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McPhee

American  
[muhk-fee] / məkˈfi /

noun

  1. John Angus, born 1931, U.S. writer.


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Thus began one of the strangest incidents in American history, which Andy McPhee documents in “The Doctors’ Riot of 1788: Body Snatching, Bloodletting, and Anatomy in America.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

McPhee also shared a link on her Instagram story to a fundraiser for the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

The book also features words from Neneh Cherry and Joe McPhee.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

Chilewich relies on imported materials to make its Dahlia placemats, which are “a really good seller” but a small fraction of the company’s business, McPhee said.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 12, 2025

And in Basin and Range, published in 1980, John McPhee noted that even then one American geologist in eight still didn’t believe in plate tectonics.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson