Literary journalism : a reader /
Jean Chance, William McKeen, [editors]
- Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth, c2001
- xiv, 214 p. ; 24 cm.
- Wadsworth series in mass communication and journalism .
Introduction. - The Story Of Captain Waskow / Ernie Pyle. - The Unforgettable Fire / John Hersey. - Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu / John Updike. - Twirling at Ole Miss / Terry Southern. - King of the Status Dropouts / Tom Wolfe. - Confession / Truman Capote. - Series of Downs / George Plimpton. - Frank Sinatra Has a Cold / Gay Talese. - The Theater of Ideas / Norman Mailer. - Hell Sucks / Michael Herr. - A California Dream / Joan Didion. - Chitty and the Boohoo / Hunter S. Thompson. - The Littlest Nixon / Nora Ephron. - Redpants and Sugarman / Gail Sheehy. - The Sixth Game / Roger Angell. - Checks and Balances / Jessica Mitford. - A Good Little Girl / Selwyn Raab. - Husbands of the Widow Elkin / Edna Buchanan. - Patient Zero / Randy Shilts. - The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll / Maria Vesperi . - You Are Always a Kid / Leigh Montville. - Soap Opera City / Molly Ivins. - Accepting Chaos / P. J. O'Rourke. - I Never Sang for My Mother / Marie Brenner. - Prisoners of Age / Rick Bragg. - Tender Mercies / Nancy Shulins. - Selected Bibliography.
053452947X
American essays. American prose literature--20th century. Journalism--United States. Reportage literature, American.