In crisp prose, a "Washington Post" reporter relates his experience of friendship, family and the good life through the unexpected brotherhood of hunting. "What could have been a macho story becomes one of grace and beauty in the hands of one of this country's finest literary journalists."--Patsy Sims, author of "The Klan."
Walt Harrington, father of two biracial children, went on a 25,000 mile journey through black America, talking with a variety of black and white people along the way, including a rap star, an old farmer, and a convicted murderer. In this work, he relates what he learned as he listened.
An exemplary text for courses in feature writing, magazine and literary journalism, Intimate Journalism introduces students to the art of combining human interest stories with incisive journalistic enquiry. Harrington prefaces this outstanding collection of award-winning feature articles with detailed, practical reporting advice, sharing trade ...
Great journalists, at one time or another, have all been characters in their own stories: people with personalities that shaped what they saw and reported, and were touched and changed by the experiences about which they wrote; and innovators who borrowed the storytelling techniques of fiction. "The Beholder's Eye" showcases the very best of an ...
This collection of stories captures a cross-section of Americans as they go about their everyday lives. They feature characters including a homicide detective, a stock car racer, a social worker and a girls' soccer coach.
The author argues that every person is at once ordinary and extraordinary. In this text, he attempts to lift the masks of celebrity and obscurity to reveal the lives of some singular men and women in American society.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Disney Pr (Juv Trd)
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780786832200ISBN:0786832207
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. 0786832207. Wraps show light shelfwear. Pages are clean. No dustjacket. Back inner board shows small ink name marking. Children's. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.; Junior Novel Series; 0.25 x 12.25 x 10.25 Inches; 48 pages. read more
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