True stories : a century of literary journalism

True stories : a century of literary journalism / Norman Sims ; foreword by Ted Conover.

Author/creator	Sims, Norman
Other author/creator	Medill School of Journalism.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2007.
Description	xxiii, 398 pages ; 21 cm.
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Subject(s)	Reportage literature, American--History and criticism. American prose literature--20th century --History and criticism. American prose literature--21st century --History and criticism. Journalism--United States --History --20th century. Journalism--United States --History --21st century.

Series	Visions of the American press Visions of the American press. ^A611185
Contents	1. A true story. The long fall of one-eleven heavy / Michael Paterniti -- 2. Sketches and innovation -- 3. A generation goes traveling. Red Caucasus / John Dos Passos -- 4. The discovery of the Depression. The jumping-off place / Edmund Wilson -- 5. The bomb. The old house at home / Joseph Mitchell -- 6. Tourist in a strange land : Tom Wolfe and the new journalists. Family journeys / Adrian Nicole LeBlanc.
General note	"Medill School of Journalism."
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-357) and index.
Bibliography note	"Selected historical bibliography of literary journalism": p. 359-375.
LCCN	2007028619
ISBN	9780810124691 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	0810124696 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PS 366.R44 S56 2007	✔ Available	Place Hold