The Art of Fact A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalism

by Kerrane, Kevin; Yagoda, Ben

• ISBN13: 9780684846309
• ISBN10: 0684846306
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-08-03
• Publisher: Scribner

Summary

A comprehensive and illuminating survey of literary journalism with both historical and international scope, this anthology is the only one of its kind. In a series of sparkling readings, Kevin Kerrane and Ben Yagoda trace the evolution of the so-called "new" journalism back to the 18th century.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 13
Making Facts Dance	p. 17
from The True and Genuine Account of the Life and Actions of the Late Jonathan Wild	p. 23
from The Life of Samuel Johnson	p. 29
Watercress Girl	p. 34
The Great Tasmania's Cargo	p. 38
from Specimen Days	p. 46
from If Christ Came to Chicago	p. 49
When Man Falls, a Crown Gathers	p. 58
An Experiment in Misery	p. 63
The Death of Rodriguez	p. 71
Can't Get Their Minds Ashore	p. 76
Pillelu, Pillelu!	p. 80
from The People of the Abyss	p. 83
Drift	p. 93
from Ninety Times Guilty	p. 97
Juke Joint	p. 104
from Hiroshima	p. 111
The Day of the Fight	p. 115
from "Portrait of Hemingway"	p. 129
Two Generals	p. 139
The Silent Season of a Hero	p. 143
from In Cold Blood	p. 161
from The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test	p. 169
from Alive	p. 183
from House	p. 199
from Brothers	p. 204
So ... We Meet at Last, Mr. Bond	p. 212
Shadow of a Nation	p. 218
from What It Takes	p. 236
The Spike	p. 245
from "The Bronx Slave Market"	p. 252
from The Earl of Louisiana	p. 258
The Fight to Live	p. 271
from The Armies of the Night	p. 290
from "The Scum Also Rises"	p. 302
The Last Secrets of Skull and Bones	p. 316
from Coyotes	p. 331
from "The Snap Revolution"	p. 336
Tiananmen Square	p. 347
from Among the Thugs	p. 354
from Whoredom in Kimmage	p. 367
from "Harlem on My Mind"	p. 384
from "Snake Handling and Redemption"	p. 391
The Pig	p. 407
Japanese Earthquake	p. 411
from Let Us Now Praise Famous Men	p. 417
The Third Winter	p. 422
Marrakech	p. 433
Lady Olga	p. 439
from Black Lamb and Grey Falcon	p. 452
from Once There Was a War	p. 458
Lethal Lightning	p. 461
It's an Honor	p. 466
The Girl of the Year	p. 469
Los Angeles Notebook	p. 480
from The Pine Barrens	p. 485
from Dispatches	p. 494
from Another Day of Life	p. 507
from Homicide	p. 522
from Boys in Zinc	p. 536
Holiday Pageant: The Importance of Being Bluebell	p. 549
Permissions	p. 553
Index	p. 557
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