professor of English and journalism at the University of Delaware, Jenkins lives with his wife and son in Baltimore.

Books by Mckay Jenkins

ContamiNation

An investigation into the dangers of the chemicals present in our daily lives, along with practical advice for reducing these toxins in our bodies and homes, from acclaimed journalist McKay Jenkins.

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The Last Ridge

The epic untold story of how during WWII a band of America's most elite skiers and climbers were forged into the U.S. Army's first alpine division, whose extraordinary journey culminated in the most daring mountain attack in U.S. military history.
"[The Last Ridge] crackles with soldier language--and combat horrors ... Jenkins's readers are going to be, for some hours, thousands of feet up and shivering all over."--Baltimore Sun

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