| Description |
viii, 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Prologue: The Job of Remembering for the Tribe -- A Writer's Essay: Seeking the Extraordinary in the Ordinary -- On Thinking About Intimate Journalism -- On Reporting .... -- On Writing ... -- A Final Thought ... -- Gary Smith -- 1. The Man Who Couldn't Read -- 2. Shadow of a Nation -- Susan Orlean -- 3. The American Man at Age 10 -- David Finkel -- 4. The Last Housewife in America -- 5. TV Without Guilt -- Jon Franklin -- 6. Mrs. Kelly's Monster -- Pete Earley -- 7. Missing Alice -- Madeleine Blais -- 8. In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle -- 9. Zepp's Last Stand -- Jeanne Marie Laskas -- 10. Each Other's Mirror -- Richard Ben Cramer -- 11. How The World Turns in West Philadelphia -- Mike Sager -- 12. Death in Venice -- Walt Harrington -- 13. True Detective -- 14. When Daddy Comes Home -- 15. The Shape of Her Dreaming -- Notes: Prologue and A Writer's Essay |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 321) |
| Notes |
Also available online (Table of contents) |
| Subject |
Feature writing.
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Journalism -- United States.
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| Author |
Harrington, Walt, 1950-
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| LC no. |
96045840 |
| ISBN |
0761905863 |
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0761905871 (paperback) |
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